Space is big, weird and frankly showing off. The Sole has memorised every planet, the Apple thinks the Moon is a planet, and the Wiper has forgotten which way is up. Strap in.
Space Quiz: 10 Questions Most People Get Wrong
All the questions in this quiz
Hosting? Here they are. Answers are in the quiz above, or grab the printable pack.
- On which planet does one spin on its axis take longer than a year?
- What colour are sunsets on Mars?
- Which rock and roll song is on the Voyager Golden Record now leaving our solar system?
- Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, is on which planet?
- How fast is the Moon drifting away from Earth?
- Which is the only moon in the solar system with a thick atmosphere?
- The name Pluto was suggested by whom?
- Why do Saturn's rings seem to 'disappear' every 13 to 16 years?
- What did William Herschel originally name the planet we call Uranus?
- How was Neptune first found in 1846?
Sources
- One Day on Venus Is Longer Than a Year on Venus (Snopes)
- NASA's Curiosity Sees Blue Sunset On Mars (NASA SVS)
- Chuck Berry and Carl Sagan (NASA Science)
- Olympus Mons is two and a half times taller than Everest (19FortyFive)
- The Apollo Experiment That Keeps on Giving (NASA JPL)
- Titan Facts (NASA Science)
- Venetia Burney (Wikipedia)
- Saturn's Rings Will Disappear From View in 2025 (Smithsonian)
- The Georgian Planet: A Case of Clever Marketing (Smithsonian)
- Sept. 23, 1846: Johann Galle discovers Neptune (Astronomy)
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