What is the name of the faint ring of dust associated with Jupiter's moon Amalthea?
Answer
Amalthea gossamer ring
16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which constellation is named after a little fox?
Answer
Vulpecula
What is the Moon's mass in Earth masses?
Answer
0.0123
What is the Moon's axial tilt relative to its orbital plane in degrees?
Answer
1.54 degrees
What is the escape velocity of the Moon in kilometers per second?
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2.38 km/s
What is the orbital inclination of the Moon relative to the ecliptic?
Answer
5.14 degrees
What is the escape velocity of Earth in kilometers per second?
Answer
11.186 km/s
What is the study of sound waves propagating through the Sun called?
Answer
Helioseismology
What is the name of the Sun's complete 22-year magnetic cycle?
Answer
Hale cycle
What artist was a close friend of Richard Feynman?
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Jirayr Zorthian
Which element was first synthesized in 1996 at the GSI in Germany?
Answer
Copernicium
What symbols flanked the cross on the Spanish Inquisition's seal?
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Sword and olive branch
What cardinal gave Galileo a warning in 1616 to not teach heliocentrism?
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Robert Bellarmine
What was the surname of Marie Curie's mother?
Answer
Skłodowska
What is the name of the museum dedicated to Marie Curie in Paris?
Answer
Musée Curie
What was the name of the French chemist who helped Marie Curie with radium experiments?
Answer
André Debierne
What was the name of Stephen Hawking's adopted brother?
Answer
Edward Hawking
In which episode of 'Futurama' did Stephen Hawking voice himself?
Answer
The Why of Fry
In which episode of 'The Simpsons' did Stephen Hawking make his first appearance?
Answer
They Saved Lisa's Brain
What iterative method did Isaac Newton develop for approximating roots?
Answer
Newton's method
Which Maya ruler was known as '18 Rabbit'?
Answer
Uaxaclajuun Ub'aah K'awiil
What is the name of the drawing believed to be Leonardo da Vinci's self-portrait, now in Turin?
Answer
Self-portrait (red chalk)
In which church in Vinci was Leonardo da Vinci baptized?
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Church of Santa Croce
On what date did Columbus sign the Capitulations of Santa Fe?
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April 17, 1492
After which of his ships did Columbus name the island of Marie-Galante?
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Marigalante
What was the treaty that modified the papal bull's line of demarcation?
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Treaty of Tordesillas
What was the name of Columbus's project to reach Asia by sailing west?
Answer
Enterprise of the Indies
What was the name of the 1955 manifesto on nuclear disarmament co-signed by Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell?
Answer
Russell-Einstein Manifesto
Which Italian explorer, sailing for France, discovered the New York Bay in 1524?
Answer
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Who was the Persian satrap who killed Darius III?
Answer
Bessus