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5,023 questions • Page 59 of 72
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| 4061 | How Many Moons Are There In Our Solar System A) 43 B) 53 C) 63 | C = 64 |
| 4062 | What Was Discovered By Clyde Tombaugh From The Lowell Observatory Arizona In 1930 | Pluto |
| 4063 | By What Nickname Is The Star Sirius Known | The Dog Star |
| 4064 | Io Is The Most Volcanically Active Body In The Solar System Which Planet Does It Orbit | Jupiter |
| 4065 | The Northern Lights Are Called The 'Aurora Borealis' What Are The Southern Lights Known As | Aurora Ausralis |
| 4066 | Which Is The Only Star In Our Solar System | The Sun |
| 4067 | On Which Body Are The Sea Of Waves And The Sea Of Vapours | On The Moon |
| 4068 | Which Constellation Has 3 Stars That Appear To Be In A Straight Line And That Are Referred To As A Belt | Orion |
| 4069 | Who Made The Discovery That The Sun Spins | Galileo |
| 4070 | How Many Years Does It Take Neptune To Orbit The Sun | 165 |
| 4071 | Which Planet Was Discovered In 1781 By Amateur Astronomer William Herschel Working At His Home In Bath England | Uranus |
| 4072 | In 1995 The Star 51 Pegasi Was The First Star To Be Confirmed As Having What | An Orbiting Planet |
| 4073 | In Which Year Was The Comet Hale-Bop Last Visible | 1997 |
| 4074 | What Is The Name Of The Largest Moon In The Solar System | Ganymede |
| 4075 | Why Is Pluto Not In Gustav Holst's Music Suite The Planets | Written Before Pluto's Discovery |
| 4076 | Approximately How Long Does It Take The Suns Light To Reach Earth | Eight Minutes |
| 4077 | On Which Planet Are The Herschel & Newton Craters | Mars |
| 4078 | Sharing It's Name With An Arnold Schwarzenegger Film, What Name Is Given To The Line Dividing Light And Dark Portions Of The Moon | The Terminator |
| 4079 | The 2 Stars To The Right Of The Plough In The Constellation Of Ursa Major Are Called The Pointers To What Do They Point | Polaris The Pole Star |
| 4080 | What Distinction Did Sally Ride Achieve | On 18th June 1983 First American Woman To Orbit The Earth |
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| 4081 | Whose Book About The History Of Americas First Space Programme Was Called 'The Right Stuff' | Tom Wolfe |
| 4082 | In Which Year Did The Last Manned Expedition To The Moon Take Place | 1972 |
| 4083 | Between 1969 & 1972 How Many Men Went To The Moon | 12 |
| 4084 | Which Robotic Probe Accomplished The First Mission To Mars In 1976 | Viking |
| 4085 | What Is Arecibo | Largest Telescope Dish In The World 305 Metres , Puerto Rico |
| 4086 | How Long Did He Stay In Space | 438 Days On Mir |
| 4087 | Who Holds The Record For The Longest Time Spent In Space | A Russian Dr (Valery Poliakov) |
| 4088 | Which Space Shuttle Exploded On 28th January 1986 | Challenger |
| 4089 | What Speed Did Saturn V Have To Reach To Escape The Earths Gravitational Pull | 40,000 Km/H |
| 4090 | What Happened To Laika The Dog | First Animal In Space (Died) |
| 4091 | What Is The Name Of The Russian Space Station, Sent Into Orbit In 1986 | Mir |
| 4092 | Where Is Mission Control Centre | Houston Texas |
| 4093 | What Is The Reusable Part Of A Space Shuttle Called | The Orbiter |
| 4094 | Where Was The Launch Pad Of The Space Shuttle | Cape Canaveral , Florida |
| 4095 | Which Soviet Artificial Satelite Was Launched In October 1957 | Sputnik I |
| 4096 | From Where Do The European Ariane Rockets Lift Off | French Guyana South America |
| 4097 | And In Which Year Did This Happen | 1969 |
| 4098 | Who Was The First Man To Step Foot On The Moon | Neil Armstrong |
| 4099 | In April 1970 Who Said 'Houston We Have A Problem' | Jim Lovell On Apollo 13 |
