I actually started with QuARC, but I found prior use on a Google search, and I preferred to say “Kirk” (to rhyme with PEARC) over “Quark” (even though I’m a quantum guy). However, one is still tempted to pronounce it “Quirk” instead of “Kirk”.
Good points about Google search. I lean to QueRC now. But, I seem to be pronouncing it “quirk”.
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Only issue is if you tell someone to go to “Q R C” they may just do that or “queueRC” because they all know the term “queue”.
A Spanish twist could be QuéRC (as in “Kay R C”), not to be confused with K R C. 
I love the cleverness of the QueRc name for many reasons… though I am a bit reluctant to vote for it because I empathize with the end users who get frustrated with the hard-to-type acronyms that we sometimes come up with! So my vote goes here to the simple and direct name of Ask.
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Research Computing Answers - RCA
slight variation… RCANS or possibly RCAN.
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Research Computing Answer Network (RCAN)?
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How about QARC, pronounced quark? Q and A for Research Computing
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Why not use QuARC then?
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Or ‘Questions for Advanced Research Computing’, (QAARC, if you include ‘Answers’) pronounced like ‘CaRCC’ (which might be as confusing as…)!
That’s why I skipped QARC - sounded too much like CaRCC. And there are handful of Google hits.
ARC – Ask Research Computing, Answers in Research Computing, Answers for Research Computing
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I like this, the only problem is google: https://www.google.com/search?q=arc+research+computing
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How about AskRC?
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How about AskRC?
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AskRC is pretty good as well…
QARC (or QuARC), proposed by @Chrisreidy solves conflict that @nicolella pointed out, and and is kind of catchy too. So does/is QueRC.
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