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What Planet Were You On?! Trivia Quiz

Star date 4392.24. Last entry of Captain John Russell. Now adrift in space, I hope my log book makes it back to Earth in the escape pod. The worm holes discovered in 2017 worked, but I ran out of fuel. Hope the log helps the next traveler.

A multiple-choice quiz by bigjohnsludge. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
bigjohnsludge

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
377,351

Updated
Jun 23 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
1988

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Author's Note: Identify the planet or other astronomical body from the information given.

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Question 1 of 10

1. Log entry: Star date 4289.05. Worm hole #15: Initial planet observation: Red, canals, barren with Polar icecaps. Where am I? Hint

Venus

Neptune

Mars

Pluto

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Question 2 of 10

2. Log entry: Star date 4292.19. Worm hole #3: Initial planet observation: Planet enormous, many moons, gaseous, giant "Red Spot". Where am I? Hint

Saturn

Jupiter

Pluto

Mercury

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Question 3 of 10

3. Log entry: Star date 4294.36. Worm hole #26: Initial planet observation: Planet small, fast orbit, extremely close to sun. Where am I? Hint

Saturn

Uranus

Mercury

Neptune

4. Log entry: Star date Unknown. Worm hole #32: Initial Planet observation: Planet mostly blue with green land masses, oxygen atmosphere, 75% water with small polar icecaps, giant lizard creatures inhabiting land masses. Sub note: Worm hole #32 also a time portal. Star clock off by minus 65 million years. Where am I? Hint

Mars

Earth

Venus

Tatooine

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Question 5 of 10

5. Log entry: Star date 4301.82. Worm hole #9: Initial planet observation: Planet completely round with no equatorial bulge, very bright, cloud covered, carbon dioxide atmosphere causing greenhouse effect. Where am I? Hint

Saturn

Venus

Mars

Uranus

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Question 6 of 10

6. Log entry: Star date 4316.88. Worm hole #7: Initial observation: Tiny, very cold, very little light from the sun, looks more like a large meteor than planet, little to no atmosphere. Where am I? Hint

Jupiter

Mercury

Mars

Pluto

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Question 7 of 10

7. Log entry: Star date 4331.87. Worm hole #21: Initial planet observation: Planet dense, powder blue color caused by methane in atmosphere. Main atmosphere composed of hydrogen and helium. Where am I? Hint

Saturn

Jupiter

Neptune

Venus

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Question 8 of 10

8. Log entry: Star date 4341.0. Worm hole #17: Initial planet observation: Planet very large, gaseous, multiple rings and many moons. Where am I? Hint

Alpha Centari

Pluto

Mars

Saturn

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Question 9 of 10

9. Log entry: Star date 4342.65. Worm hole #4: Initial planet observation: Planet is large, bluish-green in color, upper atmosphere hydrogen and helium, lower atmosphere methane and ammonia, Planet has many moons. Where am I? Hint

Uranus

Venus

Pluto

Mars

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Question 10 of 10

10. Final log entry: Star date 4399.83: Initial observation: Now out of fuel and adrift, I am floating in an orbiting band of rock chunks of various sizes between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars. It looks like the rocks had never combined to form a planet, or the rocks were a planet that had long since disintegrated. Where am I? Hint

The Belt of Orion

The Metroid Belt

The Van Allen Belt

The Asteroid Belt

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Log entry: Star date 4289.05. Worm hole #15: Initial planet observation: Red, canals, barren with Polar icecaps. Where am I?

Answer: Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. Named after the mythological Roman "God of War," Mars is a cold planet with a thin atmosphere, which allows for good observation of the planet's surface. In the early twenty-first century we know more about Mars than any other planet.

2. Log entry: Star date 4292.19. Worm hole #3: Initial planet observation: Planet enormous, many moons, gaseous, giant "Red Spot". Where am I?

Answer: Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the solar system. Named after the mythological Roman "Leader of the Gods," Jupiter is a "Gas Giant" as large as 1300 Earths. Jupiter's days are only ten hours long. The giant "Red Spot" is actually a massive storm system that is larger than the Earth.

3. Log entry: Star date 4294.36. Worm hole #26: Initial planet observation: Planet small, fast orbit, extremely close to sun. Where am I?

Answer: Mercury

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. Named after the mythological Roman "Messenger of the Gods," Mercury takes only 88 days to complete one orbit around the Sun.

Answer: Earth

65 Million years ago the Earth, the third rock from the Sun, was inhabited by dinosaurs. The Earth is 93 million miles from the Sun and the only planet in the solar system with a breathable atmosphere.

Answer: Venus

Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun and is sometimes referred to as the "Morning" and/or "Evening" star because of its brightness. Venus is named after the mythological Roman "Goddess of Love."

Answer: Pluto

During its time as a planet, Pluto was the outermost planet of the solar system and the smallest. Named after the mythological Roman "God of the Underworld," Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh. In 2005 Pluto's designation as a planet was reduced to that of a dwarf planet.

Answer: Neptune

Neptune was named after the Roman mythological "God of the Sea." Nearly three billion miles from the sun, Neptune takes 165 years to make one orbit around the sun. Voyager 2 discovered that Neptune has several "dark spots" swirling around in its atmosphere. One of the dark spots is as large as the Earth.

8. Log entry: Star date 4341.0. Worm hole #17: Initial planet observation: Planet very large, gaseous, multiple rings and many moons. Where am I?

Answer: Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and named after the mythological Roman "God of Agriculture." Saturn is the last of the outer planets that can be seen with the naked eye.

Answer: Uranus

Uranus, discovered in 1781 by Sir William Herschel, is the only planet in the solar system named after a mythological Greek god rather than Roman one. Uranus has over twenty known moons which are all named after characters from the works of Shakespeare and Pope.

Answer: The Asteroid Belt

The asteroid belt is an orbiting rocky debris field between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The largest asteroid, known as Ceres, was discovered in 1801 by the Italian astronomer Father Piazzi.

Source: Author bigjohnsludge

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