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    Round 1

    1 - Which phenomenon happens in a repeating


    cycle known as a saros?
    2 - Which is the hottest planet in the solar system?
    3 - In which year were the spacesuits built that
    NASA uses - 1974, 1994 or 2004?
    4 - The sun is made up of mostly which gas?
    5 - What is NASA an acronym for?
    6 - Which planet is closest to the sun?
    7 - Which planet is farthest from the sun?
    8 - How many planets have rings?
    9 - Which country launched the world's first
    successful space flight?
    10 - In which year was the first space flight?

    Round 1 - Answers
    1 - A Lunar Eclipse
    2 - Venus
    3 - 1974
    4 - Hydrogen
    5 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    6 - Mercury
    7 - Neptune
    8-4
    9 - Soviet Union
    10 - 1961
    Round 2
    1 - Which is the smallest planet in our solar
    system?
    2 - What was the name of the first man to orbit
    the earth?
    3 - Which planet is the coldest?
    4 - Who invented the Hubble telescope?
    5 - Which rover landed on Mars first?
    6 - Which planet is the smallest?
    7 - Who was the first man on the moon?
    8 - Who was the second man on the moon?
    9 - In which year did the first man land on the
    moon?
    10 - Which two planets have the most moons?

    Round 2 - Answers
    1 - Mercury
    2 - Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
    3 - Uranus
    4 - Edwyn Hubble
    5 - Mars Pathfinder
    6 - Mercury
    7 - Neil Armstrong
    8 - Buzz Aldrin
    9 - 1969
    10 - Saturn & Jupiter
    Round 3
    1 - Valentina Tereshkova was the first what?
    2 - What was the first animal to be launched into
    space?
    3 - What is the name of the first dog to make an
    orbital spaceflight around the Earth?
    4 - The first mammal to reach space was a rhesus
    monkey named what?
    5 - Sunsets on Mars appear in what colour?
    6 - The "super earth," aka 55 Cancri e, is covered in
    graphite and what precious gem?
    7 - Space is completely silent - True or False?
    8 - What are the smallest stars in the universe?
    9 - The Moon has no atmosphere - True or False?
    10 - Which is the only planet to spin clockwise?
    Round 3 - Answers
    1 - Woman in Space
    2 - Fruit Flies
    3 - Lakia
    4 - Albert
    5 - Blue
    6 - Diamond
    7 - True
    8 - Neutron Stars
    9 - True
    10 - Venus
    Round 4
    1 - How many moons does Venus have?
    2 - Which comet orbit is due to pass Earth again in
    2061?
    3 - The helmet is the most expensive part of a
    NASA space suit - True or False?
    4 - Neptune’s days are how many hours long - 6, 16
    or 26?
    5 - It takes 8 minutes & 19 seconds for what to
    travel from the sun to Earth?
    6 - What is the fastest spinning planet?
    7 - Saturn's rings are made from what?
    8 - Rugby was played on the moon - True or False?
    9 - Alpha Centauri is a what?
    10 - Europa is a moon on which planet?
    Round 4 - Answers
    1-0
    2 - Halleys Comet
    3 - False
    4 - 16
    5 - Light
    6 - Jupiter
    7 - Ice
    8 - False
    9 - Star System
    10 - Jupiter
    Round 5
    1 - One day on Venus is almost how many months
    on Earth - 8, 18 or 88?
    2 - Name one of the two sports played on the moon
    in 1971?
    3 - Which planet has the biggest volcano?
    4 - The Moon is shaped like which fruit?
    5 - Which planet was demoted from planet status
    and reclassified as a dwarf planet?
    6 - Which planet is often called the Red Planet?
    7 - 70% off Earth's surface is made up of what?
    8 - The milky way was named after the chocolate -
    True or False?
    9 - How many moons does Mercury have?
    10 - Name all 4 planets with rings?
    Round 5 - Answers
    1-8
    2 - Golf or Javelin Toss
    3 - Mars
    4 - Lemon
    5 - Pluto
    6 - Mars
    7 - Water
    8 - False
    9- 0
    10 - Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune & Uranus

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