Progressive Space Knowledge Test - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 378 times
The average score is 10 of 20

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
What is the largest planet in our solar system?	Jupiter	100%
Who is generally rewarded as being the first man on the moon?	Neil Armstrong	99%
A commonly used measurement in astronomy is the distance that what travels in one year?	Light	97%
What is the major US space agency acronym?	NASA	97%
What was the name of the movie starring Tom Hanks about a famous failed moon landing?	Apollo 13	81%
What is the name of our galaxy?	Milky Way Galaxy	81%
What does the U in UFO stand for?	Unidentified	79%
What is the name of a gravitational field so strong, even light cannot escape it?	Black Hole	56%
Which object is often considered the most expensive thing ever made on Earth?	International Space Station	56%
Which Soviet satellite, launched in 1957, began the 'Space Race'?	Sputnik 1	53%
What is the name of the phenomena when the moon blocks out the Sun's light?	Solar Eclipse	50%
To the nearest minute, how long does it take sunlight to reach Earth?	8 minutes	48%
What is the closest known sun to our solar system?	Proxima Centauri	32%
What is the most common type of star found in our galaxy?	Red Dwarf	28%
What is the name of our closest known galaxy (besides our own)?	Andromeda	26%
What is the largest object in the asteroid belt?	Ceres	23%
What is the largest moon in our solar system?	Ganymede	22%
From which city did the astronomers who made the first written observation of Jupiter from?	Babylon	4%
What is the name of Mercury's unique atmosphere?	Exosphere	2%
What is the name of the nebula that is the coldest known place in the universe?	Boomerang Nebula	1%