space pub quiz #2 — the answers – the contenders strike back – vis viva – february 12, 2014
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Given the great success of our previous space pub quiz, we hosted round two of the event! Previously we posted the questions—here we have added the answers! You can find a questions-only version here: http://www.slideshare.net/visviva/space-pub-quiz-2-the-contenders-strike-back-vis-viva-february-12-2014-31286895 Check out the slides of the first edition here: http://www.slideshare.net/visviva/the-questions-26374259 ======================= Questions by: Ajay Prasad, Saish Sridharan, Frederik Bräuer Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/SocietyVisVivaTRANSCRIPT
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
3
• 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
4
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
7
• 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
18.
• 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
19.
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
20.
• 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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