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• Exoplanets

Which NASA telescope launched in 2018 to survey nearby stars for transiting exoplanets?

Answer

TESS

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Exoplanets

What class of exoplanet is a Jupiter-like gas giant orbiting very close to its star?

Answer

Hot Jupiter

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Exoplanets

Which method detects exoplanets through a star's wobble toward and away from Earth?

Answer

Radial velocity

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• Exoplanets

Which method detects exoplanets by measuring dips in a star's brightness?

Answer

Transit method

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• Exoplanets

In what year was the first confirmed exoplanet detection announced?

Answer

1992

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• Exoplanets

What term describes a planet that orbits a star outside the Solar System?

Answer

Exoplanet

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Curry

Which curry dish is named after the Indian city now called Chennai?

Answer

Madras curry

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• Curry

Kaeng som is a sour Southeast Asian curry whose sour taste commonly comes from which ingredient?

Answer

Tamarind

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• Curry

In what year was basketball star Stephen Curry born?

Answer

1988

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Curry

Which British Bangladeshi curry is widely known as one of the hottest restaurant curries?

Answer

Phall

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Curry

What functional-programming transformation is named after Haskell Curry?

Answer

Currying

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• Curry

Which award did Stephen Curry win for the first time after the 2022 NBA Finals?

Answer

NBA Finals MVP

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