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Big round (ages 12 and up): Space. Pages: the ten question cards, two answer sheets to a page (print one page per two teams), and the key on the last page, to fold back.
1. Why do we always see the same side of the Moon from Earth?
- A. it spins once per trip around Earth
- B. it does not spin at all
- C. Earth's shadow hides the other side
2. What does a light-year measure?
- A. a brightness
- B. a distance
- C. a length of time
3. Which part of the Apollo 11 spacecraft was the only one to return to Earth?
- A. the lunar module
- B. the command module
- C. the service module
4. What is the name of Pluto's largest moon?
- A. Triton
- B. Charon
- C. Titan
5. What was the name of the Apollo 11 lunar module that landed on the Moon?
- A. Columbia
- B. Falcon
- C. Eagle
6. Which planet was the first found by math predictions instead of by watching the sky?
- A. Uranus
- B. Saturn
- C. Neptune
7. About how hot is the core of the Sun?
- A. about 27 thousand °F
- B. about 27 million °F
- C. about 2,700 °F
8. Which planet has the shortest day in the solar system?
- A. Jupiter
- B. Saturn
- C. Mercury
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- A: it spins once per trip around Earth. Scientists say Earth and the Moon are tidally locked.
- B: a distance. One light-year is about 6 trillion miles, how far light goes in a year.
- B: the command module. That command module, Columbia, has been at the Smithsonian since 1971.
- B: Charon. Charon is about half the size of Pluto, so the pair is often called a double planet.
- C: Eagle. It set down in a flat, dark plain called the Sea of Tranquility.
- C: Neptune. Astronomers spotted it in 1846 on their first night of searching.
- B: about 27 million °F. That heat is enough to power nuclear fusion.
- A: Jupiter. Jupiter spins around once in only about 9.9 hours.
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