Who is an atomic physicist’s favorite Golden Age movie star?
Quark* Gable.
Source: Weschler, Jeffrey. “Daily Crossword.” L.A. Times, 21 Jan. 2022.
* Quarks are subatomic particles that form the building blocks of protons and neutrons. They were named by physicist Murray Gell-Mann as a reference to a passage in James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake.