Web + Mobile Design ?
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FWIW, here's a 10,000 foot view since a lot of people tend to misunderstand HTML5:
When it comes to standards based design, think of any element on the screen like a movieclip on your Flash timeline. JavaScript (of which jQuery is an easier-to-use library for) like Actionscript. So really the majority of user interface stuff - animating menus, buttons, responding to user actions, etc...can be done with just regular HTML and JavaScript. And for a lot of web apps, that's all you'll ever need on the front end, and its well supported on devices using the jQuery Mobile Framework linked above.
What HTML5 adds is a set of APIs to extend these capabilities. So with HTML5 you have the ability to do specific things like play video in native format (HTML5 video). Dynamically render bitmap animations using Canvas. Store databases of information directly in the user's browser on the client side...etc.
However, chances are a simple quiz app won't need to do any of these things. So you can simply use JS/ jQuery.