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Subject: [TN] Element Quiz Answer

 The Question:
This element is the second most abundant in the Earth's crust. Humans have been utilizing various forms of this element for over 4000 years.  Silly Putty and Portland cement have a connection to this element. A place and time - Bell Labs, 1947 - are associated with this element. What element is being described?

The Answer:
The element is Silicon (Si). Silicon comprises 28% of the Earth's crust.  Silly Putty was originally made by adding boric acid to silicone oil. Silicates are used in making Portland cement (made mostly of calcium
silicates) which is used in building mortar and modern stucco, but more importantly, combined with silica sand, and gravel (usually containing silicate minerals like granite), to make the concrete. Silicon derives its name from the Latin word "silex" which means "flint". Silicon semiconductors made possible the invention of transistors at Bell Labs in 1947.


The winner of the quiz is Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc. and he 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 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 Week 44 Russell Kido, Practical Components Week 45 Leland Woodall Week 45 Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc Week 46 Ian Fox, Rolls-Royce Control Systems Week 47 Fred Cox, Bluering Stencils Week 48 Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 49 Todd MacFadden, Bose Week 49 Leland Woodall Week 50 Russell Kido, Practical Components Week 51 Ravinder Ajmani, Western Digital Week 52 Leland Woodall Week 53 Scott Decker, UTAS Week 54 Leland Woodall Week 55  Tom Carroll, Boeing Week 56  Mordechai Kirshenbaum Week 57  Steve Herring, Pennatronics Corp Week 58 Leland Woodall Week 59 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Week 60 Leland Woodall Week 61 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly Week 62  Leland Woodall!

Week 63 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly -I don't know what they'll do at the both Toms, but if they can use Internet, then the two Toms arrange their time schedule and I'll give the boys access with VPN to my CAD software and they can do some layout stuff at night. Cadstar or Altium, whatever they prefer...

Week 63 Tom Carroll, Boeing
- Wow a three way tie is awesome. I would ask that Clumpy and Kloumpios arrive on Tuesday to help celebrate my daughter's 21st birthday and then come along as we attend Part 1 and 2 of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway on Wednesday. I know the boys will be able to explain some of the secrets behind Harry's powers, I just hope they will share it with my daughter. Should be a good time for all.

Week 63 Tom Granat
-assisted with ????

Week 64 George Wenger
-  I couldn't have won at a better time.  I recently purchased a 5 acre lot and I need to remove lots of trees, stumps and sticker bushes so my builder can build a new 3 bedroom ranch home. Approximately 10 weeks ago I herniated a disk in my back and I haven't been able to do a lot of work on our lot so I have plenty of work for Clumpy and Kloumpios to do this week.

Week 65  Frank Kimmey, VeriFone Inc
- assisted with ????



I hope everyone has a awesome week!
Dave Hillman
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