Moon Landings
Moon Landscape
Moon Phases
Moon Theories
All About The Moon
Visual Riddles
100
Who was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
100
What are the basins found on earths surface called?
Craters
100
How many moon phases are there?
8
100
What is the most popular conspiracy theory about the moon?
That the Apollo 11 moon landings and all moon landings after it have been a hoax.
100
What is the moon's proper name?
Luna
100
Clue: Mythical creature
Gnome
125
What mission was the first to land on the moon?
Apollo 11
125
What are the black spots on the moon?
Lava flows
125
Why does the moon have phases?
Because the lit up half of the moon is seen at different angles from Earth
125
What is a conspiracy theory about full moons?
That they make people crazy
125
Does the moon have north and south poles?
Yes
125
Clue: Animal
Stick insect
150
What year did Apollo 11 take place?
1969
150
What are the lunar lava flows called?
Hint: Their name is Latin for sea
Mares
150
How long does it take for the moon phases to repeat them selves?
29.5 days
150
What are two children's stories about moon theories
(name two for double points one for 300 points)
-The man in the moon
-The moon is made out of cheese
150
Wat is the moon's diameter compared to the Earth's?
Bonus 100 points if you can guess what % of the Earth's volume it is.
One quarter, or 25% the Earth's Diameter.
About 2% of the Earth's volume.
150
Clue: Plant
Jasmine
175
What countries have had landings (manned or unmanned) on the moon?
(Full points for at least 3, double points for all 5)
USA, China, Japan, India, Russia (USSR)
175
Who was the first person to discover the moon had craters?
Galileo Galilei
175
What are all the moon phases?
(Full points for at least half of them, double points for all 8)
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent
175
Name one scientific theory about the creation of the moon
-A small planet crashed into the earth millions of years ago, breaking off a chunk that would eventually become the moon
-The moon was formed elsewhere in the solar system but was dragged in to orbit the earth by the earth's gravity
175
If I weighed 100 kg on Earth, how much would I weigh on the moon?
16.5 kg (the moon's gravity is 16.5% of the earth's)
175
Clue: Hobby
Pilates
200
How many manned moon landings have their been?
6
200
How long across is the moon's largest crater?
2,500 kilometers or 1,600 miles
200
When (about) is the next full moon?
Thursday November 6
200
What did ancient peoples think of lunar eclipses?
They thought that it was a 'devil's moon'
(Negative omen/divine warning)
200
What is the moon's biggest crater called?
The Aitken Basin
200
Clue: Country
Pakistan