NASA
What was the naval rank of astronaut Jonny Kim?
Lt. Commander
The mega-flash lightening that occurred on Oct. 22, 2017 covered how many states?
6
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri
What is the driest region on Earth outside Antarctica?
Mexico's Mario Molina picked up a 1995 Chemistry Nobel for his role in discovering that CFCs are a threat to what UV-absorbing portion of Earth's stratosphere?
Ozone
What is the shortest day of the year? (Dec. 22, 2025)
Winter Solstice
What is the name of the next mission to the Moon?
Artemis
Geologists Ramon DeMark discovered three new minerals. These minerals were named for geologists in what state?
New Mexico
What is the largest active volcano in the world?
Winning for "their synthesis of new radioactive elements," the second woman to win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry was the daughter of two other Nobel prize winners. What was the family's surname?
Curie Nobel
Lawerence Einstein
Curie
How many sides are on a regular snowflake?
Six
Of the 6,000 exoplanets (planets beyond our solar system) discovered so far, which is the most common type?
A. Earth-like
B. Neptune-like
C. Mars-like
Neptune-like
British climbers made it to the top of Mt. Everest in just five days by inhaling what Noble gas?
Xenon
Which of the following greenhouse gases is the biggest contributor to global warming?
This element family (#17) got its name because it always creates a salt with combined with other elements.
Halogens
Within 10º, how much warmer can it be inside an igloo compared to the temperature outside the igloo?
70º
According to a NASA-led analysis, what was identified as the primary cause for the higher-than-expected sea level rise in 2024?
A. Warm ocean temperatures
B. Colder ocean temperatures
C. Increased sea ice at the N. Pole
D. Decreased sea ice at the S. Pole
Warmer ocean temperatures leading to thermal expansion
Over 3 million Fraser Firs are grown in what state?
North Carolina
How long can a synthetic fiber like nylon take to break down in a landfill?
Martin Chalfie, an American scientist who got his PhD in neurobiology from Harvard in 1977, was a co-winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering a fluorescent protein of what color?
(Hint: It’s often associated with envy)
Green
Which country has the snowiest city in the world?
Japan (Aomori City)
What specific items is the Perseverance rover carrying to test their durability on Mars for future human missions?
A. Food Sources
B. Communication Antennas
C. Spacesuit Materials
Spacesuit Materials
Balto was a sled dog who helped bring medicine to Nome, Alaska to battle what disease?
Tetanus
Diphtheria
Pertussus (Whooping Cough)
Diphtheria
How many gallons of water would it take on average to produce one cotton t-shirt?
Also one of the nucleoside bases of DNA, what does the "A" in ATP, one of the most important molecules in biochemistry, stand for?
Adeline Alkaline
Adenosine Adrenaline
Adenosine
Chionophobia is the fear of what winter precipitation?
Snow