Quark National Quiz

1. *A is a company whose trademark brands
often became the generic names for the
product.
A played a major role in Project B, apart
from being critical to the success of the
Apollo missions.
‘Little boy’, a consequence of B Project
played a major role in shaping world
history.

2. • C, who worked on B project has a synthetic
element as well as a class of particles named
after him. Paul Dirac gave these particles their
name to honour C
• Cions (the particles) include all leptons and
*Ds
• Among other things, D is the name of the dog
in Honey I Shrunk the Kids

3. • D is also a Star Trek character, and a type of
robot in E
• E is a British Science fiction programme
produced by F
• The Guinness Book of world records lists E as
the longest running sci-fi show in the world
and the most successful sci-fi series as well in
terms of broadcast ratings, DVD and book
sales and iTunes traffic

4. • F, which aired E has the role to provide
impartial public service broadcasting in the
UK, Chanel islands and Isle of Man
• It is the largest broadcasting company in the
world in terms of number of employees
• In 2006, F launched an experimental channel
called F G.
• F G became official in December 2007

5. • The term G originated in the late 1930s, but
devices were considered ‘G’ only when
compared to older devices
• G is often represented by a number followed
by the letter ‘p’ standing for progressive scan
or ‘i’. We shall now refer to ‘i’ as *H
• H would be apt to describe the type of
questions in this prelims. When applied to
image encoding, H is supported by a file
format I.

6. • I led to the growth of animations on the
internet
• I was introduced by Compuserve, which is
now owned by *J
• J had merged with Time Warner in 2000, but it
was not fruitful and Time Warner spun off J
into a separate public company in 2009

7. • J was started off as Control Vide Corporation
by Bill Von Meister
• J’s sole product when it started was a
gameline for the 2600 video game console
produced by K

8. • K was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted
Dabney
• Bushnell conceptualised a game called
Breakout. Al Alcorn, the project manager
asked L to design a prototype for $750
• L asked his partner M to design the hardware
and M designed it in 4 days

9. • L and M later founded the world’s third largest
mobile phone maker N
• N released a platform O for its PDA in 1987
• O was an English physicist who was actually
deeply religious and wrote more on the
interpretations of the Bible than he did on
science.

10. • O had a bitter dispute with P regarding the
development of a field of mathematics
• The royal society accused P of plagiarism but it
was later found that O himself had written the
concluding remarks on P.
• However today we use P’s notations and
credit both of having developed it
independently.

11. • P is now regarded as the most important
logician since Aristotle and *Q.
• Q wrote “the laws of thought” and is regarded
as the founder of computer science.
• Most programming languages have a
reference to Q in their syntax

12. • R is one such language which was originally
called S, but was renamed R after a type of
coffee due to trademark issues
• S is a type of wood from which barrels for
aging brandy, scotch and bourbon whisky are
made
• Wine makers face a great dilemma in choosing
between American and French S

13. • A special type of S is used in making T’s, which
are used in the wine industry
• T was used in footwear to improve climate
control and also in older space shuttles as part
of a *U
• U’s are also affixed to firearms to protect the
users hands

14. • *V is a firearm manufacturer. One of their
products, the M&P 15 sport does not have a U
• V’s pistols and revolvers are a standard issue
to police and armed forces in several countries
across the world
• V is headquartered in *W, Massachusetts. W is
also home to the Miriam Webster’s dictionary
and although it appears in The Simpsons, it’s
not the same one

15. • The first six letters of W spell out a component
used in mechanical devices
• The mechanical device was studied by X, who
discovered the law of Y
• X described the law in the anagram
‘ceunosssttuv’. The law is used in designing
the mechanical device more accurately

16. • Even though Y is technically greater for
materials such as steel, in everyday life, Y is
associated with a class of materials known as
Z.
• In the 20th century, A produced many different
types of Z.

17. Answers

18. A is a company whose trademark brands
often became the generic names for the
product.
A played a major role in Project B, apart
from being critical to the success of the
Apollo missions.
‘Little boy’, a consequence of B Project
played a major role in shaping world
history.

19. (A)Dupont is a company whose trademark
brands often became the generic names
for the product.
(A) Dupont played a major role in Project
(B) Manhattan, apart from being critical to
the success of the Apollo missions.
‘Little boy’, a consequence of (B)
Manhattan Project played a major role in
shaping world history.

