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Space Quiz Answers

1.Identify X and Y

• The X in many folklores is a creature that lives on the Moon.

• In Chinese folklore, X is often portrayed as a companion of the Moon goddess Y , constantly pounding the elixir of life for her.

Y- Chang’e ; X- Jade Rabbit/Yutu

2.Connect

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• US State Senator Jake GARN was an astronaut onboard the STS-51 mission.

• How has his name been immortalized informally within NASA and the general space community?

GARN = Space Sickness

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Elon Musk

5. Reference to what?

The rover had become stuck in a sandy pit in April 2009 and

went silent on March 22, 2010.

SPIRIT ROVER

6. Guess X

• Spacecraft #11 was the first Mercury operational spacecraft with a centerline window.

• Dubbed X 7 , it featured a white, diagonal irregular paint stripe starting at the base of the capsule and extending about two-thirds toward the nose, emulating the X in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Liberty Bell

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• One of the significant events of 2006 was the modification of a name to include the number 134340. What are we talking about?

8. Cross section of what?

9. Where would you find this ?

10. What is he up to?

11. Connect

Art installations on the MoonThe Fallen Astronaut The Space Museum

12. Sitter

• X Bane• X Plagueis• X Sidious• X Maul• X Tyranus• X Y

• Gimme X ,Y and what is this list?

X- Darth, Y- Vader

13. What unique distinction has this song achieved?

• First song to be transmitted from the surface of MARS.

14. Identify X• During his university years, X did pioneering work for his

country’s space program. His projects were a success without rival, killing more astronauts than both the Russian and American space programs combined.

• Part of his research managed to confirm that there's not enough oxygen for a political opponent to survive at altitudes higher than 45,000 feet.

• In the same experiment, he confirmed that there is enough gravity at 45,000 feet for a political opponent's body to return to Earth when thrown from an aircraft.

15. The future?

• According to the Russian manned spaceflight contractor RKK Energia, X must be able to perform the following tasks:

• Large spacecraft assembly• Flight tests and launches• Creating, servicing and completing inter-orbital tugs• Providing medical and biological conditions required

for the rehabilitation of interplanetary expedition crews after their return to Earth orbit.

OPSEK - Orbital Piloted Assembly and Experiment Complex

16. Where you would have come across these recently ?

• Chuck Yeager jetting off in the Bell X-1 to break the sound barrier

• Alan Shepard becoming the first American to fly in space on board his

Mercury capsule.

• Neil Armstrong, together with his Apollo 11 crewmates, preparing to

board the Saturn V rocket

• The Gemini 2 capsule falling back to Earth as audio from the Gemini 6

mission plays.

• The Apollo 12 lunar module "Intrepid" beginning its descent to the

moon as Armstrong's famous "one giant leap" is heard.

• Footage of the orbiter Atlantis launching and then landing on the final

flight of the space shuttle program

Interstellar Trailer !

Video clip.flv

Identify the character and name the missing person

• KHAN NOONIEN SINGH• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

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• Connect:• 1 - The crowning of King Tigrane of Armenia• 2 - The birth of Jesus Christ (the star of Bethlehem is

alleged to be• HC)• 3 - The Norman conquest (1066 A.D)• 4 - The Siege of Belgrade (by the Ottoman Turks)• 5 - The 1222 expeditions of Genghis Khan• 6 - The Birth and Death of Mark Twain (1835-1910)

• Events associated with the sightings of Halley’s Comet

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Neil DeGrasse Tyson

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• The flag of which country includes the representation of the sky at its capital as seen at 8:30 am on 15 November 1889?

MINIMALIST ROUND

• Each poster represents a movie. Example:

Independence Day

Star Wars

2001: A Space Odyssey

Gravity

WALL E

District 9

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