Trivia Quiz on Astronomy History

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

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Test your knowledge of astronomy’s greatest discoveries, instruments, and sky lore. From ancient celestial models to modern observations, see who shines brightest in your group.

Chart a course through the milestones of astronomy with a team-friendly trivia that blends history, science, and a few delightful curiosities. You’ll tackle questions on classic telescope designs, landmark planetary and moon discoveries, famous comets, star lore like Cassiopeia, and paradigm shifts from the Ptolemaic to the Copernican universe—plus the occasional eccentric anecdote from astronomers of the past. It’s perfect for classrooms, science clubs, pub-quiz nights, and family gatherings, and it plays seamlessly in online meetings and live streams on Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, and more. Run it as a cooperative challenge or split into squads for friendly competition, set quick timers for lightning rounds, and keep the energy high with periodic leaderboards. Whether you’re warming up a virtual stand-up, hosting a community stream, or wrapping a workshop, this group quiz brings the cosmos to life for all ages and levels.

1. The Cassegranian, Gregorian and Schmidt are types of what

A) Telescopes

B) Binoculars

C) Space probes

D) Camera lenses

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2. Which moon was discovered on 22 June 1978

A) Iapetus

B) Hydra

C) Charon

D) Nix

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3. What year was Neptune discovered

A) 1846

B) 1845

C) 1847

D) 1781

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4. Which astronomer discovered the planet Uranus in 1781

A) Edmond Halley

B) Johann Elert Bode

C) William Herschel

D) Pierre-Simon Laplace

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5. Astronomer Josephe-Jerome de Lalande eat what on bread butter

A) Jam

B) Spiders

C) Honey

D) Cheese

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6. What returned in 1985 that is pictured on the Bayeux tapestry

A) The Moon

B) Halley's comet

C) Hale-Bopp comet

D) Polaris (the North Star)

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7. Proposed in 1944, a 'spat' was a unit of distance equal to 1012 metres (ten to the power twelve metres), for use in what science

A) Astronomy

B) Metrology

C) Geodesy

D) Cartography

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8. Which planet was discovered in 1930 ?

A) Neptune

B) Eris

C) Pluto

D) Ceres

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9. What is the meaning of the name of the constellation Cassiopeia ?

A) The boastful queen

B) Queen of the stars

C) Cassiopeia

D) The reclining queen

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10. The _____ universe was replaced by the Copernican universe.

A) Geocentric

B) Ptolemic

C) Aristotelian

D) Heliocentric

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11. Who wrote 'The Starry Messenger'?

A) Copernicus

B) Galileo

C) Kepler

D) Tycho Brahe

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