Space Multiple Choice

Can you answer this random space trivia?
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1. What is the sun?
A sun
A planet
A fireball
A star
2. About how old is the Universe? (in billions)
12
15
14
13
3. Which of these is densest?
Light
Black Hole/Planck particle
The Sun
A neutron star
4. Who was the first person in space?
Alan Shepard
Yuri Gagarin
Neil Armstrong
John Glenn
5. What was the first satellite around the Earth in space?
Sputnik
Explorer I
Vanguard I
The Moon
6. Which direction does the Sun rotate?
It doesn't rotate
It rotates different ways depending on the year
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
7. Which planet, unlike all others, rotates clockwise?
Mars
Jupiter
Earth
Venus
8. Which of these is NOT a Dwarf Planet?
Charon
Haumea
Makemake
Eris
9. What is the name of the biggest star in the known universe?
Sirius
UY Scuti
Betelgeuse
The Sun
10. Which constellation has "siamese twins"?
Orion
Sagittarius
Cassiopeia
Gemini
11. What is the name of the North Star?
It's actually the Sun
UY Scuti
Polaris
Betelgeuse
12. What supercluster is the Milky Way in?
Sagittarius
Local
Taurus
Virgo
13. How many people have been on the Moon?
7
3
12
2
14. Which "arm" of the galaxy are we in?
Orion
Virgo
Gemini
Sagittarius
15. What is the biggest moon in the solar system proportionally to its planet?
Triton
Our Moon
Deimos
Ganymede
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3 Comments
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Level 69
May 14, 2019
North Star is Polaris, not Sirius
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Level 77
May 15, 2019
Yeah, sorry. Corrected it
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Level 69
Feb 28, 2025
Age of the universe is 13.8 billion years, which is closer to 14 billion than 13 billion