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Astronomy 52 questions.
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Pub quiz question 6578 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which 16th/17th century Italian with the initials GG make improvements to the telescope and is known as the father of modern astronomy?
  2. Answer: A: Galileo Galilei
  3. Categories: Astronomy (4) Physics (4)
Pub quiz question 3269 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the only phase of the Moon that can produce a solar eclipse?
  2. Answer: A: New moon
  3. Categories: Space (4) Science (4) Astronomy (4)
Pub quiz question 4182 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the name of Earth's second moon that was discovered in 1986?
  2. Answer: A: Cruithne (Pron. croo-EEN-yeh)
  3. Notes: *: 1x02. Fry incorrectly stated it was discovered in 1994
  4. Categories: Science (7) QI (4) Astronomy (7)
Pub quiz question 6352 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to a place equipped with telescopes for studying the sky
  2. Answer: A: Observatory
  3. Categories: Astronomy (3) Science (3)
Pub quiz question 6577 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which American astronomer gave his name to a telescope launched into space in 1990?
  2. Answer: A: Edwin Hubble
  3. Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (5) Names (5)
Pub quiz question 7599 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Olympus Mons; Ascraeus Mons; Elysium Mons; Arsia Mons; Pavonis Mons?
  2. Answer: A: Volcanoes on Mars
  3. Categories: Connections (7) Science (7) Astronomy (5)
Pub quiz question 8142 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
  2. Answer: A: Mercury
  3. Categories: Science (3) Astronomy (3)
Pub quiz question 5453 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What do we call the star nearest to Earth?
  2. Answer: A: The Sun
  3. Categories: Astronomy (2) Space (2)
Pub quiz question 7509 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: The Event Horizon Telescope has produced an image of which supermasssive black hole at the Milky Way's centre?
  2. Answer: A: Sagittarius A*
  3. Categories: Science (6) Physics (5) Astronomy (3)
Pub quiz question 7614 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Dennis Tito; Mark Shuttleworth; Anousheh Ansari; Guy Laliberté?
  2. Answer: A: Space tourists.
  3. Categories: Connections (8) People (8) Astronomy (7)