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Space 79 questions.
The final frontier
Pub quiz question 2818 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The name of which breed of dog gave it's name to the failed UK 2003 Mars lander?
  2. Answer: A: Beagle (II)
  3. Categories: Science (3) Space (3) 2000s (3)
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Pub quiz question 6800 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What was the first NASA programme to land an object on Mars that actually sent back information when it got there?
  2. Answer: A: Viking
  3. Categories: Science (7) Space (7)
Pub quiz question 12 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun?
  2. Answer: A: 248.54 years
  3. Notes: *: Suggest a full point for plus or minus 50 years.
  4. Categories: Science (6) Space (4)
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Pub quiz question 6050 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Soviet cosmonaut was the first man in space?
  2. Answer: A: Yuri Gagarin
  3. Notes: *: 12 April 1961
  4. Categories: Space (2) 1960s (2)
Pub quiz question 4870 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What name was give to the magnetic radiation belts around the Earth discovered by the first US satellite?
  2. Answer: A: Van Allen Belts
  3. Categories: Space (7) Physics (7) Technology (7) Science (7)
Pub quiz question 5433 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What did Dennis Tito famously pay £14 million for?
  2. Answer: A: A trip into space
  3. Categories: Space (2) General Knowledge (6)
Pub quiz question 4885 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the popular name for what NASA refers to as its Space Transportation System?
  2. Answer: A: Space Shuttle
  3. Categories: Language (2) Space (2) Technology (2)
Pub quiz question 7167 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which US President's assassination put an end to his negotiations for a joint USA/USSR space programme with Nikita Khrushchev?
  2. Answer: A: John F Kennedy's
  3. Notes: *: Assassinated 1963
  4. Categories: People (1) 1960s (1) Politics (1) Space (1) Science (1)
Pub quiz question 6291 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What single object accounts for more than 99% of the solar system's mass?
  2. Answer: A: The sun
  3. Categories: Astronomy (2) Space (2) Physics (2)
Pub quiz question 6295 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What P-word means the visible surface of the sun?
  2. Answer: A: Photosphere
  3. Categories: Space (7) Language (7) Science (7) Physics (7)