I did not know that. Thanks for the update. Shall amend my records. Doug Pauls Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Stadem, Richard D. < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > No, Doug, but close. You have to remember the original clues as well. The > correct answer is actually Madame Curie, who was Guncotton's cousin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Douglas Pauls > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 8:30 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Element Quiz Question > > Oh well then, that's easy. Trinitrotoluene replaced guncotton, first > developed by an early DuPont chemist Guncotton Smith. Not much is known > about Smith as he came to an untimely end. Guncotton Smith was a rather > clumsy individual; not a good thing to be when working with volatile > explosives. I'll let all of you connect the dots. > > What do I win Dave? > > > Doug Pauls > Principal Materials and Process Engineer Rockwell Collins > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 8:24 AM, David Hillman < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Here is the Element Quiz Question (let's see how we do with the > > revised > > clues): > > > > The Question: > > This element is associated with the person responsible with the > > material that trinitrotoluene replaced. Which element is being > described? > > > > > > The winner of the quiz 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. > > -I got tons of unread e-mails in my Inbox. Therefore, I am going to > > ask Clumpy and Kloumpios to read them all and just debrief me, so I > > can take a few days off and spend some time consuming turkey with my > family. > > > > Week 3 John Burke > > -I will be checking out their failure analysis skill set - onward to > > the laboratory! Update: FA skills are good! The boys had a great time > > in the lab although things heated up when they thought the laser > > cutter for cutting out the samples could be modified for laser tag. > > > > Week 4 Drew Meyer, Benchmark Electronics > > - Drew gave the boys the week off and recommended they head over to > > Greece and/or Cyprus for some R&R. > > > > Week 5 No Winner - no correct responses! > > - assisted with ???? > > > > Week 6 ???? > > - assisted with ???? > > > > Everyone have a great weekend! > > > > Dave Hillman > > Rockwell Collins > > [log in to unmask] > > >