TheSkySearchers

Greetings excellent TSSers, another trivia quiz for you. Here’s the link:
https://forms.gle/tsFCy1843RkAaMkJ7

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 Champs sometime next week.

Enjoy!

Thanks Ray for the quiz. Got 17/20! Two I lucked out on.

Yuk, flunked out, back to summer school!! 9/20!!!

Steve

Good Quiz - 10/20 is about fair.

Once again, I am proud to have performed better than chance (but only a little).

6/20.

Seems you have to get the 3 pointers!

Regards

Graeme

I knew I was in trouble when I saw the questions. I was pleasantly surprised to walk away at 9/20.

Bob

Always an education! Thanks Ray.

Dave

Okay, got 16/20, I'm good with that!

I forgot to post just after i did it but I think I got - 9/20. Glad to see others struggled. It was a real challenge.

Don't feel quite so bad now.

Joe

Thanks all for participating! Total of 13 responses this month.

As usual, the 12 questions scored 20 points.
Overall average score: 10.92 points = 54.6%.

The honorable mentions:
One scored 16 points = 80%: KT4HX
Bravo!

One scored 17 points = 85%: helicon
Bravo! Bravo!

And now.. (drum roll please) here is your Champion!
One scored 20 points = 100%: Gabrielle (Lady Fraktor)
Huzzah! Huzzah!

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Answers, stats, comments…

1. In the image above, the yellow arrow points to which of the Lunar Maria? (1)
Mare Serenitatis, 8/13 correct.

2. The well-known comet that returns to the inner Solar System every 76 years is named for which 18th century astronomer? (last name only) (1)
Halley, 13/13 correct. One spelled it Haley, no problem.

3. From the star Sirius, the Sun would appear about as bright as which star does from Earth? (1)
Polaris, 6/13 correct.

4. Total eclipses of the Sun occur more often than annular eclipses. (1)
False, 7/13 correct. “Of all solar eclipses, about 28 percent are total; 35 percent are partial; 32 percent annular; and just 5 percent are hybrids.”

5. Which planet is named for the Roman deity who was messenger of the Gods? (1)
Mercury, 12/13 correct.

6. Name the constellation for which there is a corresponding constellation named with “Minor” suffix, yet itself does not have a “Major” suffix. (1)
Leo, 8/13 correct. Perhaps not named Leo Major because Leo Minor wasn’t invented until much later?

7. The asterism known as “Three Leaps of the Gazelle” is composed of six stars, all from which constellation? (2)
Ursa Major, 8/13 correct. The gazelle leaps are formed by the pairs of stars that make up the bear's toes, fun to pick out with binos even from the city.

8. What is the name of the crash-test dummy used by SpaceX to test their Crew Dragon vehicle in actual launches into orbit? (2)
Ripley, 2/13 correct. Thought more people would know this one, I saw it mentioned in the news a lot.

9. When using a German equatorial mount in Australia, towards which constellation should the right ascension axis be pointed? (2)
Octans, 13/13 correct. The constellation that contains the South Celestial Pole.

10. In the early 19th century, this Englishman published works on pure and applied mathematics, and invented a common telescope accessory that still bears his name (last name only). (2)
Barlow, 3/13 correct.

11. The Greek letter Σ (sigma) is used to designate objects of whose double star catalog? (3)
Friedrich Von Struve, 8/13 correct.

12. Which was the first asteroid from where samples were collected and returned to Earth? (3)
25143 Itokawa, 4/13.

See you next time!

Very well done Gabrielle. Are you getting the beers in?

Regards

Graeme

How did you get all 20 points Gabrielle? I felt very fortunate (and lucky) to get 17 points.

I guessed at the gazelle question, when in doubt answer C
Other than that my brain is a sponge for trivia.