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Pub quiz question 6575 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What simple telescope magnifies the view of distance objects by gathering light on curved mirrors?
  2. Answer: A: Reflecting telescope
  3. Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (5)
Pub quiz question 8026 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who was nicknamed Muttnik in 1957?
  2. Answer: A: Laika (Soviet space dog).
  3. Categories: Science (9) Astronomy (8) Russia (7) 1950s (6)
Pub quiz question 3268 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to a solar eclipse when the Sun and the Moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun?
  2. Answer: A: Annular eclipse
  3. Categories: Space (7) Science (7) Astronomy (7)
Pub quiz question 5614 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: When there are two full moons in the same month, what is the second called?
  2. Answer: A: Blue Moon
  3. Categories: Language (4) Space (4) Astronomy (4)
Pub quiz question 8168 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: On average how far away is the moon from the earth in miles?
  2. Answer: A: 238000
  3. Categories: Astronomy (8) Science (6)
Pub quiz question 9266 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Who discovered that the earth revolves around the sun
  2. Answer: A: Nicolaus Copernicus
  3. Categories: General Knowledge (5) Science (5) Astronomy (5)
Pub quiz question 6579 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What astronomical aid takes its name from the Greek words for 'far seeing?'
  2. Answer: A: Telescope
  3. Categories: Astronomy (3) Language (3) Physics (3)
Pub quiz question 7934 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: The Kármán Line marks the boundary between what?
  2. Answer: A: Atmosphere and space.
  3. Categories: Astronomy (5) Science (6) Physics (5)
Pub quiz question 8788 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Where is a year shorter than a day?
  2. Answer: A: Venus
  3. Notes: *: Venus completes its orbit around the sun in 225 Earth days, it takes 243 Earth days for the planet to spin around its axis.
  4. Categories: Science (5) Astronomy (4)
Pub quiz question 3271 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What kind of eclipse occurs when the Sun and the Moon aren't exactly in line?
  2. Answer: A: A partial eclipse
  3. Categories: Space (2) Astronomy (2) Science (2)