GU Astronomy Burn Trip Quiz
Question 1 Name the Nebulae
Orion nebula
Pleiades or Seven Sisters
Eagle nebula
Trifid nebula
Dumbell nebula
Lagoon nebula
19 th century: this French astronomer predicted existence of two planets. One was found, the other wasn’t. Can you name the planets, and the astronomer? Question 2 Neptune and Vulcan Le Verrier
Question 3 OrionThe hunter AurigaThe charioteer MuscaThe fly CamelopardalisThe giraffe CraterThe cup What are the English names of these constellations?
Question 4 Whose voice is this, and when did he publish the theory which he refers to? Albert Einstein, 1905
Question 5 Name the planets Tatooine
Question 5 Name the planets Coruscant
Question 5 Name the planets Naboo
Question 5 Name the planets Kamino
Question 5 Name the planets Geonosis
Question 6 Barbed Insults
= Ludwig Boltzmann 2= Wilhelm Roentgen 3 = Johannes Kepler 4 = James Clerk Maxwell 5 = Galileo Galilei 6 = Plato 7 = Lord Kelvin 8 = Aristotle
Question 7 What type of eclipse is shown here? Annular eclipse
Question 8 Crash-landing of the Genesis probe
Question 9 Sedna
Question 10 The Sloan Great Wall
Question 11 How many different types of quark can you name? Top bottom Strangecharmed Updown
Question 12
Buzz Aldrin, being accused by a ‘Moon Hoax’ theorist of faking the Apollo 11 Moon landing
Question 13 Nine different constellations are different kinds of bird; how many can you name? Apus, Aquila, Columba, Corvus, Cygnus, Grus, Pavo, Phoenix, Tucana
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Parker Lady Alan Tracy Scott Tracy Penelope Gordon Tracy Virgil Tracy Jeff Tracy Tin Tin Brains John Tracy Question 15