Here is the Element Quiz Answer:

The Question:
The name for this element is associated with the planet Venus.  Which
element is being described?

The Answer:
The element is phosphorus (P)! White phosphorus emits a faint glow so the
element name comes from the Greek "light bearer" referring to the Morning
Star which is Venus! White phosphorus was discovered by German physician
Hennig Brand who was attempting to extract gold from urine. When he boiled
down 60 buckets of urine, he ended up with a residue that glowed and burst
into flames.


The winners of the quiz are Mark Kostinovsky and John Burke, they will get
the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.  Because Mercury is also
sometime considered the Morning Start, FEQAB decided that both Mark and
John would be declared the winners of the quiz this week.


So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:

Past Quiz winners/tasks:
Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
-assisted with ???

Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
-The boys can set a course through the wormhole to Elk Grove Village,
Illinois. (aptly named since elk live in a forest preserve grove near
here). They can give us a hand with our continuous improvement projects and
hourly coffee making/testing.

Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
- I can get the boys on Compunetics' turkey distribution list for
Thanksgiving

Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger
-assisted with ????

Week 3 John Burke
-assisted with ????


Everyone have a great Thanksgiving in the US and a great weekend elsewhere
around the globe!

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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