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CADAS Astro Quiz

Test your knowledge! (Just for fun)

Select one answer to each question by clicking the button to the left of each possible answer, then click "Well... how did I do?" at the bottom of the page for the answers and your score. Maximum score possible is 32. Good luck!

1. How far is it to the moon?
a) 23,900 miles
b) 239,000 miles
c) 2,390,000 miles

2. Which of the crew on the Apollo 11 mission did not walk on the moon?
a) Buzz Aldrin
b) Neil Armstrong
c) Michael Collins

3. Which planet is closest to the sun?
a) Mercury
b) Jupiter
c) Venus

4. How long does it take the Earth to spin once on its axis?
a) 1 day
b) 1 month
c) 1 year

5. Who discovered the Galilean satellites?
a) Copernicus
b) Kepler
c) Galileo

6. What does ISS stand for?
a) Independent Solar Station
b) International Space Station
c) International Space Storage

7. What was the number of the last manned mission to the moon?
a) 15
b) 17
c) 18

8. What is the name of our Galaxy?
a) Milky Way Galaxy
b) Mars Galaxy
c) Twix Galaxy

9. What is the Earth's satellite called?
a) The Moon
b) Sol
c) Luna

10. Finish this line - Tiger! Tiger! burning bright...........?
a) In the middle of the night
b) In the forests of the night
c) In the jungle of the night

11. What is the name of the Asronomer Royal?
a) Sir Martin Rees
b) Sir Nye Evans
c) Sir Patrick Moore

12. How many known planets are there in the solar system? (Traditional number prior to 2006)
a) 8
b) 9
c) 10

13. Who is the space telescope named after?
a) George Hale
b) William Herschel
c) Edwin Hubble

14. Who is the Roman god of war?
a) Mars
b) Jupiter
c) Pluto

15. Who wrote "The War of the Worlds"?
a) Jules Verne
b) Arthur C Clarke
c) H G Wells

16. How many moons does Mars have?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4

17. Where is Olympus Mons?
a) Mars
b) Venus
c) The Moon

18. Where was the Royal Observatory founded?
a) Herstmonceaux
b) Greenwich
c) Edinburgh

19. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
a) Saturn
b) Jupiter
c) Earth

20. Where did The Eagle land in 1969?
a) Lake Eirie
b) Sea of Tranquility
c) Mars

21. What is M42 better known as?
a) Orion Nebula
b) Triffid Nebula
c) Zeta Tauri

22. Who discovered the planet Uranus?
a) Sir Patrick Moore
b) Sir William Herschel
c) Alexander Graham Bell

23. How far is an astonomical unit?
a) 1 week
b) 2.2 million light years
c) 93 million miles

24. What are the moons of Mars called?
a) Phobos & Deimos
b) Icarus & Daedalus
c) Oberon & Titania

25. Which two mathematicians discovered Neptune?
a) Jonny & Zoe Ball
b) Krich & Watson
c) Urbain Leverier & John Couch-Adams

26. Who in 1933 discovered a White spot on Saturn?
a) Charlie Chaplin
b) Will Hay
c) Buster Keeton

27. Who was the first Astonomer Royal?
a) Sir John Flamsteed
b) Sir Edmond Halley
c) Sir Isaac Newton

28. Who said " I think, therefore I am"?
a) Descartes
b) Galileo
c) Freud

29. Who are the king and queen of Uranus?
a) Puck & Bottom
b) Celeborn & Galadriel
c) Oberon & Titania

30. What is the brightest star in the night sky?
a) Rigel
b) Beetlejuice
c) Sirius

31. How long does it take light from the Sun to reach the Earth?
8 minutes
30 minutes
1 year

32. Who named the planet Pluto?
Venetia Burney
Caroline Herschel
Walt Disney

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