| 4100 | How Long Did He Take To Complete One Orbit Of The Earth | 108 Minutes |
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| 4101 | Who Was The First American To Go Into Orbit In Space | John Glenn 20th Feb 1962 |
| 4102 | By What Term Is A Lunar Roving Vehicle Better Known | Moon Buggy |
| 4103 | With Which Sport Is Edwin Hubble Of Telescope Fame Associated | Boxing |
| 4104 | From Where On 4th October 1957, Was The First Man Made Satellite Launched Into Space | Baikonur Kosmodrome , Kazakstan |
| 4105 | In Degrees What Do The Angles Of A Right Angled Triangle Add Up To | 180 |
| 4106 | Which Organs Of The Human Body Produce Urine From Waste | The Kidneys |
| 4107 | What Part Of The Earths Atmosphere Was Discovered In 1913 | The Ozone Layer |
| 4108 | What Is The Old Name For The Chemical Now Called Sulphur | Brimstone |
| 4109 | Which Hormone Stimulates The Nervous System | Adrenaline |
| 4110 | In Chemistry, What Type Of Substance Is Formed When An Acid Is Mixed With An Alkali | A Salt |
| 4111 | There Are Two Types Of Sex Chromosome, X And Y. Males Have One X And One Y But What Do Females Have | Two X's |
| 4112 | At What Temperature Does The Fahrenheit Scale Give The Same Reading As The Celcius Or Centirade Scale | Minus 40 Degrees |
| 4113 | What Name Is Given To The Layer Of Ground That Remains Permanently Frozen Despite Seasonal Changes In Temperature | Permafrost |
| 4114 | How Far Above The Earths Surface Do Cirrus Clouds Usually Form | Between 5 & Ten Miles |
| 4115 | What Name Is Given To An Unusually Long Period Of Hot Weather Well Above The Average For A Paticular Region | A Heatwave |
| 4116 | When Lightning Strikes, The Air Along Its Path Heats Up Very Quickly & Very Intensely What Is Produced By This Sudden Expansion Of The Air | Thunder |
| 4117 | According To The Beaufort Scale , How Many Miles An Hour Must Wind Reach To Be Classified As A Hurricane | 74 Mph |
| 4118 | What Layer Of The Atmosphere Lies Between Heights Of Aproximately Six And A Half Miles & 30 Miles Above The Earths Surface | Ozone |
| 4119 | In India What Name Is Given To The Period Between June & September When About 75 Percent Of The Regions Annual Rainfall Arrives | Monsoon Season |
| 4120 | What Name Is Given To The Weather Feature In Which The Atmospheric Pressure Is Lower Than That Of The Surrounding Area | A Depression,Low,Cyclone |
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| 4121 | What Nationality Was Anders Celcius Who Devised The Centigrade Scale Of Temperature Measurement | Swedish |
| 4122 | Which Pacific Ocean Weather Condition Brings Unusually High Water Temperature & Was Given Its Name By Peruvian Fisherman | El Nino |
| 4123 | Usually Occuring In Summer What Name Is Given To A Mass Of Cloud That Is Scattered Into A Pattern Of Ripples | Mackerel Sky |
| 4124 | What Name Is Given To The Westerly Winds Found In The Southern Hemisphere Between 40 & 50 Degrees Latitude | The Roaring Forties |
| 4125 | Occuring Twice Yearly What Name Is Given 2 A Day That Consists Of 12 Hours Of Daylight & 12 Hours Of Darkness | Equinox |
| 4126 | Which Vital Part Of The Atmosphere Makes Up About 7 Millionths Of It's Volume | A Stratosphere |
| 4127 | What Name Is Given To The Dividing Line Between Advancing Cold Air & A Mass Of Warmer Air | A Cold Front |
| 4128 | What Is The Common Name For Wispy Cirrus Clouds | Mares Tails |
| 4129 | What Occurs Between A Negatively Charged Cloud Base & Positively Charged Earth Down Below | Fork Lightning |
| 4130 | In Which Desert Does The Wind Known As The Sirocco Originate | The Sahara |
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