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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
Which does not belong?
He
Hg
Np
Se
W
He
Hg
Np
Se
W
Hint
Think science, and look at the title, the part before the dash, again.Answer
W. W is the symbol for Tungsten, all the others are symbols for elements that were named for Greek or Roman deities.He=Helium (Helios, the Greek sun)
Hg=Mercury (The Roman herald god)
Np=Neptunium (The Roman sea god)
Se=Selenium (Selene, the Greek moon goddess)
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