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1. A boson is a subatomic particle that was named after a scientist from which country?
2. Bosons, quarks and leptons are collectively known as what "model" of particle physics?
3. The Large Hadron Collider has been used to study bosons and other subatomic particles. It is located underground between Switzerland and which other nation?
4. What is the name for a group of subatomic particles whose spins are calculated as half-integers?
5. What do scientists call bosons that represent a specific type of force?
6. Which of these is a type of boson that binds quarks together to form protons and neutrons?
7. Which Greek letter is used to symbolize a photon?
8. Which two letters belong to bosons associated with the weak force?
9. Which of the following is the name of a hypothetical type of "tensor boson" introduced in the 1930s?
10. A boson nicknamed the "God particle" was actually named after which scientist?
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