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The farthest man-made object from earth?

What is Voyager 1?

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All of the Planets in the solar system.

What are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

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Earth's diameter at the equator

A. 7,926 miles    B. 8,342 miles

C. 9,681 miles    D. 10,155 miles

A. 7,926 miles

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The brightest object in the night sky besides the moon

What is Venus?

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This Italian dish is made of flat pasta sheets layered with cheese, sauce, and fillings.

What is lasagna?

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The only space craft ever to visit the Outer Planets: Uranus and Neptune

What is Voyager 2?

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The year was Pluto demoted from a Planet to a dwarf planet.

What is 2006?

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How 1 AU (Astronomical unit) is defined.

What is the average distance between the earth and the sun (roughly 90 million miles)?

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The name of the North Star.

What is Polaris?

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Traditionally served raw, this Japanese dish features vinegared rice topped with seafood.

What is Sushi?

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The first and only space craft to visit Pluto in 2015.

What is The New Horizons Spacecraft?

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Our moon ranks here on a scale of the diameters of the 891 moons in our solar system.

A. 2nd   B. 5th   C. 6th.  D. 8th

B. 5th

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The average distance of the moon from earth.

What is 238,900 mi?

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The constellation of the the Brightest star in the night sky, Sirius. (Hint: Sirius is nicknamed the Dog Star).

What is Canis Major (The Greater Dog)?

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This popular Mexican food is a folded tortilla filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables.

What is a Taco?

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The year that the first Satellite, Sputnik 1, launched

What is 1957?

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The number of confirmed objects have entered the solar system for interstellar space

What is 3?

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He first measured the circumference of the earth

Who was Eratosthenes (c. 240 B.C.E.)

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How many Galaxies are visible through the Naked eye from Earth?

A. 0  B. 2  C. 4  D. 6

C. 4

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This French breakfast food is a thin pancake often served with butter, sugar, or fruit.

What is a Crepe?

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At Over 13 billion miles from earth, it takes this long for radio signals traveling at light speed (299,792,458 m/s) to reach us 

A. 9 hours  B. 42 minutes  C. 10 hours  D. 13 hours

D. 13 hours

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In the 17th century the heliocentric model was popularized by this scientist.

Who was Mikolaj Kopernik (a.k.a. Nicolaus Copernicus)

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This famous photo of Earth is know as the blue marble, it was taken by this Apollo Mission

What was Apollo 17 (1972)

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The name of the line of constellations that the sun travels through throughout the year. It contains the1!2 constellations of the zodiac and 1 other.

What is The Ecliptic?

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This fermented Korean side dish commonly includes napa cabbage, chili pepper, garlic, and ginger.

What is Kimchi?

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