1.

The closest galaxy to us is

A. Black Eye Galaxy
B. Andromeda Galaxy
C. Whirlpool Galaxy
D. Mr. Fong-please-give-me-a-good-mark-on-the-test Galaxy
2. In a solar system
A. There are always five to nine planets
B. Planets revolve faster than they rotate
C. There will always be a black hole nearby
D. Planets orbit around a star
3. Polaris is well-known among astrologists for its ________.
A. Relative location to the earth
B. Luminescence
C. Its below-average surface temperature
D. All of the above
E. A and B
4. The closest galaxy can be found
A. Between Cassiopeia and Pegasus
B. Between Perseus and Pegasus
C. Between Cassiopeia and Cepheus
D. In a part of Pegasus
5. Asterisms are
A. Smaller forms of constellations
B. Pseudo-constellations
C. Unconfirmed constellations
D. Portions of different constellations
6. Which of the below IS an asterism?
A. Orions Beard
B. Illuminatis Major
C. Scorpio
D. Mr. Fongs Tie
E. Great Square of Pegasus
F. C and E
7. The brightest star in our night sky is
A. Orion
B. Andromeda
C. Sirius
D. Polaris

8. How can we find the Pole Star?

A. Extend a line from the brightest star on the handle of the Big Dipper
B. Extend a line from the dimmest star of the Big Dipper
C. The brightest star in the night sky that is immediately next to Ursa Major
D. Extend a line from the lip of the Big Dipper
9. Constellations were historically used
A. By a Greek hero to navigate labyrinths
B. To illustrate folklore
C. To forewarn future natural disasters
D. To scare non-believers of the sky
10. Planets
A. Are closer to the Earth than stars
B. Are brighter than stars (except for the sun)
C. Reflect heat
D. All of the above
11. What occurs as a result of the moons revolution around earth?
A. Tidal waves
B. Lunar eclipses
C. One month
D. Moonlight
12. All planets
A. Have a moon
B. Rotates clockwise
C. Rotates anti-clockwise
D. Are made up of rock or ice
E. None of the above
13. _____ are large collections of matter, which emits substantial amounts of energy
A. Aliens
B. Solar flares
C. Nebulae
D. Stars
E. Comets
14. Cetus
A. Rhymes with fetus
B. Is a whale
C. Is the dragon
D. Is the flying fish
15. Lyra
A. Is a liar
B. Is the lion
C. Is the lyre
D. Plays the lyre

16. On Sams birthday, Adi draws him a constellation shaped like the letter Y since his last name begins with
a Y. What constellation did Adi draw him?
17. Explain why the only chance of human survival after the Earth deteriorates into a stinking, inhabitable,
detrimental mess, lies within our solar system.
18. Esther has 3873 centimeters of string. She places the string into a machine that divides it into ten equal
parts. She does this sixteen times. How many pieces are left? What is the length of each piece?
19. Christine is an astronaut. Recently, she discovered a wormhole near Saturn that will take her to another
planet, on which she discovers alien life. On that planet, people use scented cinnamon bark and cumin
seeds as their currency. She discovers that twenty-seven cents can be traded for three rolls of cinnamon
bark, and fourteen dollars can be traded for eight and a half pouches of cumin seeds. How much pouches
of cumin seeds can be traded for sixty-nine rolls of cinnamon sticks?
20. BONUS (5 POINTS) Tony loves pamphlets! He recently obtained (through malicious means) a pamphlet of
the solar system. He also has a crazy, unhealthy obsession over Jupiter and Mercury. If the distance
between the two planets is 718069780.8 kilometers in reality, and the scale on the pamphlet is 1: 104, how
many centimeters is Jupiter to Mercury on his map?

Answer Key
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. A
5. C
6. E
7. C
8. D
9. B
10. A
11. A/B
12. E
13. D
14. A/B
15. C
16. Cancer
17. Because stars are too far from Earth
18. 3.87 * 10-13
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