Show:
Space Race I
Space Race II
Space on the Screen
Silva Special
Wild Cards
100

What type of star is the Sun?

Yellow Dwarf

100

What does a black hole do?

It traps everything inside of it because of infinite gravity.

100

What does the ticking represent in Interstellar?

Time passing back on Earth
100

What is Mr. Silva's wife's name?

Amanda

100
This 4th of July, how many years has it been since America has been founded?

America's 250th birthday

200

What phase of the star's life cycle do all stars begin in?

Stellar Nebula

200

What occurs when a star explodes?

Supernova

200

What crop is famously grown by Mark Watney in The Martian?

Potatoes

200

What is Mr. Silva's favorite football team?

The Detroit Lions

200

What is the name of the coffee shop in the sitcom Friends?

Central Perk

300

What is the heaviest element a star can fuse into?

Iron

300

What type of waves can be emitted by a Neutron Star?

Radio Waves

300

Who is the infant-like creature that is the co-protagonist of the latest Star Wars movie?

Grogu/Baby Yoda

300
Who was the famous scientist that hosted the "America's Favorite Teacher" contest that Mr. Silva performed very well in?

Who is Bill Nye?

300

Who is the famous singer played by Rami Malek in his Oscar-winning performance that shares a last name with a planet?

Freddie Mercury

400

Which famous scientist gave the "Pale Blue Dot" speech that Mr. Silva famously gives all his AP classes before the AP Exam?

Carl Sagan

400

What occurs when gas, plasma, and dust get pulled in by plasma, compressed via angular momentum, and form into a disk-like shape?

Accretion

400

This character in Dune is played by a diehard New York Knicks fan and the current boyfriend of a Kardashian?

Paul Atreides

400

Who was the notoriously difficult astronomy professor that eventually led Mr. Silva to become a teacher?

Dr. Pfeiffer

400

Which soccer team does Mr. Silva support in the Primeira Liga?

Braga

500
How many dimensions does String Theory predict there are (two acceptable answers)?

10/11

500

What Italian term shows what would happen to the human body in a black hole?

Spaghettification

500

In Independence Day, what famous unscripted line does Will Smith utter while dragging an alien through the desert?

And what the hell is that smell?

500

Which high school did Mr. Silva teach at before Colts Neck High School?

DAILY DOUBLE!!!

Which three subjects did Mr. Silva teach?

What is Johnathan Dayton High School?

Daily Double Answers: Physics, Anatomy and Physiology, and Oceanography

500

Which famous American pop band was originally called Kar's Flowers?

Maroon 5