20. • C, who worked on B project has a synthetic
element as well as a class of particles named
after him. Paul Dirac gave these particles their
name to honour C
• Cions (the particles) include all leptons and Ds
• Among other things, D is the name of the dog
in Honey I Shrunk the Kids

21. • (c) Fermi, who worked on (B) Manhattan
project has a synthetic element as well as a
class of particles named after him. Paul Dirac
gave these particles their name to honour
(C)Fermi
• Cions (Fermions) (the particles) include all
leptons and (Ds) Quarks
• Among other things, (D) Quark is the name of
the dog in Honey I Shrunk the Kids

22. • D is also a Star Trek character, and a type of
robot in E
• E is a British Science fiction programme
produced by F
• The Guinness Book of world records lists E as
the longest running sci-fi show in the world
and the most successful sci-fi series as well in
terms of broadcast ratings, DVD and book
sales and iTunes traffic

23. • (D) Quark is also a Star Trek character, and a
type of robot in (E) Dr. Who
• (E) Dr.Who is a British Science fiction
programme produced by (F) BBC
• The Guinness Book of world records lists (E)
Dr.Who as the longest running sci-fi show in
the world and the most successful sci-fi series
as well in terms of broadcast ratings, DVD and
book sales and iTunes traffic

24. • F, which aired E has the role to provide
impartial public service broadcasting in the
UK, Chanel islands and Isle of Man
• It is the largest broadcasting company in the
world in terms of number of employees
• In 2006, F launched an experimental channel
called F G.
• F G became official in December 2007

25. • (F)BBC, which aired (E) Dr.Who has the role to
provide impartial public service broadcasting
in the UK, Chanel islands and Isle of Man
• It is the largest broadcasting company in the
world in terms of number of employees
• In 2006, (F) BBC launched an experimental
channel called (F G) BBC HD.
• (F) BBC (G) HD became official in December
2007

26. • The term G originated in the late 1930s, but
devices were considered ‘G’ only when
compared to older devices
• G is often represented by a number followed
by the letter ‘p’ standing for progressive scan
or ‘i’. We shall now refer to ‘i’ as H
• H would be apt to describe the type of
questions in this prelims. When applied to
image encoding, H is supported by a file
format I.

27. • The term (G) HD originated in the late
1930s, but devices were considered ‘G’ (high
definition) only when compared to older
devices
• (G) HD is often represented by a number
followed by the letter ‘p’ standing for
progressive scan or ‘i’. We shall now refer to ‘i’
as (H) interlaced
• (H) interlaced would be apt to describe the
type of questions in this prelims. When
applied to image encoding, (H) interlaced is
supported by a file format (I) GIF.

28. • I led to the growth of animations on the
internet
• I was introduced by Compuserve, which is
now owned by J
• J had merged with Time Warner in 2000, but it
was not fruitful and Time Warner spun off J
into a separate public company in 2009

29. • (I) GIF led to the growth of animations on the
internet
• (I) GIF was introduced by Compuserve, which
is now owned by (J) America Online/AOL
• (J)AOL had merged with Time Warner in
2000, but it was not fruitful and Time Warner
spun off (J)AOL into a separate public
company in 2009

30. • J was started off as Control Vide Corporation
by Bill Von Meister
• J’s sole product when it started was a
gameline for the 2600 video game console
produced by K

31. • (J) AOL was started off as Control Vide
Corporation by Bill Von Meister
• (J)AOL’s sole product when it started was a
gameline for the 2600 video game console
produced by (K) Atari

32. • K was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted
Dabney
• Bushnell conceptualised a game called
Breakout. Al Alcorn, the project manager
asked L to design a prototype for $750
• L asked his partner M to design the hardware
and M designed it in 4 days

33. • (K) Atari was founded by Nolan Bushnell and
Ted Dabney
• Bushnell conceptualised a game called
Breakout. Al Alcorn, the project manager
asked (L) Steve Jobs to design a prototype for
$750
• (L) Steve Jobs asked his partner (M) Steve
Wozniak to design the hardware and (M)
Wozniak designed it in 4 days

34. • L and M later founded the world’s third largest
mobile phone maker N
• N released a platform O for its PDA in 1987
• O was an English physicist who was actually
deeply religious and wrote more on the
interpretations of the Bible than he did on
science.

