Here is the Element Quiz Question:
The Question:
This element is fourth most abundant element in the Earth's crust. This
element is very abundant is space since its produced by fusion in
high-mass stars and scattered into space by the violent collapse of
supernovas.The human body contains 3-4 grams of this element which is
critical for our health. This element was known to the Egyptians in 3000
BC. This element will not form an amalgam with mercury. Which element is
being described?
The Answer:
The element is Iron (Fe)! The origin of iron's name is from the Anglo-Saxon
word "iren" and the Periodic Table symbol from the Latin word "ferrum".
Beads made from meteoric iron in 3500 BC or earlier were found in Gerzah,
Egypt. The beads contain 7.5% nickel, which is a signature of meteoric
origin since iron found in the Earth's crust generally has only minuscule
nickel impurities. Iron is a necessary trace element found in nearly all
living organisms. Iron-containing enzymes and proteins, often containing
heme prosthetic groups, participate in many biological oxidations and in
transport. Unlike many other metals, iron does not form amalgams with
mercury. As a result, mercury is traded in standardized 76 pound flasks (34
kg) made of iron.
The winners of the quiz are Leland Woodall and Frank Kimmey - they will
split the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the week. Their responses
hit the firewall clock at exactly the same time! Larry Dzaugis's response
gets honorable mention as he caught his error and had wise wisdom about the
combination of aluminum airplanes compatibility with mercury. David
Bealer's life experience gave him the right answer which I found to be cool
thing.
As for Doug's response of "Vacuumium", EQAB unfortunately had to disqualify
his answer again. EQAB completely believed Doug's biology rationale but the
Ames-Rock Valley information was not correct. Hillman had the privilege of
having several of his Iowa State University professors actually having
worked on the Manhattan project and several past "privileged" conversations
clearly show that Vacuumium was not part of the effort. Additional, Hillman
has several friends living in Rock Valley and they have assured EQAB no
implosion incident ever occurred there.
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
Week 40 Leland Woodall
Week 41 Tom Carroll
Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly
Week 43 Joyce Koo
- Great, the two chaps can help me to wrap my head around the newly
discovered planet by NASA that not only earth like, but also just 11 light
years away (like live just under our nose)... http://www.planetary.
org/blogs/jason-davis/2017/20171115-ross-128b.html?utm_campa
ign=planetarypost&utm_medium=email&utm_source=post1117
may be prepare search the alien under the sea? (avoid competition of
search alien above the sea, like "expedition unknown" TV show). - dave
you might not get them back if both get lost in the darkness ;-).
Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components
- How good are they in basketball? Maybe they can help my 8-year old
daughter in her practice and her game. We will be having some warm
temperatures next week, in the 80F range so they can pack light. They can
assist me in visiting customers, might have to take them to the beach or
Disneyland, finalize projects for year-end and keep my colleagues in line. Can
I send them to my factory to assist in long lead-time delays on our
products? (They can play the good guy, bad guy)
Week 45 Leland Woodall
- assisted with ????
Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
- assisted with ????
I hope everyone has a awesome week.
Dave Hillman
Rockwell Collins
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