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Our Solar System: Interesting Facts 
| This quiz will examine interesting facts and figures about the celestial bodies located within a few hours trip from Earth at the speed of light. So strap yourself in and enjoy the ride. |
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Difficult
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10Q |
435 plays |
Jul 01 08 |
maddogmaxx
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Twenty Questions About Mars  
| Here is the fourth twenty-question quiz on our solar system. What do you know about ruddy red Mars? |
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Average
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20Q |
6384 plays |
Aug 16 02 |
almach
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All About Jupiter 
| Here is the next installment on my twenty questions on the planets. What do you know about mighty Jupiter? |
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Average
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20Q |
5670 plays |
Aug 17 02 |
almach
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Planetary Tourism Brochures 
| Unscrupulous tourism industry-entrepreneurs are desperately trying to portray their planets as ideal tourist destinations through their brochures. Can you say which planets they are advertising? |
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Very Easy
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10Q |
9099 plays |
Dec 23 03 |
achernar
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Twenty Questions on Neptune 
| Here's the next installment on twenty questions on Solar System objects. What do you know about the distant planet Neptune? |
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Tough
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20Q |
2064 plays |
Aug 20 02 |
almach
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Do You Know The Sun?
| I will ask questions about the Sun. |
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Average
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10Q |
7269 plays |
Aug 18 01 |
almach
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Twenty Questions About Mercury 
| I am doing a series of 20 questions of each of the planets as well as asteroids and comets. Here are twenty questions on the planet Mercury. What do you know about the Sun's nearest neighbor? |
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Tough
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20Q |
2289 plays |
Aug 13 02 |
almach
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Twenty Questions About Saturn 
| Here's the seventh installment on twenty questions on Solar System objects. What do you know about the ringed giant planet Saturn? |
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Tough
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20Q |
2793 plays |
Aug 19 02 |
almach
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Astrogeology II-- Icy Planets and Moons 
| Is the geology of a moon made totally out of ice very different from the geology of the Earth? Yes? No? Take this quiz and find out! The next installment in the "Astrogeology" series. |
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Difficult
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10Q |
786 plays |
May 31 05 |
pu2-ke-qi-ri
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The Sun Take 2
| Here is another quiz on the Sun, sunspots, flares, etc. |
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Average
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10Q |
2121 plays |
Aug 18 01 |
almach
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The Earth and the Moon are Gossiping 
| The Earth and the Moon are sitting around gossiping about other members of the Solar System. Can you work out who they are talking about? |
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Average
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10Q |
6117 plays |
Jun 09 02 |
Kuu
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Twenty Questions About Pluto 
| This twenty question quiz is on the farthest known planet in our Solar System. What do you know about mysterious Pluto? Note- this quiz was written *prior* to the 2006 change in Pluto's status. |
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Tough
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20Q |
1497 plays |
Aug 22 02 |
almach
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Twenty Questions About Venus 
| Here is the second quiz in this series on the planets. What do you know about Earth's nearest neighbor Venus? |
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Tough
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20Q |
1599 plays |
Aug 13 02 |
almach
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Basic Solar System Astronomy
| Test your knowledge on basic Solar System Astronomy. |
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Average
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10Q |
7641 plays |
Aug 03 01 |
almach
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What Solar System Object Am I On? 
| I will name a feature, mountain, object, etc, and you tell me what planet, satellite or asteroid it is on. |
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Difficult
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10Q |
5247 plays |
Aug 03 01 |
almach
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The Many Moons of Our Solar System 
| I'm sure you know a lot about the nine planets in our solar system. But how much do you know about the many moons orbiting them? |
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Average
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10Q |
2499 plays |
Mar 22 03 |
NYFOREVER
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Solar System - Random Facts 
| Some tricky questions about our marvelous Solar System. Have fun! |
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Difficult
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10Q |
3666 plays |
Feb 08 04 |
Mr5
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Twenty Questions About Uranus
| We are now really getting into the outer fringes of the Solar System. What do you know about the planet Uranus? |
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Tough
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20Q |
1209 plays |
Aug 20 02 |
almach
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Facts About our Solar System 
| This quiz contains some lesser-known facts related to our solar system. I have tried to make this as interesting as possible. I have provided some hints for those who are newbies in astronomy.
PLEASE RATE THE QUIZ! |
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Tough
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10Q |
1578 plays |
Mar 02 07 |
lordsom
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The Solar System 
| Our solar system is a fascinating place - how well do you know it? |
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Average
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10Q |
9705 plays |
Apr 26 00 |
sinope
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"Sea" the Moon 
| Although the moon is entirely devoid of water, it still has many seas, oceans, bays, marshes and lakes. This quiz will test how well you know these 'water' bodies. I'll give you their official Latin names and you choose their correct English names. |
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Tough
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20Q |
864 plays |
Nov 17 04 |
Agent_Beron
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Interesting Planetary Data
| Here is a rather tough quiz on planetary phenomena. |
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Average
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10Q |
1698 plays |
Aug 04 01 |
almach
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New Planet Discovered! You Heard It Here First! 
| On July 29th 2005, NASA confirmed the discovery of a new planet in our solar system, beyond Pluto's orbit. This quiz is about what was known at that time, with a few updates. |
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Very Difficult
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10Q |
963 plays |
Jul 31 05 |
triviapaul
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The Fascinating Solar System 
| The Solar System is a fascinating place to find fascinating facts. How much of the following facts about the Solar System do you know? |
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Tough
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10Q |
1662 plays |
Sep 08 04 |
giantcomet4
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Sol 
| Ten hard questions about our sun, Sol. All the answers can be found on the internet, and I guarantee you'll learn something new. |
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Tough
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10Q |
1275 plays |
Sep 27 03 |
labich
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The Solar System Revisited 
| Some interesting things you may not know about our solar system. |
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Very Difficult
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10Q |
2040 plays |
Oct 11 03 |
Syfir
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Our Solar System and Galaxy by the Numbers 
| Perhaps the best way to grasp the immensity of our home solar system and galaxy is to portray it in human terms. |
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Difficult
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10Q |
921 plays |
Sep 24 05 |
waldo256
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Astrogeology I-- Rocky Planets and Moons 
| Geology doesn't just apply to the Earth! Explore the geology of Mercury, Venus, Mars, the Moon, and assorted asteroids! |
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Difficult
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10Q |
531 plays |
May 30 05 |
pu2-ke-qi-ri
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Moon Rocks
| This seemed like an appropriate topic for my first quiz. Come and meet the family! |
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Tough
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10Q |
1305 plays |
Dec 15 01 |
moonrockie
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Moons of Uranus 
| The moons of Uranus have been given the names of characters from the plays of Shakespeare and Pope, which add to the quirkiness of this planet as it backstrokes its way around the sun. |
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Tough
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10Q |
333 plays |
Jan 26 05 |
shooganooga
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