Quicksilver may refer to: * Quicksilver (metal), the chemical element mercury

Arts and entertainment

Music

* Quicksilver, a bluegrass band fronted by

Doyle Lawson Doyle Lawson (born April 20, 1944) is an American traditional bluegrass and Southern gospel musician. He is best known as a mandolin player, vocalist, producer, and leader of the 6-man group Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Lawson was inducted into ...

* "Quicksilver" (song), a 1950 hit for Bing Crosby * ''Quicksilver'' (soundtrack), from the 1986 film * ''Quicksilver'' (album), an album by Quicksilver Messenger Service * ''Quicksilver'' (EP), a 2009 EP by The Crüxshadows * "

Quicksilver Lightning "Quicksilver Lightning" is a song by Roger Daltrey, who at the time was the former lead singer of The Who. The track is credited as being written by Dean Pitchford and being composed by Giorgio Moroder. The track is the Theme music, theme tune f ...

", a song by Roger Daltrey * "Quicksilver" (instrumental), 1969 instrumental from Pink Floyd album ''Soundtrack from the Film More'' * Shortened name form of Quicksilver Messenger Service, used by the band on their later record covers * "Quicksilver Girl" (song), Steve Miller Band, 1968 album Sailor * Quicksilver, a classical music ensemble directed by

Robert Mealy Robert Mealy is a performer and teacher of baroque violin. He holds a joint position at the Yale School of Music and the Department of Music of Yale University, where he directs the Yale Collegium Musicum and teaches classes in musical rhetoric an ...

& Julie Andrijeski

Film and television

* ''Quicksilver'' (Irish game show), an Irish quiz show * ''Quicksilver'' (film), a 1986 film

Fictional entities

Quicksilver (Marvel Comics) Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) is a fictional character, fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in the comic book ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #4 (March 1964) and was created by St ...

, a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe * Quicksilver (DC Comics), or

Max Mercury Max Mercury is a fictional DC Comics superhero similar to Quality Comics' Quicksilver. Initially an obscure speedster, the character was rebooted by Mark Waid in the pages of ''The Flash'' and turned into a mentor for Wally West and Bart Allen. ...

, a superhero in the DC Comics universe * Quicksilver, leader of the SilverHawks on the 1986 animated television series

SilverHawks ''SilverHawks'' is an American animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass Productions and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1986. The animation was provided by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation. In total, 65 episodes were ...

* Quicksilver, a fictional synthetic hormone in '' The Invisible Man'' * Quicksilver, a dragon in '' The World of Ice & Fire'' and ''

Fire & Blood Fire and Blood may refer to: * ''Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico'', a 1973 book by T. R. Fehrenbach * ''Fire and Blood'' (Manowar DVD), a 1998 music DVD by Manowar * ''Fire and Blood'' (Daugherty), a 2003 composition for solo violin and orche ...

Other arts

* ''Quicksilver'' (novel), first volume of ''The Baroque Cycle'' by Neal Stephenson

Aircraft

Eipper Quicksilver Quicksilver is a line of single and two-place high wing, single-engine, ultralight aircraft that evolved from weight-shift hang gliders including Bob Lovejoy's High Tailer. The earliest powered version, the Quicksilver C, was created as a se ...

* Quicksilver GT500 * USS ''Quicksilver'' (SP-281), US Navy patrol vessel

Computing

* QuickSilver (project), a software research project at Cornell University * Quicksilver (software), an open source application launcher for Mac OS X * QuickSilver, Broadvision desktop publishing software, formerly by Interleaf

Organizations

* Quicksilver Manufacturing, an aircraft company * Quicksilver (ISP), a New Zealand internet service provider

Entertainment

* Quicksilver (company), UK's largest amusement arcade company *

Quiksilver Quiksilver is a brand of surf-inspired apparel and accessories that was founded in 1969 in Torquay, Australia, but is now based in Huntington Beach, California. It is one of the world's largest brands of surfwear and boardsport-related equipm ...

, a surf and sports related apparel brand * Quicksilver Software, a computer-games company * Las Vegas Quicksilvers, a former soccer team

People

* DJ Quicksilver (born 1964), electronic musician * Quicksilver (wrestler), born Richard Clements, American professional wrestler

Other uses

* ''Quicksilver'', a locomotive of Great Western Railway 3031 Class * Quixilver, either of two robotics teams at

Leland High School (San Jose, California) Leland High School is a public high school located in the Almaden Valley in San Jose, California. Leland is one of the nine high schools in the San Jose Unified School District and is a STEM school. History Leland was founded in 1967. It was ...