I agree. Technical questions need technical precision to avoid confusion with things like.......Statuium.

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It is not aluminum, it is aluminium! Proof: the statue in London is cast in aluminium and bronze: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaftesbury_Memorial_Fountain

I win as spelling is important!

Brian

On 27/04/2018 15:11, David Hillman wrote:
>   Here is the Element Quiz Question:
> 
> The Question:
> This element is not found in its pure state in nature yet its the 
> third most abundant element found in the Earth's crust. The largest 
> piece of this element (2.8kg) ever cast at that time, is part of the 
> Washington Monument. The statue of Anteros in Piccadilly Circus, 
> London. This element has thousands of commercial applications. 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.
> 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
> -  We recently bought some new 3D AOI equipment, and the guys are 
> assisting me with the disposition of questionable calls made by our 
> associates.  I should have known they were well-versed in IPC-A-610 
> acceptability criteria.  They hadn't made me aware of this in the past, and then told me
> it was because I'd never asked...      Shame on me, right?
> 
> Week 55  Tom Carroll, Boeing
> - Clumpy and Kloumpios will arrive just in time to help with some 
> spring cleaning outside. Can't wait for this winter to be gone. You 
> are probably dealing with Winter Storm Xanto right now, good luck with 
> that. I hope it misses New York City as it moves east. Please have 
> them bring the tiller attachment for their John Deere so they can 
> easily turn the soil in the front flower bed. After the boys get done 
> with the yard work they can relax on the deck with some nice IPA and 
> go fishing in the canal out back. I know they enjoyed that last time they visited.
> 
> Week 56  Mordechai Kirshenbaum
> - I picked the boys from Ben Gurion Airport after a 24 hr delay. I 
> shall let them to overcome the Jet Lag, but  tomorrow they are going 
> to work hard at my labs. I hope they will enjoy their stay
> 
> Week 57 ????
> - assisted with ????
> 
> 
> I hope everyone has a awesome week!
> 
> Dave Hillman
> Rockwell Collins
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