Tuesday, March 04, 2008

[quick science quiz] five for you


1. Highest mountain in the solar system?

2. Who named Pluto?

3. Direction finding - Pole Star in the North ... and in the South?

4. Might become the largest telescope - what does SKA mean?

5. How many have supposedly walked on the Moon?


No peeking!

Olympus Mons, Venetia Burney, Southern Cross, Square Kilometre Array, 12.

3 comments:

  1. 1. Hmm, somewhere on Mars.

    2. Percival Lowell. It's his initials, right?

    3. North Pole: 2 stars in Little Dipper handle. South Pole: 2 stars in Southern Cross.

    4. ?

    5. 14?

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  2. Lord Somber - answers are provided, good sir.

    Winfred - well, well, welcome again to the Higham home.

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