QoD Weekend "The Final Game"

[mrkelley23]

QoD Weekend The Last “Particle Physics”

As usual, Googling and other assistance is allowed, even recommended for the weekend games. Points are as delineated in the questions.

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.

2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.

3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?

4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?

5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson.

This game will be open until Monday morning, after which I will post the final standings.

[jarnon]

Physics, a subject I know something about! Today there were physics questions on Millionaire, Jeopardy! and now QoD.

Spoiler

Since I claim to know some physics, I'll try to answer on my own, then check Wikipedia.
1. Up, down, top, bottom, charm, beauty; (checking) the last one is strange.
2. (stubbornly insisting) Strange used to be beauty; (checking) bottom and top used to be beauty and truth.
3. Quark comes from "Three quarks for Muster Mark" in Finnegan's Wake (quarks occur in groups of three); (checking) they were named by Murray Gell-Mann, whose classification system is called the "eightfold way."
4. Electrons and neutrinos; (checking) leptons and gauge bosons.
5. (checking) Proton = up + up + down; lambda_0 = up + down + strange; K_0 = down + anti-strange.

Thanks, mrkelley, for a fun month of QoD!

[AnnieCamaro]

Spoiler

QoD Weekend The Last “Particle Physics”

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.
Up, down, charm, strange, top, bottom

2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.
Top and bottom were first called "truth" and "beauty."

3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?
Murray Gell-Mann, Eightfold Way, Finnegan's Wake

4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?
Leptons and bosons.

5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson.
Proton -- up, up & down
Lambda _0 baryon -- up, down, & strange
K_0 meson -- down quark & strange antiquark

I do not know if all my answers are correct, as my professor has not yet mentioned any of these things. (He did say that string theory has 10 dimensions, though, which I thought was particularly interesting.) I have enjoyed looking them up and trying to figure stuff out. Understanding particle physics is almost as confusing as trying to understand two-footers!

Thank you for letting me play QoD, and thank you for coming up with such good questions.

/:P\

[andrewjackson]

Spoiler

1. Up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top.

2. Bottom was originally "beauty" and top was originally "truth".

3. Murray Gell-Mann, the eightfold way , and Finnegan's Wake.

4. Leptons and gauge bosons.

5.
Proton = 2 up quarks and 1 down quark
lambda_0 baryon = 1 up, 1 down, and 1 strange quark
K_0 meson = 1 down quark and 1 strange anti-quark

Thanks for a fun and interesting month!

[VAdame]

Spoiler

. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.

Up, down, charm, strange, top, & bottom

2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.

Top was Truth & Bottom was Beauty

3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?

Murray Gell-Mann called it the Eightfold Way, & found the word "Quark" in Finnegan's Wake.

4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?

Leptons (which include electrons) & guage bosons

5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson.

Proton = 2 ups & 1 down
Lambda_0 = up, down, & strange
K_0 meson = down, anti-strange/strange, anti-down

[frogman042]

Spoiler

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.
Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange, Charm


2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.
Beauty and Truth are the original names of Bottom and Top - respectively

3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?
Murray Gell-Mann, eightfold way and Finnegans Wake

4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?
leptons, and gauge bosons


5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson.
Proton: 2 up quarks and 1 down quark
Lambda_0 baryon: 2 up quarks
K_0 Meson: 2 quarks with a total spin of 0

[tanstaafl2]

QoD Weekend The Last “Particle Physics”

As usual, Googling and other assistance is allowed, even recommended for the weekend games. Points are as delineated in the questions.

This game will be open until Monday morning, after which I will post the final standings.

Spoiler

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.
Current flavors to the best of my knowledge are: up, down, top, bottom, charm and strange.

2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.
The 3rd generation quarks bottom and top were originally to be named beauty and truth (bottom/beauty and top/truth).

3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?
The Eightfold Way by Murray Gell-Mann based on some infinitely clever, at least to a physicist, relationship to the eightfold way of Buddhism. Quark it would appear was made up independent of the source novel, James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, but provided the spelling, if not the pronounciation and has an additional somewhat convoluted relationship to a key sentence in the novel, based on the three levels of quarks.

4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?
I am going to go with leptons and gauge bosons.

5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson.
Proton - 2 up, 1 down
lambda_0 baryon - 1 up, 1 down, 1 strange
K_0 meson - if I have the right particle it has only a single down quark although it does also have a strange "antiquark" since all K mesons or "kaons" are "strange" in some fashion.

Interesting to research but odds are, with the exception of the names of quarks, I am unlikely to remember most of this soon after I post it!

[LookingForHumorPoints]

QoD Weekend The Last “Particle Physics”

As usual, Googling and other assistance is allowed, even recommended for the weekend games. Points are as delineated in the questions.

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.

Cherry, strawberry, orange, lemon, lime, and wild blue raspberry

2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.

Strawberry used to be called kiwi strawberry until everone realized how fruity that sounded, and wild blue raspberry used to be called "that blue crap nobody likes", but that was rejected by the The National Quark Association who wanted a name that would be more marketable to the general public.

