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Hi folks! Ok pencils down and please pass your quizzes to the front. The 
answers:

1) Question Number One: 
Einsteinium was discovered in 1952. What sampling method was used to 
discover the element? Bonus points if you can state the location the 
element was discovered.

Answer: Es was discovered by aircraft sampling of the mushroom cloud of 
the first H bomb in 1952. The location was Eniwetok Atoll. The Es253 was 
produced by rapid neutron capture of the U238 in the bomb jacket and had a 
half life of 20.5 days.

2) Question Number Two: 
Sir Humphry Davy discovered what element in 1808?

Answer: Barium - and as I learned from the submitted responses, a whole 
bunch more elements too.

TechNet grades: Everyone gets a B+ despite not completely answering 
Question #1 (everyone gets partial credit). And Doug gets an F. I would 
ship out a vial of mummy dust to everyone but its going to be nominated 
for the REACH legislation's SVHC list. I'll go swipe some Diet Mt. Dew 
from Doug for anyone who wants one.


Hope everyone has a fun weekend.

Dave






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Keep the hell away from my stash.  I wondered why I was going through so 
much of it......

For question #2, Sir Humphrey Davy discoverd a number of elements in 1808:
Barium, 
Boron (with researchers Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis-Jaques Thénard)
Calcium
Magnesium

If you go a year earlier, in 1807, he discovered Sodium and Potassium.

So, there is no single answer to your poorly worded question.  You will 
have to give up your mummy dust, which in reality is a bag full of Dave's 
dandruff that he collects.

Doug Pauls
Rockwell Collins



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Hi gang! Ok, its Friday and Doug hasn't arrived in the office for me to 
harass him yet so here is our "Friday Trivia" quiz. Note that since I am a 


materials engineer, the questions are going to be material based (duh!) 
and intended to drive Doug nuts. One rule - the use of Wikipedia as a 
research tool is prohibited but all other internet sources are open game:

1) Question Number One: 
Einsteinium was discovered in 1952. What sampling method was used to 
discover the element? Bonus points if you can state the location the 
element was discovered.

2) Question Number Two: 
Sir Humphry Davy discovered what element in 1808?


The "winner" of the Friday trivia quiz is a choice of either a case of 
Doug's Diet Mountain Dew or a case of Mummy dust.

Good luck and happy Friday!


Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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