Rain Rain Everywhere = Quiz Time

[Pliadian]

So it is pouring down everywhere and there is no footy until Tuesday & cloudy even longer. *sigh*

Ok, ok, we don't all love footy.

So here is a quiz on Astronomy :

http://library.thinkquest.org/J001665/quiz.html

I got 17 correct & 11 wrong.

Can you do better? Probably x.

Good luck and maybe a prize for all correct??

No promises, it's all good fun.

And there off....

[jonathan]

The scoring didn't seem to work for me, it just said 000.  I know I'm not that bad!

I got 12 correct and 2 wrong, didn't guess the rest because I hadn't a clue.

Some of the questions seemed badly worded though, like question 11 - surely the answer should be New Moon but that isn't an option, and question 23 - really?  I thought there would be more magma and such like, seems that the question should read more like 'What is the surface of the planet earth mostly comprised of' as Mountain Ranges isn't exactly a material.

Moan over.

Go away rain before I moan even more!

[arrayschism]

I got 000 - surely my browser, not me!!!

[misfit]

i got  17 correct too 

[andyman]

Got 24 mate cant believe it good guessing i think

You click score then go to question 1 and it shows your answer and the correct answer then tott correct answers up

[Pig]

I got 21 correct

[avtaram]

I got 20 right.

Avtar

[cosmological]

I got 24 correct and 5 wrong.

I think you've misunderstood question 11, a lunar eclipse can only occur at full moon, you be confusing it with a solar eclipse. And I agree with question 23. Some of the other questions are badly worded as well,  for example, question 12, are they talking about the penumbral stage, the umbral stage or just the totality?

[jonathan]

I think you've misunderstood question 11, a lunar eclipse can only occur at full moon, you be confusing it with a solar eclipse.

Ah, I misread it as solar eclipse.

[Paul M]

It gave me 3 fat zeros

But it also puts a green button along side the question the author thinks was right. On that basis I got 24.

The question about a comet approaching the Sun is a poor one which I apparently got wrong!

And questions on the private life of Galileo aren't really astronomy questions !!

However, gripes aside, it was infinitely more interesting than any game of football could ever be  

[mikey32shaw]

I got 17 which to be fair i am pretty impressed with. 

[Brent]

24 for me as well. Also agree that there's some very bad wording of questions - but then I noticed at the top that it's written by students for students, so I'll cut them some slack.

[Pliadian]

Agreed, but impressed guys.

I thought the bodies for a solar eclipse had 2 answers. Sun, Moon. (My answer) - wrong

And Sun, Moon, Earth - right.

If your in a spaceship at the right place behind the moon you only need Sun, Moon. So technically i'm right? Right?

Seems they got bored and threw a load of Galileo in to finish it.

Rain rain go away, i have a scope and want to play.

[Mr Spock]

21 though some of the answers are wrong. For a start the Earth isn't made of water! Of course, they wanted to ask what the surface was covered with...

[Pliadian]

I got 24 correct and 5 wrong.

I think you've misunderstood question 11, a lunar eclipse can only occur at full moon, you be confusing it with a solar eclipse. And I agree with question 23. Some of the other questions are badly worded as well,  for example, question 12, are they talking about the penumbral stage, the umbral stage or just the totality?

I nearly but nearly made the same error for that one.

[Lee M]

21 for me. I agree about the eclipse question. But come on - 'The Earth is mostly made of .... WATER' 

[Luke]

18 for me, better than expected!

[Bungielad]

I got 18 but, some of the questions and answers don't tally........Eg.. "what is the Earth mostly made of"...the answer was " water" which would be the obvious answer but if you look under the water there is one he'll of a lot of land....I answered "land" and am sticking to it..lol

Bungielad.

[Bungielad]

I got 18 but, some of the questions and answers don't tally........Eg.. "what is the Earth mostly made of"...the answer was " water" which would be the obvious answer but if you look under the water there is one he'll of a lot of land....I answered "land" and am sticking to it..lol

Bungielad.

*he'll.

[goodricke1]

24 for me as well.

And for me

[Pliadian]

I bow to your wisdom

'Kneeell before Zod'

But..

Who

Will

Get

Them

All..........

[Ganymede12]

I had 22. 

Many of the questions are out of date (I.E calling Pluto a planet, saying Saturn has the most moons, Calling the MilkyWay a Spiral, not a Barred Spiral) 

[Pliadian]

I had 22. 

Many of the questions are out of date (I.E calling Pluto a planet, saying Saturn has the most moons, Calling the MilkyWay a Spiral, not a Barred Spiral) 

I thought it was barred too.

[cotterless45]

25 surprised me, next question ,

How do you dry a 6 man tent, so wet it's dripping water out of the trailer ?

Old Nick.

[Luke]

I thought it was barred too.

Ditto.

I demand a recount!