Quest (disambiguation)
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A quest
is a journey toward a goal, frequently used as a plot device in fictional works.
Quest or The Quest may also refer to:
Quest
In mythology and literature, a quest, a journey towards a goal, serves as a plot device and as a symbol. Quests appear in the folklore of every nation and also figure prominently in non-national cultures. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and...
is a journey toward a goal, frequently used as a plot device in fictional works.
Quest or The Quest may also refer to:
Computing
- Quest Development, a software company, primarily associated with Symantec
- Quest International Users GroupQuest International Users GroupQuest International Users Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting users of JD Edwards and PeopleSoft applications. It is an Oracle User Group....
, an Oracle User GroupOracle User GroupAn Oracle User Group is a private, generally non-profit or not-for-profit organization that provides support and education for users of Oracle Corporation technology, particularly for professional users, however student user groups have also been established.... - Quest Learning and AssessmentQuest Learning and AssessmentQuest Learning and Assessment is a web-based tool for instructors and students of mathematics and science created at the University of Texas at Austin College of Natural Sciences and has been adopted at over 1,000 U.S. institutions...
, a web-based study tool - Quest SoftwareQuest SoftwareQuest Software is a computer software manufacturer headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. Founded in 1987, Quest develops, manufactures and supports software used by Information Technology professionals in a variety of industries...
, a management software company
Educational Institutions
- QUEST QuestIn mythology and literature, a quest, a journey towards a goal, serves as a plot device and as a symbol. Quests appear in the folklore of every nation and also figure prominently in non-national cultures. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and...
Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology or QUEST Nawabshah
Film
- Quest (1996 film), a 1996 animated short
- The Quest (1986 film), an Australian fantasy
- Quest (2006 film)Quest (2006 film)Quest is a 2006 English-language Indian film directed by Amol Palekar. It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English....
, an Indian drama - Quest (film)Quest (film)Quest may refer to several films:* The Quest a 1996 film directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme* The Quest , the US title of the Australian film Frog Dreaming, directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith...
- The Quest (film)The Quest (film)The Quest is a 1996 American martial arts action film written and directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme. The film starred Van Damme, Roger Moore, Janet Gunn, and James Remar. The film is Van Damme's directorial debut. The plot revolves around an international martial arts tournament, with a storyline...
, a 1996 martial arts film
Gaming
- The Quest (1995 video game), a CD-ROM game
- The Quest (computer game)The Quest (computer game)The Quest is a graphic fantasy text adventure computer game released in 1983 by Penguin Software. Originally designed by Dallas Snell for the Apple II and was later ported to several other home computer systems of the era.-Setting:...
, a graphic fantasy text adventure computer game released in 1983 by Penguin Software - Quest (gamebook)
- Quest (gaming)Quest (gaming)A quest in role-playing video games — including massively multiplayer online role-playing games and their predecessors, MUDs — is a task that a player-controlled character or group of characters may complete in order to gain a reward...
, a task completed by characters - Quest 64Quest 64Quest 64, released as Holy Magic Century in Europe, Australia and New Zealand and as in Japan, is a single-player role-playing game developed by Imagineer and published by THQ...
, a 1998 Nintendo 64 game - Quest CorporationQuest Corporationwas a Japanese video game company founded in 1988. They were originally known as Bothtec, which had developed The Scheme, a Metroidvania-style open world action role-playing game featuring music by Yuzo Koshiro, that same year....
, a video game company
Music
- Quest, an American jazz group led by Don RandiDon RandiDon Randi is an American keyboard player, bandleader and songwriter. He has performed on innumerable recordings, including many as a session musician and member of "The Wrecking Crew", as well as releasing his own jazz records...
- The Quest (album)The Quest (album)The Quest is an album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label. Some reissues of the album appear under Eric Dolphy's name.-Reception:...
an album by jazz pianist Mal Waldron - Quest (band)Quest (band)Quest are an American jazz band, which includes saxophonist Dave Liebman, pianist Richie Beirach, drummer Billy Hart, and, at various times, bassists George Mraz and Ron McClure.-Discography:* 1981: Quest* 1987: Quest 2...
, a band which included saxophonist Dave Liebman, pianist Richie Beirach, drummer Billy Hart, and, at various times, bassists George Mraz and Ron McClure
Publications
- Quest, a publication of the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation (AICF)
- QUEST (anti-god missile), an experimental torpedo used in
- Quest (lifestyle magazine)
- The Quest (novel)The Quest (novel)The Quest is a novel by author Wilbur Smith first published in 2007. It is part of a series of novels by Smith set to ancient Egypt and follows the fate of the Egyptian Kingdom through the eyes of Taita, a multi-talented and highly skilled eunuch slave....
