83042 Easy Trivia Questions
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Which detection method finds exoplanets by measuring Doppler shifts in a star's spectrum?
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Radial velocity
Which detection method finds exoplanets by watching a star dim as a planet crosses in front?
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Transit photometry
What class of close-orbiting gas giant is 51 Pegasi b the prototype for?
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Hot Jupiter
TRAPPIST-1 is classified as what kind of small, cool star?
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Ultra-cool red dwarf
What is the official IAU name of 51 Pegasi b?
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Dimidium
What word does the first T in NASA's TESS mission name stand for?
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Transiting
Which detection method finds exoplanets by using a foreground star's gravity as a lens?
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Gravitational microlensing
What is the official IAU name of the exoplanet 55 Cancri e?
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Janssen
Which star is orbited by the ultra-short-period planet 55 Cancri e?
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55 Cancri
What type of exoplanet is more massive than Earth but lighter than Neptune?
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Super-Earth
What term describes a planet that orbits two stars?
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Circumbinary planet
What is the name of the habitable zone around a star where liquid water could exist?
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Circumstellar habitable zone
Which method detects exoplanets through a star's wobble toward and away from Earth?
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Radial velocity
Which method detects exoplanets by measuring dips in a star's brightness?
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Transit method
What is Stephen Curry's middle name?
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Wardell
Which Southeast Asian pastry is a small pie filled with curry?
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Curry puff
Which Indian chickpea curry is also called chole masala?
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Chana masala
Which Jamaican dish is a curry made with goat meat?
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Curry goat
Which German dish combines sausage with curry ketchup?
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Currywurst
Which Japanese bread is filled with curry and often fried or baked?
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Curry bread
Who is Stephen Curry's younger brother, also an NBA player?
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Seth Curry
In which U.S. city was Stephen Curry born?
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Akron, Ohio
Coronation chicken was created for the 1953 coronation of which monarch?
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Elizabeth II
Which spice gives many curry powders their yellow color?
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Turmeric
What handheld Doppler device is used to listen to a fetus's heartbeat?
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Doppler fetal monitor
What is the Doppler-based medical test for measuring blood flow in vessels called?
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Doppler sonography
What is the broadening of spectral lines caused by velocity-related Doppler shifts called?
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Doppler broadening