Here is the Element Quiz Question: The Question: This element was the last element to be first discovered in nature rather than by synthesis. At any given time, only one ounce of this element exists in the Earth's crust. This element has a interesting history as it was discovered in 1925, 1926, 1930 and 1936 before the "real" discovery was validated. The name of this element was influenced by the word "cat". Which element is being described? The Answer: The element is Francium (Fr)! Francium can be found in trace amounts in uranium minerals. In a given sample of uranium, there is estimated to be only one francium atom for every 1×1018 uranium atoms. Four different incorrect "discoveries" of francium were made due to its location in the periodic table and its relationship to caesium. Marguerite Perey of the Curie Institute in Paris is credited for the discovery when she purified a sample of actinium-227. Perey first suggested that the new element be named "catium" due to its electropositive cation characteristics but her supervisors felt the name would be related to the word "cat" and the element symbol "Cm" was already assigned to curium. Perey then suggested the name be francium after the country of France. The winner of the quiz is Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly and he will get the services of Clumpy and Kloumpios for the first part of the week before celebrating Thanksgiving with their families at the end of the week. Doug's response of "Ignorium" was not accepted by the EQAB for two reasons: (1) Oddly, every time they began to start their research, other topics seemed more interesting; (2) EQAB talked to Ma and Pa Hillman who stated there were no von Struppenoffer or Vandersniffer family history, especially since Hillman is predominately English. EQAB suggested that you could argue with Ma Hillman on the topic as they weren't going get on her bad side! 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 - This week the boys will be helping me with Fall yard work. If they finish in time, we'll also check out the speckled sea trout run currently going on in Belhaven, NC. Week 41 Tom Carroll - Clumpy and Kloumpios can help with winter cleaning chores around the house. We just received our first blast of cold air today and it is expected to be colder tomorrow, so tell the boys to pack their winter suits. I need help removing air conditioners from windows and sealing up some drafts around windows and doors. After that the boys can relax and join me on a trip to Philadelphia to perform some FAA Conformities next week. Do they like soft pretzels? The ones I get in Philadelphia are great, especially when they are fresh out of the oven. Week 42 Matthias Mansfeld, Mansfeld Elektronik PCB Design and Assembly - assisted with ???? I hope everyone has a awesome week and a wonderfully Thanksgiving holiday. Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask]