Dark Matter & Energy
Telescopes
Stars & Constellations
The Milky Way
Officers Miscellaneous
100

What percentage of matter does dark matter take up in our universe (Not dark energy)

What is 26 percent (be within 5 percent)

100

What telescope models do we use for Public Viewings?

What is Celestron?

100

What constellation is the Big Dipper part of?

What is Ursa Major
100

What is at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy?

What is a Black Hole (Sagittarius A)

100

What year and officer position is Artin?

What is Fourth year, Treasurer

200

What force does Dark Energy oppose?

What is Gravity?

200

What is the telescope part you look into to find stars before you look in the eyepiece

What is the Finderscope

200

What is the scientific (astronomical) name of the North Star?

What is Polaris/ Alpha Ursae Minoris 

200

How old is the Milky Way?

What 13.6 billion years (13 or 14 billion years is fine)

200

What is Oliver double-Majoring in?

What is Astro and Communications???

300

Where in galaxies is dark matter most abundant? The Disc, Stellar Halo, or Bulge?

What is the Stellar Halo?

300

Which type of telescope uses an objective glass lens instead of a mirror?

What is a Refracting Telescope

300

Name four constellations we mention during star talks

What is ____,____,____,____

300

Which galaxy is expected to merge with the Milky Way in the future?

What is Andromeda

300

What was Kate's first on-campus job?

What is science writer at the California Aggie?

400

What Phenomenon of the Universe led scientists to propose dark energy?

What is the Expansion of the Universe

400

What is the most well-known telescope in Antarctica?

What is the South Pole Telescope?

400

What are the astronomical objects and constellations that lie on the ecliptic plane? (4 of them)

What are the Sun, Moon, Planets, Zodiac constellations

400

"Galaxy" translated to the ancient Greek adjective "Galaxias" means what?

What is Milky?

400

What sport does Kyra mainly partake in? (Individual sport)

What is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

500

Name two of Davis's faculty members whose research includes dark matter.

Who is Christopher Fassnacht, David M. Wittman, Andrew Wetzel, Tony Tyson, Nancy Aggarwal

500

Which well-known telescope gives stars six prominent diffraction spikes? (Hubble gives stars four), 

What is JWST (James Webb Space Telescope)

500

What is the name of the star pattern made from stars in Lyra, Cygnus, and Aquila?

What is the Summer Triangle

500

How far is the Sun from the center of the Milky Way (lightyears)?

What is 26,000 light-years (within two thousand) 

500

What is Brian's Nickname?

What is Bench

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