Astronomy General Knowledge Quiz #1 - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which planet in the solar system is the hottest?	Venus	97%
What is believed to be at the center of the galaxy?	Supermassive Blackhole	93%
What metal causes Mars' soil to be red?	Iron	92%
What is Jupiter's "Great Red Spot"?	A Storm	87%
What planet in our solar system has the most moons?	Jupiter	84%
Because Venus has no tilt, what annual changes does it not experience?	Seasons	79%
What element makes up most of the Sun?	Hydrogen	77%
95% of matter is invisible. What is this type of matter called?	Dark Matter	71%
The pull of the Moon and Sun on the Earth causes what effect?	Tides	70%
What man-made object has traveled farthest from Earth?	Voyager 1	69%
How many years pass between appearances of Halley's Comet?	76 years	60%
What is the largest moon in the solar system?	Ganymede	57%
What type of star has the strongest magnetism?	Neutron Star	54%
What astronomer discovered that planetary orbits are elliptical?	Johannes Kepler	50%
Located on Mars, what is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system?	Olympus Mons	49%
Other than the Sun, what is the closest star to Earth?	Proxima Centauri	46%
What is the term for the second full moon in the same calendar month?	Blue Moon	45%
In Earth days, how long is Mercury's year?	88 Days	31%
The amount of time the Sun takes to revolve around the center of the Milky Way is called what?	A Cosmic Year	7%
What Soviet creation was the first man-made object to reach the Moon?	Luna 2 (It crashed.)	6%

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