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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe website "Trivia Genius" thinks I'm an idiot
Well, they might be right, but not because of their trivia question.
They were fishing for people to give them their email addresses, of course, but they asked "what is the softest metal in the world?" and gave the following four choices to pick from: Gold, Tin, Cesium, Copper.
Umm, ever heard of Mercury, guys? Its chemical symbol we use even today is "Hg" for the ancient Greek "hydragyros," or "water silver." As in "liquid at room temperature."
I'd say that whoever is behind "Trivia Genius" needs to work on their genius status. Maybe get some lessons from Trump?
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The website "Trivia Genius" thinks I'm an idiot (Original Post)
DFW
Apr 2025
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"the softest metal in the world" is Richard Cheese's cover of Slipknot (obviously NSFW)
LudwigPastorius
Apr 2025
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Redleg
(6,875 posts)1. Yes- they should have asked "which of these is softest?"
Or perhaps malleable might be a better term.
DFW
(59,937 posts)2. I don't think they were looking for PhDs in metallurgy
More like more email addresses to spam.
You had to give them your email address to continue.
LudwigPastorius
(14,446 posts)3. "the softest metal in the world" is Richard Cheese's cover of Slipknot (obviously NSFW)