Astronomy Quiz - 26 January, 2017

Astronomy/Science Quiz

Rapid Fire

General Instructions➔ 5 Questions per team➔ Time limit: 50 Seconds➔ Points: 10 for correct, no negatives➔ Top 6 teams will qualify for the next round➔ Points will be carried forwarded to the next round

Team AQuestion 1: The name of car sized rover launched in 2011 on mars.

Question 2: The name of first Indian Observatory.

Question 3: What is the name of SpaceX rocket which exploded recently on the launchpad?

Question 4: When will Halley’s Comet be visible again?

Question 5: First person to go to space.

Team A - AnswersQuestion 1: Curiosity

Question 2: Astrosat

Question 3: Falcon 9

Question 4: 2061

Question 5: Yuri Gagarin

Team BQuestion 1: Name of first Indian to travel in space?

Question 2: What is the northern or polar light is commonly known as?

Question 3: Exact period of moon’s revolution.

Question 4: Which moon in the solar system has Methane cycle analogous to Earth’s water cycle?

Question 5: What type of galaxy the Milky Way is?

Team B - AnswersQuestion 1: Rakesh Sharma

Question 2: Aurora

Question 3: 27.3 days

Question 4: Titan

Question 5: Spiral

Team CQuestion 1: The hottest planet of the solar system.

Question 2: The process through which Sun’s radiant energy is generated.

Question 3: Most energetic type of active galactic nuclei.

Question 4: Which term describes the alignment of three celestial bodies?

Question 5: Who wrote the book “War of the Worlds”?

Team C - AnswersQuestion 1: Venus

Question 2: Nuclear Fusion

Question 3: Quasar

Question 4: Syzygy

Question 5: H. G. Wells

Team DQuestion 1: Which planet would float if put in water?

Question 2: Name the brightest star in the sky.

Question 3: Largest known star in existence.

Question 4: Name the comet which was visible for the longest duration.

Question 5: Name the largest moon of Saturn.

Team D - AnswersQuestion 1: Saturn

Question 2: Sirius

Question 3: UY Scuti

Question 4: Comet Hale-Bopp

Question 5: Titan

Team EQuestion 1: Which planet is called “Evening Star”?

Question 2: Average temperature of Sun’s surface.

Question 3: Largest moon in solar system.

Question 4: How many lines of latitude are there on the globe excluding equator?

Question 5: Which planet in our solar system has fastest sidereal rotation?

Team E - AnswersQuestion 1: Venus

Question 2: 5778 K

Question 3: Ganymede (of Jupiter)

Question 4: 180

Question 5: Jupiter

Team FQuestion 1: What is Amalthea?

Question 2: Fastest spinning objects in the universe.

Question 3: The famous nebulae from constellation Hydra is named as“Ghost of _____ ”

Question 4: Last manned space flight to land on moon.

Question 5: Brightest star of Orion constellation

Team F - AnswersQuestion 1: Moon of Jupiter

Question 2: Neutron Stars

Question 3: Jupiter

Question 4: Apollo 17

Question 5: Rigel

Team GQuestion 1: Name the first artificial satellite sent in space.

Question 2: Which is the only element that can not be solidified under natural conditions?

Question 3: The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in year ____.

Question 4: Which constellation is also referred “Mariner’s Compass”.

Question 5: Name the supercluster of galaxies to which Milky Way belongs.

Team G - AnswersQuestion 1: Sputnik - 1

Question 2: Helium (He)

Question 3: 1990

Question 4: Pyxis

Question 5: Virgo

Team HQuestion 1: From where does most comets of the solar system originate?

Question 2: Seeing the “face on mars” is a case of which human perceptual phenomena?

Question 3: Carl Sagan is famous for which TV series?

Question 4: Name the only scientist to walk on the moon.

Question 5: What is the absolute quantity as per theory of relativity?

Team H - AnswersQuestion 1: Oort Cloud

Question 2: Pareidolia

Question 3: Cosmos

Question 4:Harrison Schmitt

Question 5: Speed of light


Ladder Round

General Instructions➔ Maximum 4 steps of the ladder for each team➔ No passing➔ If answered question of 1st step successfully, question of 2nd step will be asked

and this goes on till 4th step➔ If at any step a team is not able to answer a question correctly, the round will

be over for that team➔ Marking Scheme:

◆ Step 1: 10 points◆ Step 2: 20 points◆ Step 3: 30 points◆ Step 4: 40 points

➔ Top 4 teams go to next round, points won’t be carry forwarded to next round


Ladder Round Team - A

Step 1

Phobos and _______ are the natural satellites of Mars.

Step 1 - Answers

Deimos

Step 2

Which unlucky Apollo lunar landing was cancelled after an Oxygen tank explosion?

Step 2 - Answers

Apollo 13

Step 3

Who was the first person to claim patent for working telescope?

Step 3 - Answers

Hans Lippershey

Step 4

Axis tilt of moon to its orbital moon.

Step 4 - Answers

6 - 7 degrees


Ladder Round Team - B

Step 1

“Cool” areas on the surface of the Sun are called _______.

