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Just About Space Stuff Trivia Quiz

A bunch of trivia about our planets and outerspace.

A multiple-choice quiz by morrow. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
morrow

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
71,034

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
3650

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Question 1 of 10

1. How much would an astronaut and space suit that weigh 360 pounds on Earth weigh during walks on the moon? Hint

90 pounds

70 pounds

60 pounds

80 pounds

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Question 2 of 10

2. As of 2001, how many space shuttle flights were taken by Dr. Story Musgrave, who has flown on more shuttle missions than anyone else? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the only thing that space pioneer John Glenn ate when he became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962? Hint

soup

Tang

applesauce

Insure

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Question 4 of 10

4. In astronomy, a coma is the vast cloud of light that surrounds a black hole.

True

False

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which planet has the hottest average surface temperature?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Finnish stargazers used to call the shooting stars and the comets that they saw "fire foxes."

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which planet's moons are named for characters created by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope? Hint

Saturn

Venus

Uranus

Pluto

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Question 8 of 10

8. To a shuttle astronaut, Max-Q is the moment about 45 seconds after launch when the shuttle undergoes the maximum amount of air pressure.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that was once thought to be a moon, but due to advanced systems, has now been determined to actually be a planet.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. To an astronaut, 'light the candle' means starting up the shuttle right before they take off.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How much would an astronaut and space suit that weigh 360 pounds on Earth weigh during walks on the moon?

Answer: 60 pounds

This is because the gravitational pull on the surface of the moon is about one sixth as strong as it is on Earth.

2. As of 2001, how many space shuttle flights were taken by Dr. Story Musgrave, who has flown on more shuttle missions than anyone else?

Answer: 6

He spent a total of 53 days in space aboard the space shuttles Challenger in 1983 and 1985, the Discovery in 1989, Atlantis in 1991, Endeavor in 1993 and Columbia in 1996.

3. What was the only thing that space pioneer John Glenn ate when he became the first American to orbit Earth in 1962?

Answer: applesauce

It came in an aluminum tube.

4. In astronomy, a coma is the vast cloud of light that surrounds a black hole.

Answer: False

Actually it is a luminous cloud of gas and dust around the head of a comet.

5. Which planet has the hottest average surface temperature?

Answer: Venus

Its surface temperature is estimated at 864 degrees F. The high temperature is believed to be the result of a 'greenhouse effect' caused by the layered structure of the planet's clouds and the large proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

6. The Finnish stargazers used to call the shooting stars and the comets that they saw "fire foxes."

Answer: False

The Scots used to call it 'merry dancers', what they were seeing was actually the aurora borealis, or northern lights.

7. Which planet's moons are named for characters created by William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope?

Answer: Uranus

Fifteen have been known about for some time. Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Belinda, Puck, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. Two recently discovered moons have been named Caliban and Sycoraz.

8. To a shuttle astronaut, Max-Q is the moment about 45 seconds after launch when the shuttle undergoes the maximum amount of air pressure.

Answer: True

9. An exoplanet is a planet outside our solar system that was once thought to be a moon, but due to advanced systems, has now been determined to actually be a planet.

Answer: False

An exoplanet is any planet that is orbiting a star that is not the Sun -- that is, any planet outside our own solar system. Some exoplanets have been observed directly -- when an exoplanet passes between us and their sun, we can see the silhouette of the exoplanet backlit by their sun.

In other words, it is a planet that has not been observed directly, but has been detected by analysis of light from the star it orbits.

10. To an astronaut, 'light the candle' means starting up the shuttle right before they take off.

Answer: False

Really it means to blast off into space.

Source: Author morrow

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