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Space 79 questions.
The final frontier
Pub quiz question 6141 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was Ceres always classed as until it was touted as a minor planet in 2006?
  2. Answer: A: Asteroid
  3. Categories: Space (6)
Pub quiz question 6144 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which was the only one of the accepted nine plants at the start of the 21st century not to be named after a Roman or Greek god?
  2. Answer: A: Earth
  3. Categories: Space (1) Religion (1)
Pub quiz question 7 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Ranger, Viking, Galileo and Cassini are some notable examples of what?
  2. Answer: A: Space missions
  3. Notes: *: U.S. Planetary Science Missions
  4. Categories: Science (5) Space (2)
Pub quiz question 5527 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The NASA spacecraft 'Messenger' landed on which planet in 2008?
  2. Answer: A: Mercury
  3. Categories: Space (6) 2000s (6) Astronomy (6)
Pub quiz question 7145 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first British astronaut?
  2. Answer: A: Helen Sharman
  3. Notes: *: 18 May 1991
  4. Categories: People (7) Space (7) Science (7) 1990s (7)
Pub quiz question 5373 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which red giant is the fourth brightest star in the Sky?
  2. Answer: A: Arcturus
  3. Categories: Space (7) Astronomy (7)
Pub quiz question 5257 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?
  2. Answer: A: Neil Armstrong
  3. Notes: *: 1969
  4. Categories: Space (2) 1960s (2)
Pub quiz question 5542 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to the galaxy closest to us?
  2. Answer: A: Andromeda (2.5 million LY away)
  3. Categories: Space (3) Astronomy (3)
Pub quiz question 6290 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name is given to the closest start to the Earth?
  2. Answer: A: The sun
  3. Categories: Astronomy (1) Space (1) Physics (1)
Pub quiz question 3267 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What, in strict scientific terms, is eclipsed in what is generally known as a solar eclipse?
  2. Answer: A: Earth
  3. Categories: Space (7) Astronomy (7) Science (7)
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