3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?

Mr. Kelley, who dubbed it the Twenty-Three system, and wrote about it in his novel "Turning A Simple QoD Question Into A Novel To Discourage Smart Alecks Like LFHP From Being Able To Answer Them For Dummies"

4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?

Mold spores and dandruff

5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson.

42


LFHP

[KillerTomato]

Spoiler

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.

Up, down, top, bottom, charm and strange.

2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.

Top and bottom quarks were originally known as "beauty" and "truth".

3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?

Murray Gell-Mann, the eightfold way, and Finnegan's Wake

4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?

Leptons and guage bosons

5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson.

Proton: 2 up and 1 down
Lambda_0 baryon: 1 up, 1 down, 1 strange
K_0 meson: 1 down, 1 antistrange

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[BigDrawMan]

QoD Weekend The Last “Particle Physics”

As usual, Googling and other assistance is allowed, even recommended for the weekend games. Points are as delineated in the questions.

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.

in
out
top
bottom
up
down
charmed
not so charmed

i intuit 2 of those are wrong


2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.

I'll say charmed is one.
it was initially called the marley quark.


3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?

glenn seaborg
I am sure the novel had a high geek quotient


4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?

i knew these for a brief time long ago

#5 got me thinking they are muons and gluons

5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson.

i dint know quarks had components, as they are fundamental

This game will be open until Monday morning, after which I will post the final standings.

[Here's Fanny!]

Spoiler

QoD Weekend The Last “Particle Physics”

As usual, Googling and other assistance is allowed, even recommended for the weekend games. Points are as delineated in the questions.

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.


Did you say current to head off LFHP accidentally getting something right by saying chocolate, vanilla and strawberry? Ha!

Up, Down, Strange, Charmed, Top, Bottom (My boyfriend Steve says charmed, not charm, so that's how I roll.)


2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.

Top and bottom were Truth and Beauty

3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?

Murray Gell-Mann, the Eightfold Way and Finnegan's Wake

4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?

Leptons and force carriers

5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson.

Proton: Up, up, down
Lambda: Up, down, strange
K_0: Up, strange anti-quark

This game will be open until Monday morning, after which I will post the final standings.

[JBillyGirl]

Spoiler

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks. -- up, down, top, bottom, charm, strange

2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were. -- top and bottom may have been named truth and beauty

3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles? -- Murray Gell-Mann; eightfold way; Finnegan's Wake

4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles? -- leptons and gauge bosons

5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson. -- 2 up, 1 down (proton); 1 each up/down/strange (lambda_0 baryon); 1 down, 1 strange (K_0 meson)

Thanks for a great QoD month!

[NellyLunatic1980]

Spoiler

1. up, down, strange, charm, top, bottom
2. I'll guess that charm and strange were originally known as left and right.
3. Murray Gell-Mann, eightfold way, "Finnegans Wake"
4. bosons and leptons
5. proton is up-up-down, lambda_0 baryon is up-down-strange, K_0 meson is down-antistrange

[tlynn78]

Spoiler

1. up, down, top, bottom, charm and strange.

2. Top was beauty and bottom was truth

3. Murray Gell-Mann, eightfold way, and "Finnegan's Wake"

4. Leptons and gauge bosons

5. Proton: 2 up and 1 down
Lambda_0 baryon: 1 up, 1 down, 1 strange
K_0 meson: 1 down, 1 antistrange

t. (somehow managed to post without spoiling the first time-sorry. If I dq'd myself by editing, no problem)

[mrkelley23]

QoD Weekend The Last “Particle Physics”

As usual, Googling and other assistance is allowed, even recommended for the weekend games. Points are as delineated in the questions.

1. (3 points per correct answer) Give the currently accepted names for the six flavors of quarks.up, down, top, bottom, charm(ed), strange
2. (3 points per correct answer) Two of the quarks originally had different names. Tell me which ones they were, and what the original names were.top and bottom were originally truth and beauty. Some folks wanted strange to be sideways, but that never caught on.
3. (5 pts per correct answer) Who was the scientist who developed a classification system for quarks, what was the whimsical numerical name of his system, and what novel did he use to come up with the name for these particles?Murray Gell-Mann and his Eightfold Way is a staple of high-energy physics. The name for quarks comes from Finnegan’s Wake. “Three quarks for Muster Mark!
4. (5 points per correct answer) Quarks are currently considered “fundamental particles,” implying that there is nothing “inside” them (although string theory suggests otherwise.) What are the other two classes of “fundamental” particles?leptons and gauge bosons
5. (5 points per correct answer) Give the quark components which make up the following particles: the proton, the lambda_0 baryon, and the K_0 meson. uud; uds; and d-s.
This game will be open until Monday morning, after which I will post the final standings.

Points:

jarnon 64
AnnieC 59
AJ 64
VADame 64
frogman 54
tan 64
LFHP 32
KT 64
BDM 12
fanny 64
jbg 59
Nelly 49
Tgirl 64