Hi David,

Thanks, I hope.
I've been watching this Friday event for years with interest.

This is the first time I have responded.
As I told Richard, I don't even know the rules.

Now I have a question for you, gulp, here goes: who is Clumpy & Kloumpios?

Gerry

> On May 12, 2017, at 11:11 AM, David Hillman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
> 
> The Question:
> This element is the only metal that reacts with nitrogen at room
> temperature. This element has many commercial uses: as a flux for welding,
> an additive in greases,its in several pharmaceuticals and used in the
> production of vitamin A. Seawater contains a significant concentration of
> this element. What element is being described?
> 
> The Answer:
> The element is Lithium (Li). Lithium derives is name from the Greek word
> "lithos" which means "stone". Lithium "floats" on water as it reacts with
> water liberating explosive hydrogen. A  major use of lithium is lithium
> stearate for lubricating greases and lithium fluoride can be used as rocket
> fuel. It is estimated that seawater contains approximately 230 billion tons
> of lithium. Lithium chloride is used as an antidepressant.
> 
> 
> The winner of the quiz  is Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems and will
> get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Gerry was the first
> person to response with the correct element with lots of folks very close
> right after him!
> 
> So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following:
> 
> Past Quiz winners/tasks:
> Week 1 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital
> Week 1 Ron Feyereisen, SigmaTron Intl.
> Week 2 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> Week 3 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger Ltd.
> Week 3 John Burke
> Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics
> Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses!
> Week 6 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> Week 7 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corp
> Week 7 Ian Fox, Rolls Royce
> Week 8 Leland Woodall
> Week 8 David Bealer, SMT
> Week 9 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 10 Louis Hart, Compunetics
> Week 11 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 11 Scott Decker, UTAS
> Week 12 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 13 No Quiz,
> Week 14 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
> Week 15 Bhanu Sood, NASA
> Week 16 John Maxwell
> Week 17 Leland Woodall
> Week 18 Leland Woodall
> Week 19 Tom Carroll, Boeing
> Week 20 Robert Kondner
> 
> Week 21 Tom Brendlinger, ClearMotion Inc.
> - Up here at ClearMotion, I've got a board to design... but our recruiter
> wants us looking through resumes instead. I think the boys can do that for
> a while, and when they're done with that, they can start cutting out molds
> for my upcoming cedar strip canoe.
> 
> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC
> - After feeding them all weekend, I put the boys to work soldering the
> battery leads (Pb-Free, of course) onto ShortSniffer boards.  They were so
> efficient with those little fingers twisting the wire ends, they got the
> next 6-months production done in 4.5 hours!  I gave our minimum wage
> technician a pink slip, telling her to re-apply in September.
> 
> They had big smiles on their faces as I put them on a plane to Disney
> World, giving them each 3 all-day passes (after warning them to stay away
> from Snow White).  They should be well rested for the next Element Quiz
> winner.
> 
> Week 23 Juliano Ribeiro, DATACOM
> - assisted with ????
> 
> Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems
> - assisted with ????
> 
> 
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> 
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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