What’s Your Astronomy IQ?
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 1726
Do you know enough about Astronomy? Take this quiz and find out
Questions and Answers
- 1.How many stars make up the Big Dipper?
- A.
12
- B.
21
- C.
4
- D.
7
- 2.What is the constellation known as the Ram also called?
- A.
Leo
- B.
Aries
- C.
Cancer
- D.
Gemini
- 3.About how long does it take for sunlight to reach the Earth from the Sun?
- A.
8 Minutes 20 Seconds
- B.
1 Hour
- C.
1 Minute
- D.
24 Hours
- 4.Which of these planets does not have rings?
- A.
Venus
- B.
Saturn
- C.
Neptune
- D.
Uranus
- 5.Which of these planets is smallest in diameter?
- A.
Saturn
- B.
Neptune
- C.
Mercury
- D.
Mars
- 6.About how often does Halley's Comet return?
- A.
76 Years
- B.
200 Years
- C.
100 Years
- D.
10 Years
- 7.Halley's Comet is predicted to appear again in which year?
- A.
2176
- B.
2099
- C.
2010
- D.
2061
- 8.The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed on which Space Shuttle in 1990?
- A.
Challenger
- B.
American
- C.
Discovery
- D.
Eagle
- 9.Who was the first person to use a telescope for astronomy?
- A.
Copernicus
- B.
Leonardo Da Vinci
- C.
Galileo
- D.
Aristotle
- 10.Which is the slowest orbiting planet?
- A.
Uranus
- B.
Pluto
- C.
Venus
- D.
Saturn
- 11.What is the third brightest object in the Earth's sky?
- A.
Mars
- B.
Earth's Moon
- C.
North Star
- D.
Venus
- 12.I am the galaxy closest in light years to the Milky Way Galaxy?
- A.
Pleiades
- B.
Orion
- C.
Andromeda
- D.
Omnicron
- 13.Which planet of our solar system has the most known moons?
- A.
Saturn
- B.
Jupiter
- C.
Uranus
- D.
Neptune
- 14.In which year was Hubble's Law formulated?
- A.
1929
- B.
1785
- C.
1814
- D.
2000
- 15.In which year did the first space shuttle launch?
- A.
1988
- B.
1981
- C.
1999
- D.
1971
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