Subatomic Particles Quiz - Statistics

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Symbol Composition Year Discovered Particle % Correct
e elementary (lepton) 1897 (Thomson) electron
97%
u, d, s elementary model 1964 (Gell-Mann and Zweig) quarks
89%
n composite (baryon) 1932 (Chadwick) neutron
88%
p composite (baryon) 1919 (Rutherford) proton
88%
elementary (quantum) 2012 (CERN) {Higgs} boson
76%
α composite (atomic nucleus) 1899 (Rutherford) {alpha} particle
75%
c elementary (quark) 1974 {charm} quark
68%
γ elementary (quantum) 1905 (Einstein) photon
66%
b elementary (quark) 1977 {bottom} quark
65%
μ elementary (lepton) 1936 (Anderson) muon
64%
t elementary (quark) 1995 {top} quark
63%
νe, et al. elementary (lepton) 1956 (Cowan and Reines) neutrinos
61%
e+, et al. 1932 (Anderson) {anti}particles
53%
π composite (mesons) 1947 (Lattes, Occhialini and Powell) pion
44%
K composite (mesons) 1947 kaon
32%
W±, Z0 elementary (quantum) 1983 (CERN) {weak} bosons
28%
Λ0, et al. composite (baryons) 1950 (University of Melbourne) {lambda} baryons
19%
composite 2019 (CERN) {penta}quark
9%
Zc(3900), et al. composite 2013 {tetra}quark
7%
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