Mars, the Roman god, represented this part of Roman culture.
What is war?
100
The first and earliest Mars orbiter looked at in today's presentation.
What is Mariner 4? (1960s)
100
A newly-popular band with a Martian name and hit singles such as “From Yesterday” and “Kings and Queens.”
Who is 30 Seconds to Mars?
100
The distance, in Astronomical Units, from Mars to the sun (to two decimal places).
What is 1.52?
200
The largest mountain in the solar system, approximately twice the size of its terrestrial equivalent, Mount Everest.
What is Olympus Mons?
200
The Italian astronomer who first discovered Mars' "canali".
Who is Giovanni Schiapparelli?
200
One of the first Mars orbiters and the first camera to snap a shot of the face.
What is Viking 1? (1975)
200
This Looney Toons character and common enemy of Bugs Bunny called Mars his home planet.
Who is Marvin the Martian?
200
Mars’ escape velocity.
What is 5km/s?
300
The Martian equivalent of the Grand Canyon, although four times as deep, eight times as wide, and many miles longer.
What is Valles Marineris?
300
The closest English translation to the Italian term "canali".
What is "channel"?
300
The set date for the first manned expidition to Mars. Note: THIS IS NOT THE DATE DISCUSSED IN CLASS.
What is 2031?
300
The 1898 novel by H.G. Wells, entitled The War of the Worlds depicted Martians coming to Earth in search of this, namely.
What is water?
300
Mars’ axial tilt.
What is 23.98 degrees?
400
Covering the poles of Mars is this gas in its frozen state.
What is carbon dioxide?
400
About four billion years ago, Mars was covered in this.
What is water?
400
The Mars Global Surveyor, or MGS, snapped a shot of the highly controversial face in this year.
What is 1998?
400
A 1996 Tim Burton film, starring Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close and Annette Bening.
What is "Mars Attacks!"?
400
The lengths of the Martian day and year.
What is 24.6 hours and 686.9 days?
500
The infamous face was found in this Martian territory, also found in the name of a hit song by the band Muse.
What is Cydonia?
500
The city in Arizona that is home to the Lowell Observatory.
What is Flagstaff, AZ?
500
After the picture of the face appeared in newspapers and newscasts across Canada and the United States, NASA dismissed the image as a “trick of light and shadow” and an example of this term, meaning “a psychological phenomenon involving an image or sound being perceived as significant”.
What is pareidolia?
500
A sci-fi classic book, written in 1961 by Robert A. Heinlein, depicting the life of a Martian-born human returning to Earth with our first Mars-bound crew.
What is Stranger in a Strange Land?
500
Mars' atmospherical make-up; all three gases and their percent composition.
What is 95% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, and 2% argon.