, a novel by author Wilbur Smith first published in 2007 - Quest (Theosophical magazine)
- QUEST: An African Journal of PhilosophyQuest: an African journal of philosophyQuest: An African Journal of Philosophy is an academic journal publishing philosophical discussions on problems that arise out of the radical transformations Africa and Africans are undergoing...
- Quest: The History of Spaceflight, a quarterly journal
- Quest, a Dutch popular science magazine
Television
- Jonny QuestJonny QuestJonny Quest is a media franchise that revolves around a boy named Jonny Quest who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. The franchise started with a 1964-65 television series and has come to include two subsequent television series, two television films, and a video game.-1964–1965...
, a fictional character - Quest (TV channel)Quest (TV channel)Quest is a TV channel in the United Kingdom. Quest provides factual, lifestyle, entertainment programmes and other imported material. The channel is operated by Discovery Networks Western Europe.-History:...
, a TV channel in the United Kingdom - "The Quest" (Stargate SG-1), a Stargate SG-1 episode
- The Quest (1976 TV series)The Quest (TV series)The Quest, a 15-episode Western television series which aired on NBC beginning September 22, 1976, starring Kurt Russell and Tim Matheson.-Overview:...
, a 1976 Western television series starring Kurt Russell - The Quest (1979 TV series), a 1979 TV-Series starring Perry KingPerry KingPerry Firestone King is an American television and film actor. King played the role of Cody Allen on the detective series Riptide from 1983 to 1986.-Early life:...
and Noah Beery Jr. - World of QuestWorld of QuestWorld of Quest is an animated series based on the graphic novel story by Jason Kruse published by Komikwerks . The series was created by Cookie Jar Entertainment, and was animated by Mercury Filmworks East, for season 1. Season 2 was produced by Vancouver's Atomic Cartoons...
, an animated Canadian TV series
Vehicles and vessels
- Nissan QuestNissan QuestThe Nissan Quest is a minivan manufactured since 1993 by Nissan, and is now in its fourth generation. The first two generations of the Quest were a joint venture with Ford, which marketed a rebadged variant as the Mercury Villager...
, a minivan - Quest (ship)Quest (ship)The Quest, a low-powered, schooner-rigged steamship that sailed from 1917 until sinking in 1962, is best known as the polar exploration vessel of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922. It was aboard this vessel that Sir Ernest Shackleton died on 5 January 1922 while the vessel was in...
, a sealing ship and polar exploration vessel - Velomobile Quest, a velomobileVelomobileA velomobile or bicycle car is a human-powered vehicle, enclosed for aerodynamic advantage and protection from weather and collisions. They are virtually always single-passenger vehicles. They are derived from recumbent bicycles and tricycles, with the addition of a full fairing . There are few...
(bicycle car)
Other uses
- Miss Asia-Pacific Quest
- Quasar Equatorial Survey TeamQuasar Equatorial Survey TeamThe Quasar Equatorial Survey Team is a joint venture between Yale University, Indiana University, and Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomia to photographically survey the sky. It uses the 48 inch The Quasar Equatorial Survey Team is a joint venture between Yale University, Indiana University,...
, a joint venture to photographically survey the sky - Richard QuestRichard QuestRichard Austin Quest is an English journalist and a CNN International anchor and reporter based in London. He anchors Quest Means Business. In addition to anchoring the five-times-weekly business program, Quest hosts the monthly program Business Traveller...
(born 1962), English television journalist - Quest (assessment)
- Quest (cigarette)Quest (cigarette)Quest is a cigarette brand manufactured by Vector Tobacco, based in Mebane, North Carolina. It is manufactured using genetically altered tobacco plants.The product is available in three versions...
, a cigarette brand manufactured by Vector Tobacco, based in Mebane, North Carolina - Quest AircraftQuest AircraftQuest Aircraft Company is an American aircraft manufacturing company located in Sandpoint, Idaho. Quest was started in 2001 to design and provide aircraft suitable for domestic and international humanitarian applications.-History:...
, an aircraft manufacturer - Quest Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory services company
- Quest InternationalQuest InternationalQuest International was a major producer of flavors and fragrances with sales of £560 million in 2005 before its acquisition by rival Givaudan. Quest created and marketed flavours and fragrance concepts and solutions for the fast moving consumer goods industries...
, a flavor and fragrances company - Quest Joint Airlock, part of the International Space Station
- The QUEST study, a veterinary research study
- Quest UniversityQuest UniversityQuest University Canada is a private non-profit liberal arts and sciences university in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. The university opened in September 2007 with an enrolment of 74 students; its current enrolment is 300. Quest University is located on a mountain-top campus on the edge of...
, Canada - QUEST (Cluster of Excellence)QUEST (Cluster of Excellence)The Cluster of Excellence QUEST - Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research has been funded since November 2007 in the framework of the German Universities Excellence Initiative of the federal and state governments of Germany. The key research areas of the cluster are the quantum...
, Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Research: a large collaborative research project in Germany.