Astronomy Question

If you are looking for something to take your mind off of politics for a little while, you may want to try your skill at some astronomy quizzes. For instance, here is one of the questions:

For every evening star you can see from Earth, how many more stars in the Milky Way Galaxy remain unseen?

• about 20 million
• about 3,000
• about 40

Here are three quizzes you might want to try:

• American Museum of Natural History (contains the question above so you can find the answer)
• Buzzfeed
• How Stuff Works

Have fun!

Note: The answer to the question above is 20 million unseen stars for every star you can see in our galaxy.

Multiple Choice: What commercial brand listed below was shown in the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey?

A. Hilton Hotels.
B. Macy’s department store.
C. Aeroflot airlines.
D. BBC news.

Take a guess and then check your answer by going to the “Astronomy Question Answer Sheet” page.

Multiple Choice: The first person to be married while orbiting the Earth was of what nationality? And in what spacecraft where they when the marriage occurred?

A. An American astronaut in an Apollo spacecraft.
B. A Russian cosmonaut in the Mir space station.
C. An American astronaut in the International Space Station.
D. A Russian cosmonaut in the International Space Station.

Take a guess and then check your answer by going to the “Astronomy Question Answer Sheet” page.

Multiple Choice: Which planet in our solar system rotates in the opposite direction of every other planet?

A. Venus
B. Jupiter
C. Uranus

Take a guess and then check your answer by going to the “Astronomy Question Answer Sheet” page.