need to go to international space station to catch your question ;-)  
(how many times around the globe a day?).
On Apr 23, 2015, at 5:32 PM, David Hillman wrote:

> Hi Joyce - remember that to be "fair" to everyone on the planet and
> multiple time zones, the posting of the Element Quiz was announced  
> to be
> any time from Thursday, Noon, Central Standard Time Zone, USA to  
> Friday,
> Midnight, Central Standard Time Zone USA.  Keeps everyone guessing.
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:28 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> 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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