Here is the Element Quiz Question:

The Question:
This element serves no human biological function but fungi do use it. The
primary source of this element comes as a byproduct of copper refining. Its
primary commercial use is being a elemental constituent addition to metal
alloys. A component of this element is used to create acousto-optic
modulators. The element name is related to the word "earth".  Which element
is being described?

The Answer:
The element is Tellurium (Te)!  Tellurium derives its name from the Latin
word "tellus" which means "earth". In the gold rush of 1893, miners in
Kalgoorlie discarded a pyritic material as they searched for pure gold, and
it was used to fill in potholes and build sidewalks. In 1896, that tailing
was discovered to be calaverite, a telluride of gold, and it sparked a
second gold rush that included mining the streets. Humans exposed to as
little as 0.01 mg/m3 or less in air exude a foul garlic-like odor known as
"tellurium breath".


The winner of the quiz is Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design
and Assembly and will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week.


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
- The boys showed up, seems they know just where to go with no direction. We
had one of our test fixtures go down so they spent their week pushing
buttons. Our keypads must pass minimum 1 million keystrokes. They had a
blast (thought the beep tones were musical). Clumpy even composed a new
song or two. Klumpios just laughed at how bad the music was.
Sorry to see them go but the beer has quit gone missing since they left. Tell
them thanks next time you see them.

Week 36 Graham Collins, Sunsel Systems
- The boys can help me get ready for our upcoming ISO audit, I know they
are experts on that.

Week 37 Richard "Dean" Stadem
- I have the perfect project for Klumpy and Cloumpios; they will be helping
me convert my pontoon into a houseboat! This will be the most fun project
they ever worked on.

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Week 38 Leland Woodall
- assisted with ????

Week 38 Tom Carroll
-assisted with ????

Week 39 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
-assisted with ????


I hope everyone has a awesome week.

Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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