Quiz 2: Space

Q1. Which planet in our solar system has the highest surface temperature?
A1. Venus, 462�C -> hot enought to melt lead, due to it's atmosphere's greenhouse
effect

Q2. What does NASA stand for?

A2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Q3. What is the only planet in our solar system to have its day being longer than
its year?
A3. Venus, 243 (Earth) days vs 224.7 (Earth) days

Q4. Name the Astronauts who first landed on the moon in 1969.
A4. Neil Armstrong, Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin & Michael Collins

Q5. How long did Apollo 11 take to complete its mission?

A5. 8 days, 3 hrs, 18 mins and 35s (Answers in light years)

Q6. In 2007, the first astronaut from which country was sent to a mission on the
ISS?
O6. 1: Indonesia, 2: Malaysia 3: India
A6. Malaysia, India in 1984 (14th country), No Indonesian has been yet

Q7. How long does it take for light to travel from the Sun to the Earth?
A7: 8.33 mins. Distance is known as one astronomical unit.

Q8. What gives Mars its red surface?

A8. Iron Oxide, rust

Q9. Which one of these numbers is the largest?

O9. 1: No. of Stars in the Milky Way (400 billion) 2: No. of Trees on Earth
(3.04 trillion) 3: Distance between the Sun and Pluto (5,910 Billion metres)
A10. No. of Trees on Earth

Q10. Launched in 2006 and arriving in 2015, the first human remains were sent
outside the solar system on the new horizons probe. Whose were they?
O10: 1: Edwin Hubble (proved universe expanding) 2: Clyde Tombaugh (Discovered
Pluto) 3: Gene Roddenberry (Creator of Star Trek)
A10. Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto in 1930

Initial combustion fuel?

Kerosene & Liquid Oxygen -> Hydrogen used thereafter -> approx 20L/s

ISS most expensive object ever created

Elon Musk's new son's name

X � A-12, X Ash A (dash) 12

Time Zone Question?

BQ1: In Greek mythology, all 12 of their gods were said to reside in which
location?
BA1: Mount Olympus

BQ2: Which one of the following countries has multiple time zones?
BO2: 1: India 2: China 3: Mongolia 4. Afghanistan