Isaac Asimov’s Super Quiz

Article by: Ken Fisher , North America Syndicate Inc.
Updated: September 9, 2011 - 10:52 AM

Take this Super Quiz to a Ph.D. Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.

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Fri Jan 04 09:00:00 PST 2013

Subject: THE GOD PARTICLE

(e.g., What is the proper name of the particle named after Peter Higgs? Answer: Higgs boson. (Higgs particle).)

FRESHMAN LEVEL

1. The LHC was used to test the existence of the particle. What is the LHC?

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2. What type of instrument is the LHC?

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3. Where is it located?

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GRADUATE LEVEL

4. CERN is the research organization. For what do the "E" and "N" stand?

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5. The boson is hard to detect, as it ____ immediately after it is created.

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6. Higgs bosons are postulated by the _____ model of particle physics.

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PH.D. LEVEL

7. The boson may explain why some other elementary particles acquire ____.

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8. Physicists hope to better understand the interrelation between general relativity and ____ mechanics.

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9. The name boson is derived from (a) a man's name (b) a particle © a star.

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ANSWERS: 1. Large Hadron Collider. 2. Particle accelerator. 3. Near Geneva, Switzerland. 4. European and Nuclear. 5. Decays (vanishes, disappears). 6. Standard. 7. Mass. 8. Quantum. 9. (a) A man's name (Indian physicist Satyendra Nath Bose).

SCORING:

18 points - congratulations, doctor; 15 to 17 points - honors graduate; 10 to 14 points - you're plenty smart, but no grind; 4 to 9 points - you really should hit the books harder; 1 point to 3 points - enroll in remedial courses immediately; 0 points - who reads the questions to you?

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