In the Deep Space Nine episode, You Are Cordially Invited, Jake Sisko tells Quark he sold his first book, but when Quark asks him how much was gotten for it, Jake answers, " It's just a figure of speech.

It was first released by Quark, Inc. in 1987 and is still owned and published by them.

Lady Quark was introduced as a survivor of one of the destroyed worlds.

The first mention of the Dominion is in " Rules of Acquisition " when Quark was seeking 100, 000 vats of tulaberry wine.

Until the episodes " Ferengi Love Songs " ( in which it was revealed that Ishka, the mother of Quark and Rom, had become romantically involved with Grand Nagus Zek ), and " Profit and Lace ", the laws and society of the Ferengi were extremely harsh towards its women.

Zek's appointment of Rom to be his successor as Grand Nagus suggests that this trend will likely continue, given that Rom was long-depicted as more liberal, compassionate, and sensitive than more traditional Ferengi such as Quark.

Liquidator Brunt was a recurring character on Deep Space Nine, who often found himself at odds with Quark.

Quark ( Star Trek ) | Quark was portrayed by Armin Shimerman ( left ); his brother Rom ( Star Trek ) | Rom was portrayed by Max Grodénchik ( right )

Quark came to the station while it was named Terok Nor during the Cardassian occupation of Bajor.

When the Bajoran wormhole was discovered, Quark helped broker deals between several Gamma Quadrant races and the Ferengi.

Quark became Grand Nagus for a brief period when it appeared that Zek had died ; however, Zek's death turned out to be a ruse and Quark was promptly deposed.

Along with Commander Sisko, Quark was also among the first to encounter the genetically engineered soldiers of the Dominion, the Jem ' Hadar.

Quark repeatedly clashed with FCA ( Ferengi Commerce Authority ) liquidator Brunt, who believed that Quark was detrimental to Ferengi society and beliefs.

Following this, Brunt was responsible for Quark receiving a savage beating at the hands of Nausicaan thugs.

The attack was meant to coerce Quark into dissolving the employee union founded by his brother, Rom.

Later, when Quark was falsely diagnosed with a fatal disease, Brunt anonymously bought the Ferengi bartender's remains six days in advance.

When Quark discovered he was not dying and backed out of the contract, Brunt revoked Quark's business license with glee, but Quark's friends supplied him with all the equipment necessary to continue operating his bar anyway.

( The license was later reinstated as part of a deal between Quark and Brunt to break up Zek and Ishka, who had begun a relationship.

Adams was in fact over nine years younger than Armin Shimerman, the actor who portrayed her son Quark, and was heavily made up to appear as an older Ferengi woman.

Colm Meaney ( right ) with Deep Space 9 co-stars Marc Alaimo ( left ) and Armin Shimerman ( center ), who portrayed the characters of Dukat ( Star Trek ) | Gul Dukat and Quark ( Star Trek ) | Quark.

Most of the rules were written by Ira Steven Behr, a producer of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and he has published many of them in a book The Ferengi Rules of Acquisition ( ISBN 0-671-52936-6 ), the cover of which credits authorship as being " By Quark as told to Ira Steven Behr ".

" Four of the most notable Ferengi characters, Quark, Nog, Rom and Zek, are played by Jewish actors Armin Shimerman, Aron Eisenberg, Max Grodénchik and Wallace Shawn.

Quark nevertheless continued to conduct a variety of shady deals while on the station, but neither Sisko nor the Bajoran authorities took many punitive actions against him, perhaps because his contribution to station tourism outweighed the trouble caused by his activities, which were legal according to Ferengi law and, for the most part, harmed no one.

An example of the holodeck's recreational functions are the holosuites that are owned and rented out – often for sexual purposes – by Quark on Deep Space Nine.

Quark stars and strange stars are entirely hypothetical, but observations released by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory on April 10, 2002 detected two candidates, designated RX J1856. 5-3754 and 3C58, which had previously been thought to be neutron stars.

This is resolved by the end of the episode, with Quark ironically winning the heart of Grilka, and Worf becoming romantically involved with Dax.

( made up by Quark --- season 3, episode 3, this is representative of the idea that all things may be adjusted should it serve to make a profit )

* J. J. Quark ( voiced by Brian Trueman ): A short, helmet-wearing, snout-nosed space alien who speaks with a Scottish accent.

Assisted by his robot flunkie Grovel ( who does that very thing whenever his name is mentioned, forever frustrating Quark ).

results in his plans being foiled by Penfold ; after Quark ran into Penfold, Penfold scolded, " Why don't you look where you're going?!

The Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Little Green Men " reveals that this incident was the unintentional crash of a Ferengi vessel from the 24th century, owned by main character Quark who was accompanied by his brother Rom, nephew Nog, and nemesis Odo.

However, there is evidence to suggest that Quark was attempting to protect Rom from inevitable failure by preventing him from venturing into business for himself.

* " Quark ", a song by Die Ärzte

* " Quark, Strangeness and Charm ", title track of an album by Hawkwind

Quark is possibly described by Tacitus in his book Germania as lac concretum ( thick milk ), eaten by Germanic peoples.

* Armin Shimerman ( born 1949 ), actor, best known for playing the Ferengi bartender Quark in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

Armin Shimerman joined the regular cast of the show as Ferengi bartender Quark.

Armin Shimerman reprised his role of Quark in the Star Trek: The Next Generation season seven episode " Firstborn " and in the Star Trek: Voyager pilot " Caretaker ".

In the Facets episode, Audrid lends the body of Quark ( Armin Shimerman ).

For her role, she was made up to appear as an older woman although in reality Martin is less than three years older than Armin Shimerman, who played Quark.

* Among the episode's guest stars are Kitty Swink, real-life wife of Armin Shimerman ( who plays Quark ), and Andrew Koenig, son of Walter Koenig ( who played Chekov in The Original Series ).

He even gave his Beauty and The Beast co-star Armin Shimerman advice when Shimerman was going to be in full-facial prosthetics as Quark for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

* Armin Shimerman (" Quark " of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ) makes an uncredited cameo appearance as the face on the treasure chest that announces the upcoming nuptuals.

He had previously auditioned for the role of Rom's brother Quark, but the role was given to Armin Shimerman.

In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, Armin Shimerman ( Quark ) observed that the episode works because of " the writing and the directing and the acting all coalescing perfectly ", which Nana Visitor ( Kira ) believed was because it had " such important things to say ".

True to form, Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) sees an opportunity for profit and throws a memorial party at his bar.