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The discussion revolves around participants sharing their scores and experiences related to a quiz about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The scope includes informal assessments of knowledge, reflections on the quiz questions, and references to sources of information about the LHC.

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  • Some participants report their quiz scores, with a range of results from 3/13 to 11/13, indicating varying levels of knowledge about the LHC.
  • Several participants express uncertainty about specific quiz questions, particularly regarding the timeline of the LHC's construction and the data used in early papers, with some disagreeing on the accuracy of question #2.
  • One participant mentions that they decided not to take the quiz after seeing the first question, suggesting a perceived difficulty.
  • Another participant notes that their score was influenced by guessing, highlighting the challenges of multiple-choice tests.
  • Some participants reference their sources of information, such as the CERN website and LHC wiki entries, as part of their preparation for the quiz.

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Participants express differing opinions on the accuracy of specific quiz questions, particularly regarding the historical context of the LHC's construction and the data used in early research. There is no consensus on these points, and the discussion remains unresolved.

Contextual Notes

Some participants note that certain quiz questions may be misleading or poorly phrased, indicating a potential limitation in the quiz's design.

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11/13, but several somewhat lucky guesses.
 
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PAllen said:
11/13, but several somewhat lucky guesses.
Nice work! Some of the numbers can be tricky.
 
I don't think I agree with #2 - the first papers were based on data obtained at 900 GeV.
 
5/13
Failed..:oldfrown:
 
5/13

I had no clue on any quetion and guessed every single one, so that says something about multiple choice tests.
 
Vanadium 50 said:
I don't think I agree with #2 - the first papers were based on data obtained at 900 GeV.
I got most material from the CERN website or the LHC wiki entry.
 
7/13 yikes.
 
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Greg Bernhardt said:
I got most material from the CERN website or the LHC wiki entry.

Nevertheless, the first papers were based on data obtained at 900 GeV.
 
  • #11
I decided not to take the test when I saw the first question and I realized it was a good decision when I continued reading other questions!
 
  • #12
3/13
 
  • #13
11/13 -- I guess I didn't too badly at all! :)
 
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StatGuy2000 said:
11/13 -- I guess I didn't too badly at all! :)
That is fully loaded, your brain should contain a large volume of LHC knowledge.
 
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Silicon Waffle said:
That is fully loaded, your brain should contain a large volume of LHC knowledge.

Not particularly -- it's just I seem to have a pretty good recall of what I've read about the LHC recently.
 
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6/13, mostly guessing. I divided 300,000 by 27 to get 11,000 times a second (close to light speed) and of course the picture looks like a "compact" muon solenoid...
 
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5/13
 
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Construction started in 1998? But LEP was still down there :/
 
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You are right - the tunnel was started much earlier. That's another bad question. However, it is possible to start building magnets before the LEP tunnel was emptied.
 
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6, (At least I was mostly right about some technical aspects of the various experiments and what they are.)
 
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my score is 8 out of 13
 
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8 of 13, did I beat MFB?
 
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8/13 is too many to me.:wideeyed:
 
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mfb said:
Nice try ;)
Fortunately, I read a lot of your posts or it would have been 3 out of 13!
 
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6/13 Just passed! Phew! :oldtongue:
 
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6/13
 

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