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Space Quiz!

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:45 pm
by Ray502
Hello! Time for a Space quiz :mrgreen: No rewards because that is the way I am right now :lol: I will ask you a total of 20 questions and the person who answers the most gets to host the next season :) Rules do apply.
1. Don't answer 2 times in the same question
2. When you answer 3 questions in a row, then you must skip the next 2 questions.

Q1. Which of the planets has moons?

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 7:56 pm
by Adsolution
Er, in our Solar System? That would be every planet except for Mercury and Venus.

Er, in our Solar System? That would be every planet except for Mercury and Venus.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:14 pm
by Tobbe
In our solar system, the correct answer would be Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Earth only has a single moon, you asked which planets have moons (plural). Pluto has four known moons, but is not a planet.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:33 pm
by Adsolution
Earth has a lot of moons, what with Florida's Spring Break and all.

Or, is he referring to satellites?

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:59 pm
by Ray502
Tobbe is correct because, I asked for moons. Which is more then 1 moon.

Tobbe: 1 point

Q2. In which year was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 11:48 pm
by Tobbe
I think it was 2006.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:09 am
by Adsolution
Next.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:33 am
by Ray502
Tobbe wrote:I think it was 2006.
Yes.

Tobbe: 2 points

Q3. Name a way to remember the planets in order.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:53 am
by Adsolution
My Vanity Eclipses My Jealous Sister's Ugly Nudes.

Melany's Vagina Eats More Junkfood by Sucking Ur Nigga ass.

Either of those two.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:09 am
by Tobbe
Seriously, you need a way to remember eight things in order?

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:14 am
by Ray502
Tobbe wrote:Seriously, you need a way to remember eight things in order?
No. I already know the planets in order.
I will give the point to RayFan.

Tobbe, 2 points
RayFan9876, 1 point

Q4. Which planet is LIKELY to have life?

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:15 am
by Adsolution
Well, in my biology exam last month I had to make a freaking backronym for the five kingdoms. I swear I did that in elementary school.

The answer to your next question is Gliese 581g. If you're talking about a planet confined to the Solar System, Mars probably. Lots of science is telling us stuff about that place.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:16 pm
by Ray502
RayFan9876 wrote:Well, in my biology exam last month I had to make a freaking backronym for the five kingdoms. I swear I did that in elementary school.

The answer to your next question is Gliese 581g. If you're talking about a planet confined to the Solar System, Mars probably. Lots of science is telling us stuff about that place.
Mars was what I was looking for.

Tobbe, RayFan9876, 2 points

Q5. Name the places that are beyond the Solar System.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:21 pm
by Tobbe


It's not at all clear what you're asking for, therefore I claim this answer to be sufficient.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:43 pm
by Adsolution
That question makes no sense. Do you want me to say Alpha Centauri? The Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster? Andromeda? The Lylat System? The rest of space? Or that this is a religious trick question?

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:43 pm
by Tobbe
I'm gonna guess that he's after the large scale structures of the Universe here. So beyond our solar system we would find the rest of the galaxy - The Milky Way - which is part of a group of galaxies called the Local Group. There are also structures known as superclusters (the Local Group is a part of the Local Supercluster), but the galaxy groups and clusters which form superclusters do not all share the same gravitational center, and therefore theses are not "proper" large scale structures.

The question was poorly formulated and I demand a point for actually bothering.

Interestingly, the Voyager 1 space probe quite recently became the first man made object to reach the edge of our solar system.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:44 pm
by Adsolution
Wow, that thing's been on the go for over thirty years now, I didn't know it made it out of the Solar System! Apparently it was just a month go. Here are some beautiful snapshots for our rejoice:

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Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:49 pm
by Shrooblord
Oh, yes, the Voyager craft. Still beeping away in the depths of space, trying to send back its messages in vain.
I'd like to participate, but since there's not been a question that hasn't been answered yet, I guess I'll just wait 'till the next.

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:06 am
by Tobbe
Shrooblord wrote:Oh, yes, the Voyager craft. Still beeping away in the depths of space, trying to send back its messages in vain.
No, not in vain. We still get transmissions from the Voyagers. How else did you think NASA figured out that it's about to leave the solar system? :?

Re: Space Quiz!

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:35 am
by Shrooblord
Tobbe wrote:No, not in vain. We still get transmissions from the Voyagers. How else did you think NASA figured out that it's about to leave the solar system? :?
Oh, I thought I heard somewhere that once it left the solar system, it'd be beeping along merrily, but the radiowaves wouldn't be able to reach us anymore (which, now I'm typing that, sounds ridiculous, I know).