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 <
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> 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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