98743 Intermediate Trivia Questions
98743 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
What is the name of the first spacecraft to fly by Jupiter?
Answer
Pioneer 10
What is the orbital period of Jupiter in Earth years?
Answer
11.86 years
What is the name of the Martian volcano with a height of about 21.9 km?
Answer
Olympus Mons
Which Mars rover holds the record for longest distance traveled?
Answer
Opportunity
What is the primary component of the northern polar ice cap on Mars?
Answer
Water ice
Which rover discovered the first meteorite on Mars?
Answer
Opportunity
What is the name of the largest impact basin on Mars?
Answer
Utopia Planitia
Which of Mars' moons is slowly spiraling inward?
Answer
Phobos
What is the approximate diameter of Mars in kilometers?
Answer
6,779 km
Which NASA mission landed the first rover on Mars?
Answer
Mars Pathfinder
What region of Mars contains the 'Face on Mars'?
Answer
Cydonia
How long is a Martian day (sol) in Earth hours?
Answer
24.6 hours
Which NASA Mars rover landed in 2012 and is still operational?
Answer
Curiosity
Which country's spacecraft first returned images of the far side of the Moon?
Answer
Soviet Union
What phenomenon causes the same side of the Moon to always face Earth?
Answer
Tidal locking
What is the name of the highest mountain on the Moon?
Answer
Mons Huygens
Which was the last Apollo mission to land on the Moon?
Answer
Apollo 17
What was the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon?
Answer
Apollo 8
What is the largest crater on the far side of the Moon?
Answer
South Pole–Aitken basin
How many days does the Moon take to orbit Earth (sidereal period)?
Answer
27.3 days
What is the leading theory for the Moon's formation?
Answer
Giant-impact hypothesis
Which Apollo mission first used a lunar rover?
Answer
Apollo 15
What is the name of the highest mountain on Venus?
Answer
Maxwell Montes
Which moon of Saturn has a thick atmosphere?
Answer
Titan
Which planet has the strongest magnetic field?
Answer
Jupiter
Which planet has a day longer than its year?
Answer
Venus
Which planet has the highest density?
Answer
Earth
The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?
Answer
Mars and Jupiter
How long does it take sunlight to reach Earth?
Answer
8 minutes and 20 seconds
Which spacecraft first flew by Pluto in 2015?
Answer
New Horizons
What is the largest moon of Saturn?
Answer
Titan
Which planet has the shortest day (fastest rotation)?
Answer
Jupiter
Io is a moon of which planet?
Answer
Jupiter
Which planet rotates on its side?
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Uranus
Which planet takes the longest time to orbit the Sun?
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Neptune
What is the name of the online role-playing game that Howard introduces to the group?
Answer
World of Warcraft
What is the name of Sheldon's long-time rival at Caltech?
Answer
Barry Kripke
What is the name of the episode where Sheldon meets Stephen Hawking?
Answer
The Hawking Excitation
What is the name of the episode where Howard goes to space?
Answer
The Countdown Reflection
Who played Sheldon's mother Mary Cooper?
Answer
Laurie Metcalf
In which season does Bernadette first appear?
Answer
Season 3