Based on the clue about plant ashes, I'm going with potassium (pot ash)
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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Question
Hi folks - here is the Quiz.
The Question:
This element reacts violently with oxygen in air and water. A 60kg adult contains about 120 grams of this element (yes, our bodies need this element)! Yams, almonds and bananas all contain this element. The largest ore deposits ever found of containing this element lie 1,000 meters below the surface of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.The elemental symbol comes from Arabic word for "plant ashes". What element is being described?
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Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
Week 3 John Burke
Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!
Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
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Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
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Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
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Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
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Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
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Week 66 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp
Week 66 Leland Woodall
Week 67 Eray Canli, ANDAR Electromechanical Systems Week 68 James Head Week 69 Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 70 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins Week 71 Eray Canli, ANDAR Electromechanical Systems Week 72 Russell Kido, Practical Components Week 73 Denny Friz Week 74 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 74 Leland Woodall Week 75 Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 76 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 76 Eray Canli, ANDAR Electromechanical Systems Week 77 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Week 78 David Bealer, WatchFire Signs Week 79 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics Week 80 Russell Kido, Practical Components
Week 83 Russell Kido, Practical Components
Week 84 Tom Granat
Week 85 Leland Woodall
Week 85 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
Week 86 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
Week 87 Steven Herring, Pennatronics Corp
Week 88 Leland Woodall
Week 89 Tom Carroll, Boeing
Week 90 Tom Brendlinger
Week 91 Leland Woodall
Week 90 David Bealer
Week 91 Leland Woodall
Week 92 David Bealer
Week 93 Leland Woodall
Week 94 Eray Canli, Nurol BAE Systems
Week 95 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
Week 96 Bev Christian
Week 96 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
- The boys assist with reengineering PCBs of development partner who does not know anything about PCB stacks and manufacturing, on Thursday, 3rd of October, they will join the German reunification party in Kiel, which is just 90km far from here!
Week 97 Russell Kido, Practical Components
-assisted with ????
Week 98 Bhanu Sood, NASA
- assisted with ????
Week 99 Robert Wolfe
-Well being unemployed at the moment maybe they can help find me a PCB Design Job (plug plug). Funds are running low so might be a little skimpy on the food and libations I can provide them, but hey it is adversity that helps make us shine or maybe moonshine we can brew our own :-)
Week 100 ????
- assisted with ????
I hope everyone has an awesome week!
Dave Hillman
Collins Aerospace
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