Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question:
The Question:
This element is completely weird. It is a poor conductor of heat, has high
electric conductivity and a bizarre melting point. It is an element known
by the ancients and has been found in the tombs of the Chinese and
Egyptians. The author Lewis Carroll. What element is being described?
The Answer:
The element is Mercury (Hg)! Mercury is the only metal that exists as a
liquid at room temperature and it is non combustible. The element has
been used by humans for hundreds of years and at one point was used as to
cure illnesses which didn't work as it is a deadly poison. Mercury can
readily make amalgams which are combinations of metals by solid solution
rather than melting. Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice in Wonderland",
who's character the Mad Hatter has foundation in individuals who undergo
slow mercury poisoning having loss of nervous system and brain damage. A
common use of mercury was mercury-vapor lights which have been replaced by
sodium-vapor lights in many cities.
Bonus Question: Provide the Latin word for which this element derives its
name.
Bonus Question Answer: The name mercury is derived from the Latin
'hydrargyrus' which means "liquid silver".
The winner(s) of the weekly element quiz are Curt McNamara, Logic PD and
Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell, so they will get the services of Clumpy
and Kloumpios. I'll send the boys to Dewey's first as they have been there
previously. Curt - let me know where your facility is located and they'll
spend the second half of the week with you.
The FEQAB did review Doug's submission of "narnium" and while it was a
interesting story, it was deemed incorrect. CS Lewis was an outstanding
author and the "Chronicles of Narnia" are great stories. However, Lewis
Carroll was the author in the clue so the FEQAB was really confused by
author substitution. They believe that Doug may have under the influence
of a Diet Mountain Dew overdose which would be a plausible cause for the
confusion.
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
- It was a productive week. They arrived a bit later than planned on
Friday because their John Deeres had to slow down on the hills and curves
in the Galena area. Those buckets really affect their cornering. Over the
weekend we took in some local culture with a trip north of the Cheddar
Curtain to the brewery in New Glarus, WI. If they talk about Fat Squirrel,
Spotted Cow, Two Women, and Totally Naked understand that these are styles
produced at the brewery. During the week the boys helped me write the
trip report for an assessment of an assembly operation. Their knowledge of
the IPC specs was very helpful. They also helped compare gerber files for
replacement artwork against a sample Nd assisted with SEM work in the
Materials Lab.
Week 36 Greg Munie, IPC
- assisted with ????
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
- assisted with ????
Everyone have a safe week.
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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