Pluto
Humans in Space
Our place in space
Constellations
Wild Card
Space in Films
100
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.
100
True or False: American astronauts were the first to land on Mars.
False: no humans have stepped foot on mars yet.
100
What galaxy to we reside in?
The milky way
100
A group of stars that form a pattern that looks like an animal, person, or object.
Constellation
100
These are the only two planets without moons. (Pick one to get the points)
What is Venus & Mercury
100
This science fiction franchise features a galaxy far, far away....
What is Star Wars?
200
Name the belt of icy objects that Pluto can be found in.
The Kuiper Belt, found in 1992, named after Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper.
200
Name one of the two astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission to step foot on the moon.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
200
What is the name of the large galaxy that is moving toward us?
Andromeda
200
What star can you use to find north?
Polaris, or the "north star"
200
The ISS
International space station.
200
The name of the actress that played Chani in the recent movie "Dune"
Who is Zendaya?
300
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.
300
Sputnik was the first artificial space satellite put into orbit by humans. What country was responsible for it's launch in 1957?
USSR (Russia)
300
What is the most massive planet in our solar system?
Jupiter, it's HUGE. 1.898 E 27 kg (317.8 Earth mass)
300
Name four zodiac constellations
- Capricorn
- Aquarius
- Pisces
- Aries
- Taurus
- Gemini
- Cancer
- Leo
- Virgo
- Libra
- Scorpio
- Ophiuchus
- Sagittarius
300
The force pulling together all objects in the universe
Gravity
300
This series followed the voyages of the crew of the starship USS Enterprise.
What is Star Trek?
400
What is different about Pluto's orbit compared to the first eight planets?
It is tilted in relation to the ecliptic.
400
A record-setting number of people are in orbit around Earth at the same time, How Many are there?
19 people currently in space
Pettit, Ovchinin and Vagner join nine other astronauts and cosmonauts currently aboard the International Space Station.
Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Alexander Grebnekin launched on March 4. They were soon joined by Oleg Konenko, Tracy Caldwell Dyson and Nikolai Chub, who launched on March 2024. Also aboard the International Space Station are NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, the crew of Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft.
Aboard China’s Tiangong Space Station are Li Guangsu, Li Cong, and Ye Guangfu.
400
How far away from the sun we are right now, in minutes.
93 million miles or 8 light-minutes
400
What "fuzzy" object can be found beneath Orion's belt? (hint, these places are the birthplace of stars)
A nebula
400
The number of satellites orbiting Earth right now. Closest answer gets the points!
9,900
400
This film is based on a novel about an astronaut stranded on Mars who must use his scientific knowledge to survive.
What is The Martian?
500
Pluto is considered a "dwarf planet". Name at least one other dwarf planet.
Eris, Makemake, Haumea, Ceres
500
How many people have stepped foot on the moon? (closest answer gets the points)
12
500
True or False: the Voyager Space probe, launched by NASA in 1977, is now beyond the boundaries of our solar system.
TRUE! And amazing! (it is 15.5 billion miles away from Earth)
500
This great hunter in the sky contains the stars Betelgeuse, Bellatrix and Rigel.
Orion
500
Do your best impression of a chicken
I hope everyone laughed!
500
The name of this actor who played "Star-Lord" in Guardian's of the Galaxy
Who is Chris Pratt?
600
This person, whose first and last name rhyme, was one of the founders of physics and astronomy and used a telescope to observe Jupiter and Saturn.
Who is Galileo Galilei?
600
This film had real scientists involved in it's creation and it's depiction of a supermassive black hole is considered the most realistic in cinema!
What is Interstellar? (this is a great watch for over the holidays)