Astroquiz 2008

Every year we run an Astroquiz at Astrofest. Visitors to the stand answer 20 multi-choice questions, and the winners get a prize (usually a book or some software, with teddy bears for junior entrants). This year we had over 110 entrants between the adult and junior competitions on the two days. The adult winner on Friday managed 19/20, and on Saturday we had a top score of 16/20.

The answers are below:

 

1. d - Tycho

2. b - 2011-2012

3. c - Iridium flares

4. a - Witches Broom

5. d - Virgo A

6. a - 716 Hz

7. d - Jupiter

8. c - Ceres

9. c - 4.8

10. a - Mirfak

11. d - Mariner 10

12. a - Sb

13. c - Mercury

14. d - Transit Method

15. b - 1969

16. a - Eris

17. b - 5

18. c - Orion

19. c - 10.3 arsec per year

20. b - 2003

 

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