It was a big week for really small things. Apple unveiled new music players, BlackBerry rolled out new phones, even Microsoft had a few Zune announcements hidden in there -- but nothing quite as small in size or as big in importance as the particles soon to be flying out of the Large Hadron Collider. Quarks, gluons, and muons -- oh my. Think you've got a big enough brain to tackle our quiz? Correct answers net you 10 points -- and some questions have a few strings attached. Ready? Then step on the accelerator.

1. As expected, earlier this week Steve Jobs unveiled a rockin' new iPod. Which of the following was something he did NOT do?

a. Display high-definition TV shows on iTunes 8

b. Unveil a music "Genius" that builds playlists on the fly

c. Demo a Nano accelerometer that changes songs when shaken

d. Sing "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

2. In the "Don't you forget about me" category, Microsoft also announced upgrades for its Zune media player. What is Microsoft's share of the portable media player market?

a. 15.4 percent

b. 8.6 percent

c. 2.6 percent

d. 0.0000001 percent

3. Crackberry addicts got a long-awaited fix at this week's CTIA. What's the name of the new handset from RIM?

a. Flip

b. Clip

c. Curve

d. Swerve

4. The Large Hadron Collider has come online in a tunnel underneath the Franco-Swiss border. What are scientists trying to do with this massive particle accelerator?

a. Find the "God particle"

b. Recreate the Big Bang

c. Confirm the basic tenets of string cheese theory

d. End life as we know it

5. A 6-year-old news story about United Airlines' bankruptcy filing sent the company's stock plummeting towards earth. How much did UAL stock drop before the mistake was caught?

a. 25 percent

b. 50 percent

c. 75 percent

d. 99 percent

6. "Search is a 90-10 problem. Today, we have a 90% solution. ... However, that remaining 10% of the problem really represents 90% (in fact, more than 90%) of the work." Which Google VP blogged that search is 90 percent solved, with 90 percent of the work still to come?

a. Marissa Mayer

b. Vint Cerf

c. Susan Wojcicki

d. Sundar Pichai

7. When is a movie pirate not a movie pirate? When he's using Real Networks' software to make copies of his DVDs. What is the name of this new legal way to copy movies?

a. RealDVD

b. RealDReaM

c. RealMovies

d. RealRisky

8. Good news, privacy fans. Google has cut the time it holds onto your IP address and every search associated with it. How long will your data be Google's b****?

a. 24 months

b. 18 months

c. 9 months

d. Forever minus a day

9. After 4.3 billion years in development, Electronic Arts finally released Will Wright's Spore game. Five minutes later it was immediately criticized for which of the following?

a. Being boring and "dumbed down"

b. Having an onerous DRM scheme

c. Teaching kids about evolution

d. All of the above

10. Could it be math time already? Take the cost of that world-ending Large Hadron Collider rounded to the nearest billion. Add the number of Vaio laptops Sony is recalling due to faulty wiring. Divide by the number of new iPods St. Steven of Cupertino revealed at you-know-what. Take that for a spin at 99.998 percent of the speed of light. What do you get?

a. 4.5002200

b. 4,500,000,220

c. 4,500,220,000

d. 2.6 percent

Answer key

Now that you know how you scored, you probably want to know why. Check out the answers below for the gory details. And be sure to return next week for another news quiz, ripped straight from the tech headlines.

Question 1: What didn't Steve Jobs do this week?

10 points

d. Sing "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

Though he did segue neatly from Bob Dylan to Dean Martin by shaking his Nano. Jobs noted that reports of his death are greatly exaggerated, but we'd feel a lot better if he put on a few pounds.

Question 2: What is Microsoft Zune's market share?

10 points

c. 2.6 percent

According to The NPD Group, Apple is No. 1 (duh), with just more than