Jeopardy (Space Edition)

Rockets/Space Exploration

100

How many people were in the Apollo 11?

 3 people

200

Which of these rockets crashed?

Saturn V, spectrum, Atlas V, Starship

Spectrum

300

How many countries/companies have launched a rocket into space and successfully brought it back?

4

400

Who was the second person to step on the moon?

Buzz Aldrin

500

What is the first Planet that we discovered outside our solar system

Pulsar PSR 1257+12

Solar System

100

How many planets are in our Solar System?

8

200

What is the biggest planet in our solar system

Jupiter

300

How long does it take for Pluto to orbit around the sun?

248 Earth Years

400

Which planet takes 72 years to rotate around the Sun?

Jupiter

500

What is the nearest star system to Earth?

Alpha Centauri star system

Stars

100

what is the closest star to Earth

The sun

200

Does the Sun move

Yes

300

What is the closest star to us excluding the Sun?

Proxima Centauri

400

How fast does the sun move

483,000 miles per hour

500

How fast does the fastest neutron star spin?

716 times per second

Moons

100

Why does the moon have different stages of a cycle

Because of the sun shinning behind or to the side of it.

200

How many moons does Saturn have?

 274 moons

300

How long does it take for the moon to rotate around the earth

27 days

400

How big is the moon's volume?

21.9 billion cubic km

500

How many moons are in the solar system?

891 moons

Planets

100

What is the smallest planet in the solar system

Mercury 

200

What other planet has a ring around it other than Saturn

Uranus 

300

What is the nickname for the last 4 big planets

The Gas Giants

400

What is the nickname for the first 4 small planets

Terrestrial Planets

500

What is Jupiter's volume?

1.5 Quadrillion cubic kilometers