Astro Trivia Quiz for July

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Greetings excellent TSSers, another trivia quiz for you. Here’s the link:
https://forms.gle/aegGwz6W7xqCuqR27

For the short answer questions, spelling does not matter. Misspelled answers will have scores adjusted.

Remember:
1. No online research allowed, your own pure brain only.
2. On multiple choice questions, feel free to guess. You may get lucky!
3. If you have a comment about a question, please do NOT give away the correct answer!
4. Please do not repeat the quiz, at least not until after I announce the Champ sometime next week.

Enjoy!
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i did alright 8/20 lol, i know my american astronomers and star colour/hotness :) , i got the messier double star question right aswell .

no idea on super nova types or constellations :( ,good fun , keep them comming .
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I got 7, misread one of the questions.

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OK, I guess, got the first 15 points, then the 'trick' ones got me.

But, fun as always,
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Well....14 out of 20. Couple of real toughies in there.
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I got a 17, but had some lucky guesses
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Forgot to put my name at the outset, but repeated with the same answers (even where wrong) to confirm my score of 14/20.
I'm happy with that.
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11/20. Need to enhance my knowledge in certain areas!
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:lol: I am really bad at this.
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sdbodin wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:54 pm OK, I guess, got the first 15 points, then the 'trick' ones got me.
Some of my questions are hard, but I really try to avoid 'trick'. Esoteric is the word! :D
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13 responses, average score was 10.46 out of 20. Best score this month was 17, by both Arctic and kt4hx. Hurrah!
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Raymondhow wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:35 pm
sdbodin wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 8:54 pm OK, I guess, got the first 15 points, then the 'trick' ones got me.
Some of my questions are hard, but I really try to avoid 'trick'. Esoteric is the word! :D
Yes, knowing specifics of [spoilered] is quite specific, and that's where I'll have dropped a few.
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13 of 20. Esoteric - that is a great description!

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12/20. I had to guess at several.
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16/20

My PB I believe!

Thanks Ray, good quiz.

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carastro wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:33 pm I got 7, misread one of the questions.

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Me too! Did you misread the "Equtorial FORK Mount" question like I did?
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AstroBee wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:13 pm
carastro wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:33 pm I got 7, misread one of the questions.

Carole
Me too! Did you misread the "Equtorial FORK Mount" question like I did?

I made that miscue!
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12/20 for me. Need to get betterer and learn more.

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