Space and Celestial Bodies Trivia
Question: In which year was Pluto downgraded to dwarf planet status?
Answer: 2006
Question: What is the name for a group of stars?
Answer: Constellation
Question: What is the name for a ball of dust and ice, with a long tail?
Answer: Comet
Question: How many natural satellites does Earth have?
Answer: 1
Question: How many planets in the solar system are made of rock and metal?
Answer: 4
Question: What is formed when a star collapses under its own weight?
Answer: Black Hole
Question: The first man-made satellite went into orbit in which year?
Answer: 1957
Question: Halley's comet is visible from earth every how many years?
Answer: 75
Question: What is the term for the partial or total obscuring of one celestial body by another?
Answer: Eclipse
Question: What is lightyear a measure of?
Answer: Length
Question: Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
Answer: Jupiter
Question: Which planet in our solar system is closest to the sun?
Answer: Mercury
Question: What is the name given to a planet outside the solar system?
Answer: Exoplanet
Question: What is the sun made from?
Answer: Gas
Question: Titania and Oberon are moons of which planet?
Answer: Uranus
Question: What is Jupiter's Great Red Spot?
Answer: Storm
Question: What is the name of our galaxy?
Answer: Milky Way
Question: What planet was downgraded to dwarf planet status in 2006?
Answer: Pluto
Space and Astronomy Trivia
Question: What is the name for a giant cloud of dust and gas in space?
Answer: Nebula
Question: Which word means referring to the moon?
Answer: Lunar
Question: The two movements of all planets are orbit and what?
Answer: Spin
Question: The USA sends rockets into space from which state?
Answer: Florida
Question: What are most planets in the solar system named after?
Answer: Greek or Roman Gods
