Day & Night
True or False: you can see Pluto in the night sky without a telescope or binoculars, so long as it is dark enough.
False: that thing is too far away to see without a telescope.
True or False: American astronauts were the first to land on Mars.
False: no humans have stepped foot on Mars yet.
What galaxy to we reside in?
The Milky Way
This great hunter in the sky contains the stars Betelgeuse, Bellatrix and Rigel [Hint: it is a well-known constellation].
Orion
Sing the a couple lines of your favorite song. I'll only award points for stellar performances.
Wow, that was moving.
True or false: The Earth spins around its axis once a year.
False: The Earth spins around its axis once a DAY.
Name one of the two astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission to first step foot on the moon.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
What is the name of the large galaxy that is moving toward us?
Andromeda
What star can you use to find north?
Polaris, or the "north star"
Floss
Face Palm
True or False: In roman mythology, Pluto is the god of the underworld
True: He is the Roman god of the underworld. Similar the the Greek god, Hades.
Sputnik was the first artificial space satellite put into orbit by humans. What country was responsible for it's launch in 1957?
USSR (Russia)
What is the most massive planet in our solar system?
Jupiter, it's HUGE. 1.898 E 27 kg (317.8 Earth mass)
True or false: The Sun is considered a star.
True! The Sun is a star. There are lots of stars, but the Sun is the closest one to Earth. It is the center of our solar system.
Read this card in an Australian accent.
You're a regular Crocodile Dundee. Do you even know who that is? I feel like an old man.
This is the word for the Earth spinning around itself on its axis.
There are six people of three nationalities in space right now. What space vehicle are they in?
The International Space Station.
What is Venus? Its temperature is 880°F (471°C).
Astronomers estimate there are about 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way alone.
Do your best impression of a Goose call.
Was that worth the 400 points? I certainly hope so.
True or false: When it is December 21st in Tuk, it is Summer season in Australia.
True! Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere so their summer is our winter and our summer is their winter (but not as cold as Tuk)
How many people have stepped foot on the moon? (closest answer gets the points)
12
True or False: the Voyager Space probe, launched by NASA in 1977, is now beyond the boundaries of our solar system.
TRUE! And amazing!
What is the name for the path that the Earth takes around the Sun?
An orbit.
What is Mr. Hal's favorite color?
Forest Green