Given the great success of our previous space pub quiz, we hosted round two of the event! Previously we posted the questions—here we have added the answers! You can find a questions-only version here: http://www.slideshare.net/visviva/space-pub-quiz-2-the-contenders-strike-back-vis-viva-february-12-2014-31286895 Check out the slides of the first edition here: http://www.slideshare.net/visviva/the-questions-26374259 ======================= Questions by: Ajay Prasad, Saish Sridharan, Frederik Bräuer Follow us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/SocietyVisViva

1. Space Quiz Answers

3. 1.Identify X and Y
• The X in many folklores is a creature that lives
on the Moon.
• In Chinese folklore, X is often portrayed as a
companion of the Moon goddess Y ,
constantly pounding the elixir of life for her.

4. Y- Chang’e ; X- Jade Rabbit/Yutu

5. 2.Connect

7. 3
• US State Senator Jake
GARN was an astronaut
onboard the STS-51
mission.
• How has his name been
immortalized
informally within NASA
and the general space
community?

8. GARN = Space Sickness

9. 4

10. Elon Musk

11. 5. Reference
to what?

12. SPIRIT ROVER
The rover had become stuck in
a sandy pit in April 2009 and
went silent on March 22, 2010.

13. 6. Guess X
• Spacecraft #11 was the first
Mercury operational spacecraft
with a centerline window.
• Dubbed X 7 , it featured a
white, diagonal irregular paint
stripe starting at the base of
the capsule and extending
about two-thirds toward the
nose, emulating the X in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

14. Liberty Bell

15. 7
• One of the significant events of 2006 was the
modification of a name to include the
number 134340. What are we talking about?

17. 8. Cross section of what?

19. 9. Where would you find this ?

21. 10. What is he up to?

23. 11. Connect

24. Art installations on the Moon
The Fallen Astronaut
The Space Museum

25. 12. Sitter
•
•
•
•
•
•
X Bane
X Plagueis
X Sidious
X Maul
X Tyranus
XY
• Gimme X ,Y and what is this list?

26. X- Darth, Y- Vader

27. 13. What unique distinction has this song
achieved?

28. • First song to be transmitted from the surface
of MARS.

29. 14. Identify X
• During his university years, X did pioneering work for his
country’s space program. His projects were a success without
rival, killing more astronauts than both the Russian and
American space programs combined.
• Part of his research managed to confirm that there's not
enough oxygen for a political opponent to survive at altitudes
higher than 45,000 feet.
• In the same experiment, he confirmed that there is enough
gravity at 45,000 feet for a political opponent's body to return
to Earth when thrown from an aircraft.

31. 15. The future?
• According to the Russian manned spaceflight
contractor RKK Energia, X must be able to perform the
following tasks:
•
•
•
•
Large spacecraft assembly
Flight tests and launches
Creating, servicing and completing inter-orbital tugs
Providing medical and biological conditions required
for the rehabilitation of interplanetary expedition
crews after their return to Earth orbit.

32. OPSEK - Orbital Piloted Assembly and
Experiment Complex

33. 16. Where you would have come across these recently ?
•
Chuck Yeager jetting off in the Bell X-1 to break the sound barrier
•
Alan Shepard becoming the first American to fly in space on board his
Mercury capsule.
•
Neil Armstrong, together with his Apollo 11 crewmates, preparing to
board the Saturn V rocket
•
The Gemini 2 capsule falling back to Earth as audio from the Gemini 6
mission plays.
•
The Apollo 12 lunar module "Intrepid" beginning its descent to the
moon as Armstrong's famous "one giant leap" is heard.
•
Footage of the orbiter Atlantis launching and then landing on the final
flight of the space shuttle program

34. Interstellar Trailer !
Video clip.flv

35. Identify the character
and name the missing person

36. • KHAN NOONIEN SINGH
• BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH

37. 18.
• Connect:
• 1 - The crowning of King Tigrane of Armenia
• 2 - The birth of Jesus Christ (the star of Bethlehem is
alleged to be
• HC)
• 3 - The Norman conquest (1066 A.D)
• 4 - The Siege of Belgrade (by the Ottoman Turks)
• 5 - The 1222 expeditions of Genghis Khan
• 6 - The Birth and Death of Mark Twain (1835-1910)

38. • Events associated with the sightings of
Halley’s Comet

39. 19.

40. Neil DeGrasse Tyson

41. 20.
• The flag of which country includes the
representation of the sky at its capital as seen
at 8:30 am on 15 November 1889?

43. MINIMALIST ROUND
• Each poster represents a movie.
Example:

44. Independence Day

45. Star Wars

46. 2001: A Space Odyssey

47. Gravity

48. WALL E

49. District 9

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