Surname

A surname or family name is a name added to a given name. In many cases, a surname is a family name and many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name". In the western hemisphere, it is commonly synonymous with last name because it is usually placed at the end of a person's given name.

In most Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking countries, two or more last names (or surnames) may be used. In China, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Madagascar, Taiwan, Vietnam, and parts of India, the family name is placed before a person's given name.

The style of having both a family name (surname) and a given name (forename) is far from universal. In many countries, it is common for ordinary people to have only one name or mononym.

The concept of a "surname" is a relatively recent historical development, evolving from a medieval naming practice called a "byname". Based on an individual's occupation or area of residence, a byname would be used in situations where more than one person had the same name.

9911 Quantz

9911 Quantz is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.49 years.

Discovered on September 29, 1973 by Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld on photographic plates that had been taken by Tom Gehrels with the Samuel Oschin telescope at the Palomar Observatory, it was given the provisional designation "4129 T-2". It was later renamed "Quantz" after Johan Joachim Quantz, a 17th-century German music teacher and composer.

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QuantZ (video game)

QuantZ is a puzzle and strategy game released by publisher and developer Gamerizon, a small company out of Montreal, on September 3, 2009. The object of the game is to shoot differently colored marbles one at a time at a cube with other colored marbles on it. If a combination of three marbles of the same color or more is formed, those marbles will disappear, similar to Collapse.

Gameplay

QuantZ has three game modes, Strategy, Action, and Puzzle.

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