Hello Graham and Technet! Nope, the pink is actually a critical clue and I do not yet have a correct answer to the quiz. Dave From: Graham Naisbitt <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Date: 11/15/2012 02:46 PM Subject: Re: [TN] NTC Friday Element Quiz - The Question Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> I wondered if think pink was a ruse, but my guess is Lithium Graham Naisbitt On 15 Nov 2012, at 13:21, David D. Hillman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi folks - Here is the Friday Element Quiz Question (ya, this is early but > I am on travel and now is convenient): > > The Question: > > This element is a critical material in the operation of MRI scanners. The > primary mining countries for this element are the USA and China. Think > "pink". What element is being described? > > > The winner of the weekly element quiz will get the services of Clumpy and > Kloumpios for the week. > > So far Clumpy and Kloumpios have done the following: > (I have archived previous weeks to keep the email size manageable): > > Past Quiz winners/tasks: > Week 1 Lamar Young, SCS Coatings > Week 2 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 3 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc > Week 4 Ian Fox, Goodrich > Week 4 Gary Ferrari, Garrick Global > Week 5 Fredrick Miller, Astrola > Week 6 David Nelson, Raytheon > Week 7 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > Week 8 Bill Noel, ITT Geospatial Systems Division > Week 9 Steve Gregory of RD Circuits > Week 10 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs > Week 11 Dick Krug of Sparton Corporation > Week 12 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions > Week 13 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi > Week 14 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 15 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 16 David Bealer of Watchfire Signs > Week 17 Brian Ellis > Week 18 Denny Fritz, SAIC > Week 19 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > Week 20 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya > Week 20 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > Week 21 Brian Ellis and Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense > Week 22 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics Inc. > Week 23 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 24 Steve Gregory, RD Circuits > Week 25 Ahne Oosterhof, A-Laser > Week 26 Scott Post, Delphi > Week 27 Brian Ellis > Week 28 Nigel Burtt > Week 29 Richard Stadem,GD-AIS > Week 30 Robert Wolfe, Kimchuk Inc and Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 > Week 31 Bev Christian, RIM Inc, and Denny Fritz, SAIC > Week 32 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired > Week 33 Mark Woolley, PTRL Laboratory Avaya > Week 34 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc. > Week 35 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories > Week 36 Patrick Goodyear, PGE > Week 37 Dave Elder, Tait Radio Communications > Week 38 Steve Mikell, supposedly retired > Week 39 Andy Giamis, Commscope > Week 40 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi > Week 41 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > Week 42 Andy Giamis, Commscope > Week 43: Bev Christian, RIM, Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc., > Patrick Goodyear, PGE and Richard Stadem,GD-AIS > Week 44 Patrick Goodyear, PGE > Week 45 Dock Brown, Medtronic > Week 46 Dock Brown, Medtronic and Bev Christian, RIM > Week 47 Graham Collins, L3 Communications > Week 48 Mike Fenner, Indium > Week 49 Reuven Rokah > Week 50 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS > Week 51 Bev Christian, RIM > Week 52 Dock Brown, Medtronic > Week 53 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > Week 54 Steve Mikell and Phil Anslow, MBDA Systems > Week 55 Brian Ellis > Week 56 Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada > Week 57 Tan Geok Ang, NA > Week 58 Gebhard Neifer, Delphi and Aleks Lozinsky, Technic Canada > Week 59 Rex Waygood, Hansatech EMS > Week 60 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics > Week 61 Joshua Muonio, Analog Technologies Corp. > Week 62 Dock Brown, Medtronics > Week 63 Torsten Hagge, Kristronics > Week 64 James Head, Crowcon > Week 65 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense, Space and Security > Week 66 Lamar Young, SCS Coating > Week 67 Steve Creswick, Balanced Enterprise Solutions > Week 68 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc > Week 69 Denny Fritz, SAIC > Week 70 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > Week 71 Amol Kane, AsteelFlash US East Corp > Week 72 Lamar Young, Specialty Coating Systems, Inc. > Week 73 Keith Calhoun, Sopark Corporation and Joe Russeau, PAL > Week 73.1 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > Week 74 Tom Carroll, Boeing Defense and Richard Stadem, GD-AIS > Week 75 Graham Naisbitt, Gen3 System > Week 76 Ian Fox, Aero Engine Controls > Week 77 Richard Stadem, GD-AIS > > Week 78 Blair Hogg, GAI-Tronics > - assisted with a visit to the Reading Vanity Fair outlets for their > holiday sale for new winter clothes, getting the Teradyne back up and > running and finally assembling a new grill. > > Week 79 Brian Ellis > - assisted with: I'll treat them to Souvla washed down with a bottle of > Othello. Since I have two fractured vertebrae, I'm going to ask them to > do some weeding; the garden is in a sorry state. I hope they may have some > attachments for their machines to help with the task, a harrowing > experience. I'll let Kloumpios go and visit his family for a couple of > days. > > Week 80 Mordechai Kirshenbaum > - assisted with a new solder joint accelerated reliability test and to > debug the software and hardware of the system > > Week 81 Brian Ellis > - assisted with loads of weeding the garden and a couple days or rest and > relaxation > > Week 82 Joe Russeau, Precision Analytical Laboratories > - assisted with completing a large number of tests in the lab > > Week 83 Mark Kostinovsky, Schlumberger > - Unknown > Fred Cox, MET > - Unknown > > Week 84 Tom Granat, BAE Systems > - Unknown > > Week 85 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc > - assisted with developing a Quality reflection report > > Week 86 James Head, Crowcon Detection Instruments Limited > - helped paint the ceilings of my home and the re-survey of an > orienteering map for my local club. They didn't quite get the concept of > staying still long enough for me to get a bearing on them though so the > resulting map be "interesting". They were rewarded with more English Ale > before I packed them off to Leland. > > Week 87 Leland Woodall, CSTech Inc > - assisted with ???? > > Week 88 ???? > - assisted with ???? > > > Everyone have a safe week! > > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. > For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. 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