Our Solar System
The Cosmos
Measurements
Dams
Sports
100

A celestial body 240,000 miles from Earth

What is the Moon

100

What is the name of the nearest star other than our Sun to our solar system?

What is Proxima Centari.

100

What measurement is larger, a yard or a meter?

What is a meter.

100

Name the Dam that forms Lake Mead

What id the Hoover Dam

100

Who was the Great Bambino and what team did he play for?

Who was Babe Ruth and he played for the New York Yankees.

200

Number of official planets in our solar system

What is 8 planets.

200

Our solar system is in the Milky Way Galaxy.  We have a sister galaxy.  What is the name of this galaxy?

What is the Andromeda Galary.

200

How many pounds is equal to one Kilo?

What is 2.2 pounds

200

What is the Dam that forms Lake Powell?

What is the Glen Canyon Dam.

200

Who was and still is referred to as Hammerin' Hank? 

Who is Hank Aaron

300

The amount of time it takes for light from the Sun to reach Earth?

What is approximately 7 minutes.


300

Every celestial body has an escape velocity depending on its gravitational pull.  What is the approximate escape velocity from Earth in miles per hour?  

What is 17,500 miles per hour.

300

How many cubic feet are in a cubic yard?

What is 27 cubic feet.

300

What is the highest dam in the United States?

What is the Hoover Dam at 726 feet high

300

Who was the "Say Hey Kid"?

Who was Willie Mays

400

The exact number of days it takes Earth to orbit the Sun.

What is 365-1/4 days.

400

Light travels at a constant speed. In miles per second what is that speed?

What is 186,000 miles per second.

400

If you enter a 5K race, approximately how many miles do you run, walk, or crawl?

What is 3 miles

400

What dam in the USA produces the most hydroelectric power and what state is it in?

What is the Grand Coulee in Washington State

400

What is the distance of the longest verifiable home run ever hit and who hit it?

What is 575 feet by Babe Ruth.


500

The asteroid belt is located between what two planets?

What is Mars and Jupiter.

500

Our Galaxy, the Milky Way is approximately how many light years across?

What is 100,000 light years.

500

How many feet are there in one mile?

What is 5280 feet

500

What is the largest dam in the world and what river does it impound?

What is the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.

500

In 1965 at Candlestick Park the Giants were hosting the Dodgers and a  brawl broke out because the batter hit the catcher with the bat.  Name the batter, the catcher and the pitcher for the Dodgers

Who was Juan Marichal (the batter), Johnny Roseboro (the catcher), and Sandy Koufax (the Dodger's pitcher) *** I was 11 years old and at that game in San Francisco.

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