Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
The Question:
This element has no biological role. This element has industrial
applications in deep sea diving, rocket launch values, and lasers.
Approximately 1/3 of this element's annual production is used in the
medical industry although the element has no medicinal benefits. What
element is being described?
Bonus Question:
What strange behavior does this element exhibit below 2K?
The winner(s) of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy
and Kloumpios for the week.
So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
(I have archived previous weeks to keep the email size manageable):
Past Quiz winners/tasks:
Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings
Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc
Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich
Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global
Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrola
Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon
Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division
Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits
Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation
Week 12 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions
Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs
Week 17 Brian Ellis
Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC
Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Week 21 Brian Ellis and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense
Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc.
Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits
Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser
Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi
Week 27 Brian Ellis
Week 28 Nigel Burtt
Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3
Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC
Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya
Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications
Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired
Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope
Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi
Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope
Week 43: Bev Christian, RIM, Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.,
Patrick Goodyear, PGE and Richard Stadem,GD-AIS
Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE
Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic
Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic and Bev Christian, RIM
Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications
Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium
Week 49 Reuven Rokah
Week 50 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
Week 51 Bev Christian, RIM
Week 52 Dock Brown, Medtronic
Week 53 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
Week 54 Steve Mikell and Phil Anslow, MBDA Systems
Week 55 Brian Ellis
Week 56 Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada
Week 57 Tan Geok Ang, NA
Week 58 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi and Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada
Week 59 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS
Week 60 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
Week 61 Joshua Muonio, Analog Technologies Corp.
Week 62 Dock Brown, Medtronics
Week 63 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics
Week 64 James Head, Crowcon
Week 65 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security
Week 66 Lamar Young, SCS Coating
Week 67 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions
Week 68 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
Week 69 Denny Fritz, SAIC
Week 70 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
Week 71 Amol Kane, AsteelFlash US East Corp
Week 72 Lamar Young, Specialty Coating Systems, Inc.
Week 73 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corporation and Joe Russeau, PAL
Week 73.1 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
Week 74 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense and Richard Stadem, GD-AIS
Week 75 Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 System
Week 76 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls
Week 77 Richard Stadem, GD-AIS
Week 78 Blair Hogg, GAI-Tronics
Week 79 Brian Ellis
Week 80 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
Week 81 Brian Ellis
Week 82 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories
Week 83 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
Fred Cox, MET
Week 84 Tom Granat, BAE Systems
- Unknown
Week 85 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
- assisted with developing a Quality reflection report
Week 86 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
- helped paint the ceilings of my home and the re-survey of an
orienteering map for my local club. They didn't quite get the concept of
staying still long enough for me to get a bearing on them though so the
resulting map be "interesting". They were rewarded with more English Ale
before I packed them off to Leland.
Week 87 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
- I took Clumpy and Kloumpios straight to the coast after picking them up
from RDU over the weekend. I thought they might be able to assist in the
beach road clean-up after the hurricane.
Week 88 Bev Christian, RIM
- assisted with the last details as we get ready for Blackberry 10.
Week 89 Tom Granat, BAE Systems
- unknown
Week 90 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
- assisted with helping me clean and decorate the house for Christmas.
There's a few items arriving by mail this week that will require
assembling, so we'll also see how talented they are at using a
screwdriver.
Week 91 ????
- assisted with ????
Everyone have a safe week!
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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