Astro Quiz

[jambouk]

Here is a pdf containing a quiz I have put together for my astronomical society members, and thought SGL might like a go too. There are no prizes and I am sure there will be some argument about some of the questions/answers. I've tried to mix easy and hard questions for the very varied audience.

James

Astronomy quiz 2014-no answers.pdf

[ronin]

People will argue over 18, Alpha Orion (Betelgeuse) should be the brightest but Rigel is the brightest.

In 36 do you mean Ursa Ma or the asterism of the Plough?

Suspect 2 answers to 41, White dwarf and neutron, may be able to add black hole in as well.

62 define "night", if up to midnight then Dec 7 is the longest not Dec 23, after that it is morning.

63 will 800 and 900 nm do? :grin:

24: Sirius is in Canis Major, Procyon is in Canis Minor, they are not in the same constellation.

[jambouk]

All valid comments. The answer sheet is already written and i can't be bothered to alter it, so you'll have to wait to see the answers i've listed.

Speedy reply though!!

James

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Good mix of questions, I think this will be well received. It's challenging enough to be interesting.

[Chris]

Looks like a good quiz, I particularly like the picture of Tycho Brahe

[Casus belli]

Good quiz.

[jambouk]

Mods, can you move to the astro lounge please, i put it in the wrong lounge.

[Stu]

Done :-)

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[jambouk]

Thank you.

[PeteC]

I've just spent the afternoon doing a quiz for my astro group, then found yours - and quite a few of my questions are the same as yours. Great minds think alike? :-)

[jambouk]

My questions are heavily influenced by the topics i know a little about, and are probably not a good spread throughout the subject of astronomy. I certainly didn't know all the answers and had to look lots up; like Sputnik, i wasn't sure of the year.

All good fun though

James

[michaelmorris]

That's a good quiz, thanks for sharing.

[jambouk]

Here are the answers (well, my answers, please feel free to argue):

Astronomy quiz 2014-with answers.pdf