Just saw this quiz.  The answer is Higgs Boson.  Discovery was in 2012, 
though it has only been confirmed tentatively.  As I understand it is very 
short lived and highly random.


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Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question


> It just fair to give you a Quiz:  What is God particle and when it is 
> discovered (confirmed)?  Five minutes.  12:10pm Eastern time now.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David D. Hillman
> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 12:04 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question
>
> Hi Pat - if you remember, I promised to bounce the Friday Element Quiz 
> Question around such that different time zones  have equal opportunity to 
> "be first".  Don't worry, I'll keep that promise and there will be times 
> when the US West coast (or Europe or Asia)  is front and center.
>
> Dave
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>
>
> From:   Patrick Goodyear <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:   01/24/2014 10:47 AM
> Subject:        Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz Question
> Sent by:        TechNet <[log in to unmask]>
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>
> NO FAIR Us west coasters are not up at 522AM.
>
> pat
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 5:20 AM, David D. Hillman wrote:
>
>> Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
>>
>> The Question:
>> This element is presumed to be a colorless gas in its natural state.
>> It is produced by bombarding atoms of curium-248 with calcium-48 ions.
>> It was given a "real" name in 2012. What element is being described?
>>
>>
>> The winner 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:
>>
>> Past Quiz winners/tasks:
>> Week 1 Dick Krug,  Spartan Complex Systems Week 2 Laura Turbini, IRC
>> Week 3 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited Week 3 Pat
>> Goodyear, PGE Week 4 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory Week 5
>> Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 6 Steve Gregory
>> Week 7 Phil Kinner Week 8 Brian Ellis Week 9 James Head, Crowcon
>> Detection Instruments Limited Week 10 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
>> Week 11 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
>> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld-Elektronik Week 13 Leland Woodall,
>> CSTech Inc.
>> Week 14 Brian Ellis
>> Week 15 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security Week 16 Steve
>> Gregory Week 17 Phil Kinner Week 18 Ian Braddock, MBDA Systems Week 19
>> Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
>> Week 20 Denny Fritz
>> Week 21 Amol Kane
>> Week 21 Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
>> Week 21 David Bealer, Watch Fire Signs Week 22 Phil Kinner Week 23 Guy
>> Ramsey, RD Circuits Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Week 25
>> Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp Week 26 Paul Reid, PWB Interconnect
>> Solutions Inc Week 27 Greg Munie, IPC Week 28 Steve Gregory Week 29
>> Gus Trakas, Viasystems Week 29 Steve Creswick Week 30 Robert Welch,
>> Moog Component Group Week 31 Heidi Havelka, Interplex Sunbelt Week 32
>> Raye Rivera, Canoga Perkins Week 33 Steve Creswick Week 34 Dewey
>> Whittaker, Honeywell Week 35 Don Vischulis Week 36 Greg Munie, IPC
>>
>> Week 37 Larry Dzaugis
>> - assisted with cleaning out the basement. We have been here 6 years,
>> it will not take long. Will have a large assortment of the local
>> sausages and beer, not AB. Tell them to watch out for freezing rain,
>> sit tight somewhere warm.  No one can drive on wet ice. Better to
>> delay or skip trip than wreck.
>>
>> Week 37 Bonus Question Steve Mikell
>> - assisted with ????
>>
>> Week 38 Curt McNamara, Logic PD
>> - assisted with ????
>>
>> Week 38 Bonus Question Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
>> - deferred the boys to Curt's facility
>>
>> Week 39 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
>> - Tell the guys I'm giving them a late Christmas present, and they can
>> spend the week at home with their wives fulfilling their own set of
>> chores.  Maybe they'll get a chance to get back to NC a little later
>> on in the year, and it will be warm enough to go fishing at the coast.
>>
>> Week 40 ????
>> - assisted with ????
>>
>>
>> Everyone have a safe week.
>>
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
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