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Science Quiz

What do
    Producer Steven Speilburg,
    Politician Ross Perot,
    ex-President Gerald Ford,
    Astronaut James Lovell,
    and Astronaut Neil Armstrong
      all have in common?


See how well you do on our quiz.
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1. How much wire distance is equal to a nanosecond ?


2. What is the speed of light ?


3. What is the speed of sound at sea level ?


4. What is the speed of electricity ?


5. What is the brightest star to us ?


6. What is the brightest planet to us ?


7. What is the Earth's circumference ?


8. How far is the sun ?


9. How far is the moon ?


10. How far is the nearest galaxy ?


11. What is the name of the nearest galaxy ?


12. How far is an astronomical unit ?


13. How far is a Parsec ?


14. How many known planets are there in our Solar System ?


15. Name the planets in order.


16. What is your name?


17. Where are you from?


18. What is your E-Mail Address?


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1. 11.25 inches
2. 186,000 Miles/Second
3. 738 Miles/Hour (or 1100 Feet/Sec)
4. 186,000 Miles/Second
5. Either Sirius or The Sun (Sol)
6. Venus
7. 24,000 Miles
8. 93,000,000 Miles
9. perihelion = 224,000 Miles
aphelion= 256,000 Miles (both avg. 240,000)
10. 22,000,000 light years
11. Andromeda
12. 93,000,000 Miles
13. 1/3600 (or one arc second) of a degree of stellar parallax -or-
3.258 light years -or-
1.918 x 1013 Miles -or-
19,123,526,908,800 Miles
14. 9
15. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto.
(if pluto is before neptune, add one point)

Bonus Question: All five of these people are Eagle Scouts!

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