| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Imagine Earth was 1 meter in diameter, how big would the sun then be, if the ratio was kept the same? | 109 meters | 89%
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| What manmade object is the furthest from earth? | Voyager 1 | 89%
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| What is the biggest moon in the solar system? | Ganymede - Jupiter | 74%
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| The first man to complete one orbit of earth in space was from | Soviet Union | 74%
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| Neptune is the furthest planet from the sun. Earth is the 3rd closest. Is Earth closer to the Sun or to Neptune? | Sun | 74%
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| There are more stars in the (observable) Universe than there are grains of sand on Earth | True | 74%
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| Pluto is much further from the sun than Earth is. Does that mean its orbital velocity (how fast it moves relative to the sun) is faster, or slower than Earth's? | Pluto moves slower | 68%
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| What planet is most similar in size to earth? | Venus | 68%
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| What would happen if an asteroid, 200km in diameter, would hit earth directly? | it would kill all life on earth and completely sterilise the planet | 63%
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| Who discovered the moon? | probably some animal millions of years ago | 63%
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| The sun and thus our solar system orbits the center of our Galaxy. | True | 63%
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| How many men have walked on the moon? | 12 | 58%
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| In what year was this first accomplished? | 1961 | 58%
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| Which planet has the biggest moon relative to its own size? - in other words: Which planet is most similar in size to its biggest moon? | Earth | 58%
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| Say the International Space Station crosses directly over Berlin. Is Berlin then closer to the ISS or to Paris? | ISS | 58%
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| Johannes Kepler discovered and proved, that planets move around the sun in elliptical orbits and not in perfect circles. When did he publish his paper? | 1609 | 53%
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| The Sun is producing/converting a lot of energy by fusing atoms together. How much mass does the Sun lose because of fusion per second? | 4 million tons | 47%
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| With current technology, in a perfectly planned mission, it would take about 2 months to get from Earth to Mars. | False | 26%
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| If the Sun was replaced by a black hole of equal mass, the Earth would be sucked in pretty quickly | False | 21%
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| Who first introduced the idea of the heliocentric model - the theory that not earth, but the sun is the center of the solar system? | Aristarchus of Samos, in 280 BC | 11%
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