Hi folks - Here is the Element Quiz Question Answer:

The Question:
This element is rare at 1.1 ppm in the earth's crust. Its is very ductile
and feels like lead. It is an additive to the glue on stamps (seriously,
stamps used to have glue and required moistening to stick). What element
is being described?

The Answer:
The element is Europium (Eu)!  Europium is one of the rarest of the REEs
and was discovered/named by Eugene Anatole Demarcay, a French Chemist, in
1901. He had found Eu in 1896 but it took 5 long tedious years to separate
Eu from a sample of samarium. Eu was an additive to the glue on postage
stamps enabling electronic sorting machines able to "read" stamps.


The winners of the weekly element quiz are Leland Woodall, CSTech, and
Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics, who both provided the correct answer
per the Firewall timestamp (another tie) and  they will get the services
of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Kloumpios is still on the mend so
Leland needs to take it easy on him for the week. Clumpy is heading for
Drew's facility and grumbling about how Kloumpios is milking his injury
for all its worth. They both loved Raye Rivera's "Tonguesten" response as
it would have made a great half fractional element.


No Elemental Quiz the next two weeks as Dave is heading on travel and the
boys are going to be lugging his bags around.


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, SAIC
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
Week 37 Bonus Question Steve Mikell
Week 38 Curt McNamara, Logic PD
Week 38 Bonus Question Dewey Whittaker, Honeywell
Week 39 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 40 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 40 Ron Feyereisen, Sigmatron Int.
Week 41 Steve Gregory
Week 42 Steve Mikell
Week 43 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
Week 44 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
Week 44 Eddie Hofer, Rockwell Collins
Week 45 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
 Week 46 Joe Russeau, Precision Analysts Laboratory

Week 47 Phil Bavaro, L-3 Communications
-  Grumpy seems to be able to hold his alcohol very well, but I cannot say

the same for Clumpy (or is it the other way around?).  Personally I think
it had to do with one of them enjoying a good traditional meal (photo on
its way thru Steve) before drinking.  Then again maybe it was just the
Irish whiskey that got to him.  Either way they both seemed to like San
Diego a little too much so I am going to make them help me research NWOs
this week before we all leave for APEX.

Week 48 Brian Ellis
- while Clumpy prepares a bed for flower seeds, light gardening work, I
can give Kloumpios a job downloading video tapes(including San Diego and
Long Beach at the time of IPC meetings in 1996?? and 1999??) for editing;
should be OK for his leg. Has he medication to take? I phoned his family
and they are coming here to see him and his US cousin for the traditional
Sunday souvla, but it will be tomorrow, so that the priest doesn't see
them breaking the Lenten Fast (very serious here) because it's a Cypriot
bank holiday (EOKA Day).

Week 49 Leland Woodall, CSTech
- assisted with ????

Week 49 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
- assisted with ????


Everyone have a safe week.

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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