Which NASA orbiter has operated around Mars longer than any other spacecraft?
Answer
Mars Odyssey
89685 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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What is the name of the broad Martian basin that contains Hellas Planitia?
Answer
Hellas impact basin
Which Mars mission carried the first successful rover to another planet?
Answer
Mars Pathfinder
What is the Iranian herb stew made with parsley, cilantro, and fenugreek called?
Answer
Ghormeh sabzi
Which Sicilian pasta dish combines eggplant, tomato, basil, and salted ricotta?
Answer
Pasta alla Norma
Which technique earned Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillips the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics?
Answer
Laser cooling and trapping atoms
What phenomenon earned Eric Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle and Carl Wieman the 2001 Physics Nobel Prize?
Answer
Bose–Einstein condensation
What theory earned Sheldon Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg the 1979 Physics Nobel Prize?
Answer
Electroweak theory
Which Mars lander first detected marsquakes?
Answer
InSight
Which spacecraft was the first to reach interstellar space?
Answer
Voyager 1
Which spacecraft was the first to land on Mars successfully?
Answer
Viking 1
What was the name of NASA’s first reusable spacecraft to reach orbit and return safely?
Answer
Space Shuttle Columbia
What Leonardo da Vinci war machine used rotating blades to attack soldiers and horses?
Answer
Scythed chariot
What type of bearing did Leonardo da Vinci sketch to reduce friction?
Answer
Ball bearing
Which Leonardo da Vinci instrument was designed to measure wind speed?
Answer
Anemometer
What was Leonardo da Vinci’s mechanical invention designed to resemble a human figure?
Answer
Mechanical knight
Which musical instrument did Leonardo da Vinci design with strings and keyboard controls?
Answer
Viola organista