Step 1 - Answers

Sun Spots

Step 2

During the period 1979-1998, which was the farthest planet from the Sun?

Step 2 - Answers

Neptune

Step 3

Who was the second person to walk on the moon?

Step 3

Buzz Aldrin

Step 4

Which one of the following is not one of NASA’s observatory?

(a) Compton Gamma Ray Observatory(b) Chandra X - Ray Observatory(c) Spitzer Space Telescope(d) Gordon MacMillan Southam Observatory

Step 4 - Answers

Option (a)


Ladder Round Team - C

Step 1

Name the farthest planet of the Solar System which is visible by naked eyes.

Step 1 - Answers

Uranus

Step 2

What is the name of the largest volcanic mountain present in the Solar System.

Step 2 - Answers

Olympus Mons - Mars

Step 3

A planet nicknamed ‘X’ has been found to be 12.7 billion years old making it the oldest planet found. Identify X.

Step 3 - Answers

The Genesis Planet

The class of stars that lose mass rapidly as it flies off in a stellar wind is called ______.

Step 4

Wolf Rayet star

Step 4 - Answers


Ladder Round Team - D

Step 1

Asteroid Belt is between the orbits of which two planets?

Step 1 - Answers

Mars and Jupiter

Step 2

Who is known as the “Missile Woman” of India.

Step 2 - Answers

Tessy Thomas

Step 3

A galaxy was reported to be three times brighter than the brightest distant galaxy known up to the time of its discovery. It’s name is inspired by famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo. What is the actual name of that galaxy?

Step 3 - Answers

Cosmos Redshift 7 - CR7

Step 4

Name the brightest star of constellation Cygnus, the swan.

Step 4 - Answers

Deneb


Ladder Round Team - E

Step 1

Name the first manned mission that successfully landed on the moon.

Step 1 - Answers

Apollo 11

Step 2

Imaginary point directly “above” a particular location, on the imaginary celestial sphere is called ______.

Step 2 - Answers

Zenith

Step 3

After what geophysical occurrence might you see Bishop’s Ring around the Sun?

Step 3 - Answers

Large Volcanic Eruption

Step 4

Which collided with Jupiter in July 1994, providing the first direct observation of an extraterrestrial collision of Solar System objects.

Step 4 - Answers

Comet Shoemaker - Levy 9


Ladder Round Team - F

Step 1

Name the planet with shortest year.

Step 1 - Answers

Mercury

Step 2

Name the planet where a day lasts longer than a year?

Step 2 - Answers

Venus

Step 3

The sunspot cycle has an average period of?

Step 3 - Answers

11 years

Step 4

Which greek astronomer, geographer, mathematician (276-194 BC) was the first to calculate earth's circumference, tilt, and invented latitudinal and longitudinal systems?

Step 4 - Answers

Eratosthenes


Connection Round

General Instructions➔ Total 8 questions, 2 per team➔ First cycle of question will run in A, B, C, D order.➔ Second cycle of questions will run in D,C,B,A order.➔ 2 attempts for a team to answer. 30 points for answering in 1st attempt, 20

points for answering in second attempt.➔ If a team doesn’t answer correctly in two attempts, questions will be passed to

subsequent teams. 10 points for answering passed question.➔ No elimination in this round.➔ Points will be carry forwarded to the next round.

Problem 1

Problem 1

Gravitational Assist / Gravitational Slingshot

Problem 2

Problem 2

Polaris

Problem 3

Problem 3

The Hubble Telescope

Problem 4

Problem 4

Gravitational Lensing

Problem 5

Problem 5

Circumstellar Disk

Problem 6

Problem 6

Observable Universe

Problem 7Identify the astronomer.

Problem 7

Ole Rømer

Problem 8

Problem 8

Nebula


Buzzer Round

General Instructions➔ 8 total questions➔ First team to press the buzzer will give the answer.➔ 20 points for the correct answer, negative 10 for wrong answer.

Question 1NASA’s spacecraft is getting ready for its next big adventure to explore icy outskirt of the solar system. Name the spacecraft.

Question 1 - AnswerNew Horizons

Question 2What is related to Livingston, Hanford Observatory and Prof. Anand Sengupta?

Question 2 - AnswerLIGO/Gravitational Waves

Question 3What is this photograph known as?

Question 3 - AnswerPale Blue Dot

Question 4Which condition for an object to be a planet is not satisfied by Pluto?

Question 4 - Answer

Gravitational Dominance over Orbital Neighbourhood

Question 5Identify the image.

Question 5 - Answer

This is the famous oil on canvas Starry Night painting by Vincent van Gogh.

Question 6The google doodle shown in the image indicates the experiment _________.

Question 6 - Answer

First successful attempt to measure the speed of light. The experiment was performed by danish astronomer Ole Romer in 1676.

Question 7Identify the Mission

Question 7 - Answer

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

Mangalyaan

Question 8

Great Red Spot

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Astronomy Quiz - 26 January, 2017