Space Multiple Choice

Can you answer this random space trivia?

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1. What is the sun?

A fireball ✓

A planet ✓

A sun ✓

A star ✓

2. About how old is the Universe? (in billions)

12 ✓

14 ✓

13 ✓

15 ✓

3. Which of these is densest?

The Sun ✓

A neutron star ✓

Light ✓

Black Hole/Planck particle ✓

4. Who was the first person in space?

John Glenn ✓

Neil Armstrong ✓

Yuri Gagarin ✓

Alan Shepard ✓

5. What was the first satellite around the Earth in space?

Explorer I ✓

Sputnik ✓

The Moon ✓

Vanguard I ✓

6. Which direction does the Sun rotate?

It doesn't rotate ✓

Counterclockwise ✓

Clockwise ✓

It rotates different ways depending on the year ✓

7. Which planet, unlike all others, rotates clockwise?

Earth ✓

Jupiter ✓

Venus ✓

Mars ✓

8. Which of these is NOT a Dwarf Planet?

Haumea ✓

Eris ✓

Charon ✓

Makemake ✓

9. What is the name of the biggest star in the known universe?

Betelgeuse ✓

The Sun ✓

Sirius ✓

UY Scuti ✓

10. Which constellation has "siamese twins"?

Sagittarius ✓

Gemini ✓

Cassiopeia ✓

Orion ✓

11. What is the name of the North Star?

It's actually the Sun ✓

Betelgeuse ✓

UY Scuti ✓

Polaris ✓

12. What supercluster is the Milky Way in?

Sagittarius ✓

Local ✓

Taurus ✓

Virgo ✓

13. How many people have been on the Moon?

7 ✓

2 ✓

3 ✓

12 ✓

14. Which "arm" of the galaxy are we in?

Gemini ✓

Orion ✓

Virgo ✓

Sagittarius ✓

15. What is the biggest moon in the solar system proportionally to its planet?

Triton ✓

Deimos ✓

Ganymede ✓

Our Moon ✓

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