Trivia Quiz on Astronomy Part 3

1. Which of the brightest stars is furthest north

A) Sirius

B) Vega

C) Capella

D) Betelgeuse

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2. When is the longest day in the southern hemisphere

A) June

B) December

C) January

D) October

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3. Whats the name given a star that has collapsed into no dimensions

A) White dwarf

B) Neutron star

C) Black hole

D) White hole

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4. During which month is the longest day in the Northern hemisphere?

A) July

B) June

C) May

D) April

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5. What does a heliologist study

A) The planets

B) The stars

C) The sun

D) The Moon

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6. Which planet in the solar system was discovered in 1846

A) Neptune

B) Uranus

C) Pluto

D) Ceres

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7. Which planet is orbited by the moon Charon

A) Neptune

B) Saturn

C) Uranus

D) Pluto

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8. Astronomer Fred Hoyle coined which phrase

A) The Cosmic Egg

B) The Big Bang

C) The End of Time

D) The Eternal Beginning

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9. This cluster of stars is also known as the seven sisters

A) Orion Nebula

B) Hyades

C) Andromeda Galaxy

D) The pleiades

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10. The vernal euinox is the beginning of ________

A) Winter

B) Spring

C) Autumn

D) Summer

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11. Name either of the two giant stars in the constellation of Orion

A) Sirius

B) Bellatrix

C) Alnitak

D) Rigel betelgeuse

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12. Round which planet do the moons Ganymede and Callisto orbit

A) Saturn

B) Mars

C) Neptune

D) Jupiter

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13. Path or trajectory of a body through space

A) Trajectory

B) Orbit

C) Path

D) Course

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14. What is the maximum distance between the moon and the earth

A) 253,000 miles

B) 243,000 miles

C) 270,000 miles

D) 300,000 miles

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15. Which planet with at least eighteen known moons is sixth closest to the Sun

A) Saturn

B) Jupiter

C) Uranus

D) Neptune

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16. How often does Halley's comet become visible

A) Every 30 years

B) Every 76 years

C) Every 50 years

D) Every 100 years

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17. When does the southern Autumn Equinox occur

A) 42050

B) 42075

C) 42100

D) 42063

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18. To the nearest one million miles, how far is the Sun from the Earth

A) 90

B) 95

C) 93

D) 100

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19. The largest sundial was constructed in which year

A) 1709

B) 1730

C) 1724

D) 1740

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20. The French call it The Casserole what do we call it

A) The Plough

B) The Big Dipper

C) Ursa Major

D) The Little Dipper

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21. A "light year" measures

A) Time

B) Mass

C) Distance

D) Speed

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22. What animal is represented by the constellation Monoceros

A) Dragon

B) Pegasus

C) Unicorn

D) Centaur

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23. What probably caused the craters on the moon

A) Volcanic activity

B) Tectonic activity

C) Solar wind erosion

D) Meteors

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24. M31 is the nearest galaxy to us - what is its other name

A) Milky Way

B) Triangulum Galaxy

C) Andromeda

D) Sombrero Galaxy

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25. What planet is nearest the sun

A) Venus

B) Earth

C) Mars

D) Mercury

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26. Which feature of the night sky is also known as a 'shooting star'

A) Comet

B) Planet

C) Meteor

D) Satellite

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27. The constellation Norma has what English name

A) The Compass

B) The Protractor

C) The Carpenter's Square

D) Level

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28. Which planet has a moon called Europa

A) Saturn

B) Mars

C) Jupiter

D) Uranus

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29. What are falling stars

A) Meteors

B) Comets

C) Satellites

D) Asteroids

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30. Where would you find the Sea of Tranquillity

A) On Mars

B) In the Sea of Japan

C) On the far side of the Moon

D) On the moon

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31. Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930

A) Eris

B) Pluto

C) Ceres

D) Neptune

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32. To the nearest minute, how long does it take sunlight to reach earth

A) Five

B) Seven

C) Nine

D) Eight

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33. What it the ninth sign of the zodiac, symbolized by an archer

A) Sagittarius

B) Aries

C) Libra

D) Scorpio

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34. What is the unit of measurement which is equal to the mean distance from the Earth to the Sun

A) Light-year

B) Parsec

C) Solar radius

D) Astronomical unit

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35. A calander usually withastronomical data is called ..

A) Calendar

B) Ephemeris

C) Astronomical atlas

D) Almanac

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36. Phobos and Deimos are moons of Mars - what do names mean

A) Fear and Terror

B) War and Peace

C) Love and Despair

D) Darkness and Light

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37. In which constellation is the star cluster Pleiades

A) Orion

B) Ursa Major

C) Cassiopeia

D) Taurus

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38. A study of physics and chemistry of celestial bodies

A) Astronomy

B) Cosmology

C) Astrophysics

D) Astrology

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39. Selenophobia is a fear of ______

A) Sun

B) Stars

C) Moon

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40. Hockey compared to the earth, how much gravity does the moon have

A) One sixth

B) One quarter

C) One tenth

D) One eighth

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41. The star constellation Ara has what English name

A) The Altar

B) The Shrine

C) The Altar of Fire

D) The Alter

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42. Who discovered the four largest moons of jupiter

A) Galileo

B) Copernicus

C) Newton

D) Huygens

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43. What's the term for a configuration of stars

A) Galaxy

B) Constellation

C) Asterism

D) Nebula

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44. Which planet in our solar system orbits closest to the sun

A) Venus

B) Mercury

C) Earth

D) Mars

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45. J G Galle discovered it in 1846 - discovered what

A) The planet Neptune

B) Uranus

C) Triton

D) Pluto

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46. In what constellation would you find the 'Horesehead' nebula

A) Taurus

B) Orion

C) Cygnus

D) Cassiopeia

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47. Which planet is fourth closest to the Sun

A) Mercury

B) Venus

C) Mars

D) Jupiter

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48. Which planet is closest to the Sun

A) Venus

B) Earth

C) Mercury

D) Mars

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49. The Hubble telescope is named after this astronomer?

A) Edwin Hubble

B) Carl Sagan

C) Galileo Galilei

D) William Herschel

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50. Ignoring obvious what links Jupiter Neptune Uranus and Saturn

A) They are all rocky planets

B) All have Rings

C) They are all the closest to the Sun

D) They are all visible from Earth with the naked eye

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