83042 Easy Trivia Questions
83042 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What was JWST called before it was renamed in 2002?
Answer
Next Generation Space Telescope
Which constellation is also known as the Little Bear?
Answer
Ursa Minor
Which constellation was created to represent a microscope?
Answer
Microscopium
Which constellation's name is Latin for "dove"?
Answer
Columba
Which NASA Mars rover is commonly nicknamed "Oppy"?
Answer
Opportunity
What country operates the Zhurong Mars rover?
Answer
China
Which Perseverance camera system has zoom capability?
Answer
Mastcam-Z
On what date did NASA declare Opportunity's mission complete?
Answer
February 13, 2019
On what date did NASA launch the Spirit rover?
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June 10, 2003
What Martian valley was the landing area for the Sojourner rover?
Answer
Ares Vallis
Which rocket launched NASA's Sojourner rover toward Mars in 1996?
Answer
Delta II 7925
Which 19th-century abolitionist was NASA's Sojourner rover named after?
Answer
Sojourner Truth
What was the mass of China's Zhurong rover?
Answer
240 kg
Which China-led mission carried the Zhurong rover to Mars?
Answer
Tianwen-1
Which rocket launched Perseverance from Earth in 2020?
Answer
Atlas V 541
What was the mission name of NASA's Perseverance rover?
Answer
Mars 2020
Which small crater was Opportunity inside when it landed on Mars?
Answer
Eagle crater
Which NASA mission sent the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity to Mars?
Answer
Mars Exploration Rover
Which S-shaped lab vessel did Pasteur use in experiments against spontaneous generation?
Answer
Swan-neck flask
Which disease is caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae?
Answer
Diphtheria
Which disease is caused by Variola virus?
Answer
Smallpox
What type of medicine kills or inhibits bacteria inside the body?
Answer
Antibiotic
What is the scientific field that studies microscopic organisms?
Answer
Microbiology
Which French scientist showed that fermentation is caused by living microorganisms?
Answer
Louis Pasteur
In heat-engine diagrams, what is the usual name for the hotter reservoir?
Answer
hot reservoir
Who formulated the third law of thermodynamics in 1906?
Answer
Walther Nernst
What is the common name for the colder reservoir in a heat engine?
Answer
heat sink
What type of device converts heat into mechanical work?
Answer
heat engine
What thermodynamic state variable is commonly denoted by U?
Answer
internal energy
Which SI derived unit is used for entropy?
Answer
joule per kelvin
Which nebula contains Hubble's 20th-anniversary image known as Mystic Mountain?
Answer
Carina Nebula
Which star catalog was compiled to support Hubble's guide-star targeting?
Answer
Guide Star Catalog
Which NASA center controls the Hubble spacecraft?
Answer
Goddard Space Flight Center