I appreciated the "hint."
This week the boys will be helping me with Fall yard work. If they finish in time, we'll also check out the speckled sea trout run currently going on in Belhaven, NC.
Leland
-----Original Message-----
From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 8:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Answer
Sorry Doug but the inclusion of the actual answer in the list of clues was not a mistake, it was the highest level of mis-direction and deception!
At least that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Dave
On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 7:16 AM, Douglas Pauls < [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have convened a special meeting of the FEQAB and they have
> disqualified my esteemed colleague's question. When you put the
> answer in the question, it's not really a question, now is it? I am
> going to take this one and frame it. In 4 years of the exercise this is the first time he goofed.
> Well, other than the weekly goofs of disqualifying me.
>
>
> Doug Pauls
> Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 7:01 AM, David Hillman <david.hillman@
> rockwellcollins.com> wrote:
>
>> Here is the Element Quiz Question:
>>
>> The Question:
>> This element does not oxidize in air. The name for this element is
>> Spanish in origin. This element exists in high abundance on the Moon.
>> The most common use of platinum is as a catalyst in chemical
>> reactions. Large ore deposits of this element are found in the
>> Merensky Reef. Which element is being described?
>>
>> The Answer:
>> The element is Platinum (Pt). Platinum derives its name from the
>> Spanish word "platina" meaning "little silver". The largest
>> commercial use of platinum is for catalytic converters in vehicles.
>> The early Spanish explorers found quite a bit of platinum in South
>> America but it was often simply thrown away, and there was an
>> official decree forbidding the adulteration of gold with platinum
>> impurities. The Merensky Reef is a layer of igneous rock in the
>> Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa and contains most of the
>> world's known reserves of platinum group metals.
>>
>>
>> The winner of the quiz is Leland Woodall and he will get the
>> services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. The discussion on Moon
>> cheese was quite entertaining! Its clear that the TechNet community
>> is very creative and imaginative.
>>
>> There won't be a Element Quiz next week as I will be "investigating
>> the impact of lead-free metal alloys on the flight dynamics of North
>> American waterfowl with an emphasis on tungsten" and will need the boys assistance.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>> Week 22 Carl Van Wormer, Cipher Engineering LCC Week 23 Juliano
>> Ribeiro, DATACOM Week 24 Gerry Gagnon, FLIR Commercial Systems Week
>> 25 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 26 Joyce Koo, IPC
>> International Week 26 Todd MacFadden, Bose Week 27 Bhanu Sood, NASA
>> Week 28 Leland Woodall Week 29 Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 30 Leland
>> Woodall Week 31 Leland Woodall Week 32 Steve Gregory Week 33 Leland
>> Woodall Week 34 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp Week 35 Frank Kimmey,
>> VeriFone Inc Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems Week 37 Richard
>> "Dean" Stadem Week 38 Leland Woodall Week 38 Tom Carroll
>>
>> Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and
>> Assembly
>> - This is really great! The guys can help me to clear out a flat
>> (thousands of books :-( ) and, of course, if they have enough of the
>> dust of about 50 years, have fun with our cats again......(no
>> dust,only cat's fur in red &
>> black)
>>
>> Week 40 Leland Woodall
>> - assisted with ????
>>
>>
>> I hope everyone has a awesome week.
>>
>> Dave Hillman
>> Rockwell Collins
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