Hi Ioan - I didn't have that in my book so I'll go add it! Dave On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 1:36 PM, Tempea, Ioan <[log in to unmask] > wrote: > Dave, > > Not to forget Cupru (Romanian), which shows how close we are from our > Roman roots ;-) > > Ioan > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] De la part de David Hillman > Envoyé : August 03, 2018 2:16 PM > À : [log in to unmask] > Objet : [TN] Element Quiz Answer > > The Question: > This element is found in its elemental form in nature. The largest mass of > the element in elemental form discovered weighed 420 tonnes and was found > in 1857 on the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan, USA. This element has been > known for over 10,000 years. The town of Falun, Sweden is associated with > this element. Alloys containing this element have natural properties that > destroy a wide range of microorganisms. What element is being described? > > The Answer: > The element is Copper (Cu). Copper is one of the few metals that occur in > nature in directly usable metallic form (native metals) as opposed to > needing extraction from an ore and led to very early human use. In the > Roman era, copper was principally mined on Cyprus, the origin of the name > of the metal, from aes сyprium (metal of Cyprus), later corrupted to > сuprum, from which the words copper (English), cuivre (French), cobre > (Spanish), Koper (Dutch) and Kupfer (German) are all derived. The Great > Copper Mountain was a mine in Falun, Sweden, that operated from the 10th > century to 1992. It satisfied two thirds of Europe's copper consumption in > the 17th century and helped fund many of Sweden's wars during that > time.Some 355 copper alloys have been proven to kill more than 99.9% of > disease-causing bacteria within just two hours when cleaned regularly. > > > The winner of the quiz is Eray Canli and will get the services of Clumpy > and Kloumpios for the week. Eray - let us know where the boys are going and > what they will be helping you with 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 > Week 63 Tom Carroll, Boeing > Week 63 Tom Granat > > 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 > - Since the boys are probably tired from all the work George made them do, > they can join me for the week at Sunset Beach on the Monterrey Bay. Pure > relaxation on vacation. Maybe they can convince the local raccoons to stay > out of my camp. We’ll have some great games of Cards Against Humanity with > them. > > Week 66 Jerry Dengler, Pergamon Corp > - Good timing. We just purchased another oven and I can use the help > getting ready to take delivery > > Week 66 Leland Woodall > - assisted with ???? > > Week 67 Eray Canli > - assisted with ???? > > > > I hope everyone has a awesome week! > Dave Hillman > Rockwell Collins > [log in to unmask] > >