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Space quiz
Twelve questions from our solar system and beyond. Eight are picture rounds, so look closely.
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Which planet is this?
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- 1. Which planet is this?
- A. Jupiter
- B. Uranus
- C. Saturn (answer)
- D. Neptune
Saturn's rings are made mostly of chunks of ice and rock. - 2. Which planet is this, famous for a giant storm?
- A. Jupiter (answer)
- B. Mars
- C. Venus
- D. Saturn
The Great Red Spot is a storm larger than Earth. - 3. Which planet is this?
- A. Venus
- B. Mercury
- C. Mars (answer)
- D. Pluto
Mars is home to Olympus Mons, the largest known volcano in the solar system. - 4. What is this?
- A. Hubble Space Telescope
- B. International Space Station (answer)
- C. Mir
- D. Skylab
The ISS travels around Earth at roughly 28,000 kilometres per hour. - 5. What is this?
- A. James Webb Space Telescope
- B. Sputnik 1
- C. Voyager 1
- D. Hubble Space Telescope (answer)
Hubble launched in 1990 and orbits about 540 km above Earth. - 6. Which planet is this, the furthest from the Sun?
- A. Uranus
- B. Neptune (answer)
- C. Earth
- D. Pluto
Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. - 7. What kind of spacecraft is this?
- A. Saturn V
- B. Space Shuttle (answer)
- C. Falcon 9
- D. Soyuz
The Space Shuttle flew 135 missions between 1981 and 2011. - 8. This is the nearest large spiral galaxy to our own. What is it called?
- A. Andromeda (answer)
- B. Triangulum
- C. Whirlpool
- D. Sombrero
The Andromeda Galaxy is visible to the naked eye from a dark location. - 9. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
- A. Buzz Aldrin
- B. Yuri Gagarin
- C. Neil Armstrong (answer)
- D. John Glenn
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon during Apollo 11. - 10. Which is the hottest planet in our solar system?
- A. Mercury
- B. Venus (answer)
- C. Mars
- D. Jupiter
Venus's thick atmosphere traps heat, making it hotter than Mercury. - 11. Roughly how long does sunlight take to reach Earth?
- A. 8 seconds
- B. 8 minutes (answer)
- C. 8 hours
- D. 8 days
Sunlight travels about 150 million kilometres to reach Earth. - 12. Who was the first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station?
- A. Helen Sharman
- B. Tim Peake (answer)
- C. Michael Foale
- D. Richard Branson
Helen Sharman was the first Briton in space (1991, on Mir); Tim Peake was the first British ESA astronaut on the ISS.
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