97+ Astronomy Trivia Questions with Answers

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What was the first food eaten in space by a US astronaut?

  • Applesauce
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Which planet in our solar system has the shortest day?

  • Jupiter
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Who was the third person to walk on the moon?

  • Pete Conrad
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Who was the first U.S. woman astronaut?

  • Sally Ride
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Who was the first person in space?

  • Yuri Gagarin
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Who was the first African-American female astronaut?

  • Dr. Mae Jemison
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Who is credited with creating the "Big Bang Theory"?

  • Georges Lemaitre
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Who first proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?

  • Aristarcus
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Who described the rings of Saturn as "ears of a teacup"?

  • Galileo
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Which of Jupiter's moons is covered by active volcanoes?

  • Io
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Which Jovian moon has volcanoes?

  • Io
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Which is the slowest orbiting planet?

  • Pluto
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Which is the planet with the greatest average density?

  • Earth
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Which gas comprises most of Venus' atmosphere?

  • Carbon Dioxide
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Which former planet is the tenth-largest body directly orbiting the sun?

  • Pluto
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Which constellation represents a hunter with weapons?

  • Orion
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Which constellation are the stars Castor and Pollux in?

  • Gemini
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Which branch of science did young Carl Sagan tell his grandfather he wanted to practice?

  • Astronomy
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Which astronomical body is 3.67 billion miles from the sun?

  • Pluto
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Which Apollo Mission was launched on November 14, 1969?

  • Apollo 12
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Which Apollo mission was launched on January 31, 1971?

  • Apollo 14
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Which Apollo mission was launched on April 11, 1970?

  • Apollo 13
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Where on the moon did people first land a spacecraft?

  • The Sea Of Tranquility
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Where is the Sun plotted on the Hertzprung-Russell diagram?

  • Main Sequence
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What year was the celestial object Pluto discovered?

  • 1930
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What was the name of the first manned space vehicle?

  • Vostok 1
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What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?

  • Sputnik I
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What was the first probe to land on Venus?

  • Venera 9
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What was the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope?

  • Uranus
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What was the element mercury named after?

  • The Roman Messenger God
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What star, next to the Sun, is nearest to Earth?

  • Alpha Centauri
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What star is labeled Alpha Ursa Minoris?

  • Polaris
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What satellite series was known as "fellow traveler"?

  • Sputnik
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What rocket launched the Apollo program?

  • Saturn
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What must a meteor do in order to become a meteorite?

  • Hit The Earth's Surface
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What kind of star system is Algol?

  • Binary Star System
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What is Uranus' period of revolution around the sun?

  • 84.01 Earth Years
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What is the tilt of the earth as it rotates on its axis?

  • 23 Degrees
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What is the third brightest object in the Earth's sky?

  • Venus
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What is the sun mostly made up of?

  • Hydrogen
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What is the study of stars, planets and galaxies called?

  • Astronomy
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What is the sixth planet from the sun?

  • Saturn
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What is the second planet in distance from the sun?

  • Venus
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What is the place where projectors are used to show the night sky?

  • Planetarium
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What is the opposite to ordinary matter called?

  • Antimatter
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What is the only moon in the solar system that has an atmosphere?

  • Titan
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What is the name of the spacecraft that took the first men to the moon?

  • Apollo 11
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What is the name for the Sun's outer-most atmosphere?

  • Corona
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What is the name for the boundary around a black hole, beyond which events cannot affect the observer?

  • Event Horizon
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What is the name for a body in orbit around the Sun?

  • Planet
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