The question was "Who am I? The answer is Dave Hillman.

The wrong answer is Ekasilicon or Germanium.  That was the element
discover in 1945, predicted Dmiteri Mendeleev and discovered by Winkler.
The preamble to the question was there to distract and confound.

From the song (Good Old) Mountain Dew

"...Oh, I'll shut up my mug
If you'll fill up my jug
With that good old mountain dew."

If I can find a Banjo in Las Vegas, I will play "Mountain Dew" for
y'all.



Sincerely, 
Paul Reid 

Program Coordinator 
PWB Interconnect Solutions Inc. 
235 Stafford Rd., West, Unit 103 
Nepean, Ontario 
Canada, K2H 9C1 
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
Sent: March 12, 2010 10:09 AM
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Subject: [TN] NTC - Friday Elemental Trivia Question

Hi Technet! I suppose I'll get in trouble for posting a NTC message but
it 
is science based and fun in a engineering fashion. Here is the Friday 
elemental quiz question:

Q: There is one element in row 14 of the Periodic table that prior to 
1945, the world production totaled less than 200 kg/year. However, after

Brattain's discovery in 1947, this element's importance skyrocketed. Who

am I?


The first person with the correct answer will get to have access to
Doug's 
Diet Mt. Dew supply!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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