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Exploring Astronomy: A Quiz on Celestial Knowledge

Test your knowledge of astronomy with this engaging quiz covering various aspects of celestial phenomena, notable figures, and significant discoveries in the field.

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1 Who played Businessman the movie Astronomy?

2 This is an 11-year fluctuation in ________ numbers.

3 A few observatories have been constructed, such as the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory ________, but gravitational waves are extremely difficult to detect.

4 [22] It was left to Newton's invention of ________ and his law of gravitation to finally explain the motions of the planets.

5 [56] Planetary nebulae and supernovae are necessary for the distribution of ________ to the interstellar medium; without them, all new stars (and their planetary systems) would be formed from hydrogen and helium alone.

6 ________ is the study of the advent and evolution of biological systems in the universe, with particular emphasis on the possibility of non-terrestrial life.

7 At the center of the Sun is the core region, a volume of sufficient temperature and pressure for ________ to occur.

8 Who played Mr. Fisk the movie Astronomy?

9 More recently the tracking of ________ will allow for predictions of close encounters, and potential collisions, with the Earth.

10 Who played Arlene the movie Astronomy?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in the late 18th century, the Gotha Observatory became an international center for astronomy, and the most modern astronomical institute specifically for its instruments.
  • Italian Jesuit priest Sabatino de Ursis moved to China in 1607 to assist Matteo Ricci in his astronomical research, and attempted to reform the Chinese calendar.
  • Astronomische Nachrichten, founded by H. C. Schumacher (pictured) in 1821, is the world's oldest extant astronomical journal.
  • the astronomical observatory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica is named after physicist Martin A. Pomerantz.
  • the missionary and explorer David Livingstone named Cape Maclear, Malawi (pictured) after his friend, astronomer Thomas Maclear.
  • the Galaxy Zoo is an online astronomy project that allows members of the public to help classify previously unseen images of galaxies.
  • the All Sky Automated Survey is a Polish astronomical project based in Chile, controlled remotely from Poland through the Internet, and that it has discovered two comets since 1996 with a tiny budget.
  • William Leybourn (pictured) wrote the first English language astronomy compendium.
  • Space.com is a space and astronomy news website launched in 1999 by CNN anchor Lou Dobbs.
  • James W. Patterson, a Senator from New Hampshire, was a professor of mathematics, astronomy, and meteorology.
  • Katie Melua agreed to re-record her song "Nine Million Bicycles" (2005) in response to criticisms from physicist Simon Singh, who described its lyrics as "an insult to a century of astronomical progress".
  • NGC 3314 is a pair of almost perfectly overlapping spiral galaxies, giving astronomers a unique opportunity to observe the properties of interstellar dust.
  • QUIET, an astronomy experiment due to start observing in 2008 at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory, Chile, will make measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation.
  • S Ori 70 is a mid-T type astronomical object, discovered in 2002 in the direction of the Sigma Orinis cluster.
  • rotating radio transients are among the brightest astronomical sources of radio waves, yet are generally detectable for less than one second a day.
  • astronomy professor Jens Fredrik Schroeter first learned his subject during childhood when his father, a sea captain, taught him how to use the sextant.
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