not fair.  it is not even Friday... strange
> Here is the Element Quiz Answer:
>
> The Question:
> This element has a wide range of commercial uses: strobe lights, lasers
> and
> ion propulsion engines. The word "stranger" or "strange one". The color
> "blue". Which element is being described?
>
> The Answer:
> The element is Xenon (Xe). The name xenon is derived from the Greek word
> "xenon" meaning "strange one or stranger". Xenon makes up just 0.086 ppm
> by
> volume of air.  Xenon is also approximately 4.5X heavier than air. Xenon
> headlights have a characteristic "blue" glow. Ramsay and Travers had to go
> to extreme lengths to discover xenon - they had to produced 10,000 pounds
> of krypton in their refrigeration system to obtain just one pound of xenon
> (fractional distillation of air methodology).
>
>
> The winner of the weekly element quiz is Leland Woodall, CSTech, and
> Robert
> Welch, Moog Components Group, and they will split the services of Clumpy
> and Kloumpios for the week. The time stamp for their answers from the
> Rockwell Collins firewall was so close that it was easier to call it a
> tie!
>
> EQAB reviewed Doug's "Pulsium" submission and after extensive research has
> again disqualified his response. The EQAB investigation revealed that
> pulsars emit electromagnetic radation which is not observable in the
> visible spectrum. And the color of a pulsar will be dictated by its
> temperature which means colors other than blue are possible.
>
> However, EQAB did learn a new fact as part of its research - the two
> Pioneer spacecraft plaques have Earth's position documented by 14 specific
> pulsars relative to our Sun thus providing anyone who bumps into those
> spacecraft the ability to calculate our location in terms of both space
> and
> time. Not sure if that is a good thing or not.................
>
>
> 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 Sign
> Week 22 Phil Kinner
> Week 23 Guy Ramsey, RD Circuits
> Week 24 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
> Week 25 Keith Calhoun, SoparkCorp
> 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
> Week 48 Brian Ellis
> Week 49 Leland Woodall,CSTech
> Week 49 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> Week 50 Greg Munie, IPC
> Week 51 Karen Tellefsen.
> Week 52 Greg Munie, IPC
> Week 53 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 54 Phil Bavaro, L-3 Com.
> Week 55 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. deferred to Richard Stadem, GD,
> Week 56 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LLC
> Week 57 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
> Week 58 Leland Woodall, CSTech, Inc.
> Week 58 Bonus Question Robert Wolfe
> Week 59 Greg Munie, IPC
> Week 60 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
> Week 61 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited
> Week 62 Leland Woodall
> Week 62 Brien Bush, Cirtronics
> Week 63 Pat Goodyear, PGE
> Week 64 Ed Popielarski
> Week 65 Jim West, N.S. International
> Week 66 Brian Ellis
> Week 67 Ravinder Ajmani, HGST
> Week 68 Robert Wolfe
> Week 69 Joe Russeau, PAL.
> Week 69 Leland Woodall, Keihin North America
> Week 70 Jim West, N.S. International
> Week 71 Steve Gregory
> Week 72 Bhanu Sood, CALCE
> Week 72 Ed Popielarsk
> Week 72 Robert Welch, Moog Component Group
> Week 73 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics GmbH
> Week 74 Greg Munie, IPC
> Week 75 Doug Pauls, Rockwell Collins
> Week 76 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
> Week 77 Robert Kondner, Index Designs
> Week 77 Bonus Brien Bush, Cirtronics
> Week 78 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc.
> Week 79 Denny Fritz, SAIC
> Week 80 Brian Ellis
>
> Week 81 Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> -The guys are very lucky. This week, most of the country is on vacation .
> They are also going to enjoy a great  weather. Tell me when they are going
> to arrive at Ben Gurion Intl airport. Starting last Saturday and until
> Friday, we have Passover Holiday and most of the people don't work. Our
> tin/lead and lead-free assembly lines were closed on April 2nd. So the
> boys
> and I are going to tour the country. I hope next Sunday they will do some
> work to start the assembly lines just before leaving Israel.
>
> Week 81 Jim West, N.S. International
> -The boys arrived late Sunday and I had them over for a nice home cooked
> meal, which is my favorite meal that my wife prepared and consisted of
> roast beef, potatoes, carrots and broccoli....yum!  Shared with them some
> of my diverse adult beverages and told them to enjoy but also to take it
> easy as I had a big week planned for them.  Well, the evening went on fine
> but the adult beverages took over and left all of us feeling a little
> rough
> the next morning :-0   So, we started our Monday morning off a little late
> and it took us a better part of the day to get moving.  The boys are hard
> workers and they helped me with multiple projects this week and made my
> job
> a little easier and I believe they felt a sense of accomplishment, even
> though we didn't get off to a good start the beginning of the week.  They
> are primed and raring to go for the next lucky individual that gets their
> services.
>
> Week 82 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc
> -assisted with ????
>
> Week 82 Robert Welch, Moog Components Group
> -assisted with ????
>
>
> Everyone have a safe week.
>
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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> Data Credit Note: the information in the Element Quizzes is taken from
> several published sources including The History and Use of Our Earth's
> Chemical Elements by R. Krebs and Nature's Building Blocks by J. Emsley.
>
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