Test

Which particle is the mediator of the strong force?

• Neutralino

• Z boson

• Gluon

• Quark

How much of our universe is matter or energy of which we know nothing about?

• 95.1%

• 75%

• 32.8%

• 13%

What is the power consumption of the LHC? 

The same as...

• A small village

  (5000 people)

• All households in Geneva canton (500,000 people)

• Switzerland

  (8M people)

• France

  (66M people)

What does the Higgs field do?

• Explain gravitational waves

• Solve the origin of dark matter

• Solve the origin of the Big Bang

• Solve the origin of mass

Which of the following inventions was driven by particle physics research at CERN?

• Touch screens

• The World Wide Web

• PET scanners

• All of the above

During a long run, where the proton beams might circulate for up to 10 hours, how far will these protons have travelled (assuming they have not interacted)?

• The distance from CERN to the sun and back

• The distance from CERN to Neptune and back

• The distance from CERN to the centre of Geneva

• The distance around the circumference of the Earth

Which is the most common elementary particle in your body?

• Up quark

• Down quark

• Electron

• Bottom quark