16373 Hard Trivia Questions
16373 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
On what date (UTC) did the Perseverance rover land on Mars?
Answer
February 18, 2021
What type of fermion is predicted to be its own antiparticle?
Answer
Majorana fermion
What is the name of the transformation that underlies all quantum gates?
Answer
Unitary transformation
What quantum algorithm provides a quadratic speedup for searching unsorted databases?
Answer
Grover's algorithm
What milestone did Google's Sycamore processor claim in 2019?
Answer
quantum supremacy
What inequality tests macroscopic realism in quantum mechanics?
Answer
Leggett–Garg inequality
What effect shows quantized Hall conductance at fractional values?
Answer
fractional quantum Hall effect
Heisenberg, Born, and Jordan developed which formulation of quantum mechanics?
Answer
matrix mechanics
What is the spin of the Higgs boson?
Answer
0
Who developed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics?
Answer
Hugh Everett III
Who introduced the concept of quantum decoherence in 1970?
Answer
H. Dieter Zeh
Which Nobel laureate is known for Feynman diagrams in quantum electrodynamics?
Answer
Richard Feynman
What is the name of the inequality that contradicts local realism in quantum mechanics?
Answer
Bell's inequality
What is the term for Venus's atmosphere rotating faster than its surface?
Answer
super-rotation
What is the escape velocity on Venus in kilometers per second?
Answer
10.36 km/s
How long is a solar day on Venus in Earth days?
Answer
116.8 Earth days
What is the name of the highest volcano on Venus?
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Maat Mons
What is the memory capacity of the Voyager Computer Command Subsystem?
Answer
4,096 words
What is the mass of a Voyager spacecraft at launch?
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815 kg
What is the exact date of Voyager 1's closest approach to Saturn?
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November 12, 1980
What is the exact launch date of Voyager 1?
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September 5, 1977
What is the name of the imaging system on Voyager?
Answer
Imaging Science Subsystem
Which radioisotope is used in Voyager's RTGs?
Answer
Plutonium-238
What adapter allows NASA's Docking System to be used by US commercial crew spacecraft on the ISS?
Answer
International Docking Adapter
What was the first commercial crew spacecraft to dock with the ISS?
Answer
Crew Dragon
Which Apollo mission was the first to launch a Saturn V rocket?
Answer
Apollo 4
At what UTC time did Apollo 11 land on the Moon?
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20:17 UTC