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Astronomy 54 questions.

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Pub quiz question 4182 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of Earth's second moon that was discovered in 1986?
Answer: A: Cruithne (Pron. croo-EEN-yeh)
Notes: *: 1x02. Fry incorrectly stated it was discovered in 1994
Categories: Science (7) QI (4) Astronomy (7)

Pub quiz question 6352 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a place equipped with telescopes for studying the sky
Answer: A: Observatory
Categories: Astronomy (3) Science (3)

Pub quiz question 6577 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American astronomer gave his name to a telescope launched into space in 1990?
Answer: A: Edwin Hubble
Categories: Astronomy (5) Physics (5) Names (5)

Pub quiz question 7599 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Olympus Mons; Ascraeus Mons; Elysium Mons; Arsia Mons; Pavonis Mons?
Answer: A: Volcanoes on Mars
Categories: Connections (7) Science (7) Astronomy (5)

Pub quiz question 8142 by pjh

Question: Q: What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
Answer: A: Mercury
Categories: Science (3) Astronomy (3)

Pub quiz question 5453 by pjh2

Question: Q: What do we call the star nearest to Earth?
Answer: A: The Sun
Categories: Astronomy (2) Space (2)

Pub quiz question 7509 by pjh

Question: Q: The Event Horizon Telescope has produced an image of which supermasssive black hole at the Milky Way's centre?
Answer: A: Sagittarius A*
Categories: Science (6) Physics (5) Astronomy (3)

Pub quiz question 7614 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Dennis Tito; Mark Shuttleworth; Anousheh Ansari; Guy Laliberté?
Answer: A: Space tourists.
Categories: Connections (8) People (8) Astronomy (7)

Pub quiz question 3272 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English county gained the most tourists to view the 1999 total solar eclipse?
Answer: A: Cornwall
Categories: Geography (1) Space (1) Science (1) Astronomy (1) 1990s (1)

Pub quiz question 8365 by pjh

Question: Q: The Great Red Spot is a storm on which planet?
Answer: A: Jupiter
Categories: Astronomy (2) Science (3)