35. • L(Jobs) and M(Wozniak) later founded the
world’s third largest mobile phone maker (N)
Apple
• (N)Apple released a platform (O) Newton for
its PDA in 1987
• (O) Newton was an English physicist who was
actually deeply religious and wrote more on
the interpretations of the Bible than he did on
science.

36. • O had a bitter dispute with P regarding the
development of a field of mathematics
• The royal society accused P of plagiarism but it
was later found that O himself had written the
concluding remarks on P.
• However today we use P’s notations and
credit both of having developed it
independently.

37. • (O)Newton had a bitter dispute with (P)Leibniz
regarding the development of a field of
mathematics
• The royal society accused (P)Leibniz of plagiarism
but it was later found that (O) Newton himself
had written the concluding remarks on (P)
Leibniz.
• However today we use Leibniz’s notations and
credit both of having developed it independently.

38. • P is now regarded as the most important
logician since Aristotle and Q.
• Q wrote “the laws of thought” and is regarded
as the founder of computer science.
• Most programming languages have a
reference to Q in their syntax

39. • (P)Leibniz is now regarded as the most
important logician since Aristotle and (Q)
George Boole.
• (Q)Boole wrote “the laws of thought” and is
regarded as the founder of computer science.
• Most programming languages have a
reference to (Q) Boole in their syntax
(Boolean)

40. • R is one such language which was originally
called S, but was renamed R after a type of
coffee due to trademark issues
• S is a type of wood from which barrels for
aging brandy, scotch and bourbon whisky are
made
• Wine makers face a great dilemma in choosing
between American and French S

41. • (R)Java is one such language which was
originally called (S)Oak, but was renamed
(R)Java after a type of coffee due to trademark
issues
• (S)Oak is a type of wood from which barrels
for aging brandy, scotch and bourbon whisky
are made
• Wine makers face a great dilemma in choosing
between American and French (S)Oak

42. • A special type of S is used in making T’s, which
are used in the wine industry
• T was used in footwear to improve climate
control and also in older space shuttles as part
of a U
• U’s are also affixed to firearms to protect the
users hands

43. • A special type of (S)Oak is used in making
(T’s)Corks, which are used in the wine industry
• (T)Cork was used in footwear to improve
climate control and also in older space
shuttles as part of a (U) Heat Shield
• (U’s) Heat Shields are also affixed to firearms
to protect the users hands

44. • V is a firearm manufacturer. One of their
products, the M&P 15 sport does not have a U
• V’s pistols and revolvers are a standard issue
to police and armed forces in several countries
across the world
• V is headquartered in W, Massachusetts. W is
also home to the Miriam Webster’s dictionary
and although it appears in The Simpsons, it’s
not the same one

45. • (V)Smith and Wesson is a firearm manufacturer.
One of their products, the M&P 15 sport does not
have a (U) Heat Shield
• (V) S&W’s pistols and revolvers are a standard
issue to police and armed forces in several
countries across the world
• (V) S&W is headquartered in
(W)Springfield, Massachusetts. W is also home to
the Miriam Webster’s dictionary and although it
appears in The Simpsons, it’s not the same one

46. • The first six letters of W spell out a component
used in mechanical devices
• The mechanical device was studied by X, who
discovered the law of Y
• X described the law in the anagram
‘ceunosssttuv’. The law is used in designing
the mechanical device more accurately

47. • The first six letters of (W)Springfield spell out
a component used in mechanical devices
• The mechanical device was studied by (X)
Robert Hooke, who discovered the law of (Y)
Elasticity
• (X) Hooke described the law in the anagram
‘ceunosssttuv’. The law is used in designing
the mechanical device more accurately

48. • Even though Y is technically greater for
materials such as steel, in everyday life, Y is
associated with a class of materials known as
Z.
• In the 20th century, A produced many different
types of Z.

49. • Even though (Y)Elasticity is technically greater
for materials such as steel, in everyday life, it
is associated with a class of materials known
as (Z)Polymers.
• In the 20th century, (A)Dupont produced many
different types of (Z)Polymers.