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1 trivia quiz  Our Solar System: Interesting Facts icon
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.
 Difficult 10Q
435 plays
 Jul 01 08
maddogmaxx gold
2 trivia quiz  Twenty Questions About Mars coolicon
Here is the fourth twenty-question quiz on our solar system. What do you know about ruddy red Mars?
 Average 20Q
6384 plays
 Aug 16 02
almach
3 trivia quiz  All About Jupiter icon
Here is the next installment on my twenty questions on the planets. What do you know about mighty Jupiter?
 Average 20Q
5670 plays
 Aug 17 02
almach
4 trivia quiz  Planetary Tourism Brochures icon
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?
 Very Easy 10Q
9099 plays
 Dec 23 03
achernar
5 trivia quiz  Twenty Questions on Neptune icon
Here's the next installment on twenty questions on Solar System objects. What do you know about the distant planet Neptune?
 Tough 20Q
2064 plays
 Aug 20 02
almach
6 trivia quiz  Do You Know The Sun?
I will ask questions about the Sun.
 Average 10Q
7269 plays
 Aug 18 01
almach
7 trivia quiz  Twenty Questions About Mercury icon
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?
 Tough 20Q
2289 plays
 Aug 13 02
almach
8 trivia quiz  Twenty Questions About Saturn icon
Here's the seventh installment on twenty questions on Solar System objects. What do you know about the ringed giant planet Saturn?
 Tough 20Q
2793 plays
 Aug 19 02
almach
9 trivia quiz  Astrogeology II-- Icy Planets and Moons icon
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.
 Difficult 10Q
786 plays
 May 31 05
pu2-ke-qi-ri
10 trivia quiz  The Sun Take 2
Here is another quiz on the Sun, sunspots, flares, etc.
 Average 10Q
2121 plays
 Aug 18 01
almach
11 trivia quiz  The Earth and the Moon are Gossiping icon
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?
 Average 10Q
6117 plays
 Jun 09 02
Kuu
12 trivia quiz  Twenty Questions About Pluto icon
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.
 Tough 20Q
1497 plays
 Aug 22 02
almach
13 trivia quiz  Twenty Questions About Venus icon
Here is the second quiz in this series on the planets. What do you know about Earth's nearest neighbor Venus?
 Tough 20Q
1599 plays
 Aug 13 02
almach
14 trivia quiz  Basic Solar System Astronomy
Test your knowledge on basic Solar System Astronomy.
 Average 10Q
7641 plays
 Aug 03 01
almach
15 trivia quiz  What Solar System Object Am I On? icon
I will name a feature, mountain, object, etc, and you tell me what planet, satellite or asteroid it is on.
 Difficult 10Q
5247 plays
 Aug 03 01
almach
16 trivia quiz  The Many Moons of Our Solar System icon
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?
 Average 10Q
2499 plays
 Mar 22 03
NYFOREVER
17 trivia quiz  Solar System - Random Facts icon
Some tricky questions about our marvelous Solar System. Have fun!
 Difficult 10Q
3666 plays
 Feb 08 04
Mr5
18 trivia quiz  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?
 Tough 20Q
1209 plays
 Aug 20 02
almach
19 trivia quiz  Facts About our Solar System icon
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!
 Tough 10Q
1578 plays
 Mar 02 07
lordsom
20 trivia quiz  The Solar System icon
Our solar system is a fascinating place - how well do you know it?
 Average 10Q
9705 plays
 Apr 26 00
sinope
21 trivia quiz  "Sea" the Moon icon
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.
 Tough 20Q
864 plays
 Nov 17 04
Agent_Beron
22 trivia quiz  Interesting Planetary Data
Here is a rather tough quiz on planetary phenomena.
 Average 10Q
1698 plays
 Aug 04 01
almach
23 trivia quiz  New Planet Discovered! You Heard It Here First! icon
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.
 Very Difficult 10Q
963 plays
 Jul 31 05
triviapaul gold
24 trivia quiz  The Fascinating Solar System icon
The Solar System is a fascinating place to find fascinating facts. How much of the following facts about the Solar System do you know?
 Tough 10Q
1662 plays
 Sep 08 04
giantcomet4
25 trivia quiz  Sol icon
Ten hard questions about our sun, Sol. All the answers can be found on the internet, and I guarantee you'll learn something new.
 Tough 10Q
1275 plays
 Sep 27 03
labich
26 trivia quiz  The Solar System Revisited icon
Some interesting things you may not know about our solar system.
 Very Difficult 10Q
2040 plays
 Oct 11 03
Syfir
27 trivia quiz  Our Solar System and Galaxy by the Numbers icon
Perhaps the best way to grasp the immensity of our home solar system and galaxy is to portray it in human terms.
 Difficult 10Q
921 plays
 Sep 24 05
waldo256
28 trivia quiz  Astrogeology I-- Rocky Planets and Moons icon
Geology doesn't just apply to the Earth! Explore the geology of Mercury, Venus, Mars, the Moon, and assorted asteroids!
 Difficult 10Q
531 plays
 May 30 05
pu2-ke-qi-ri
29 trivia quiz  Moon Rocks
This seemed like an appropriate topic for my first quiz. Come and meet the family!
 Tough 10Q
1305 plays
 Dec 15 01
moonrockie
30 trivia quiz  Moons of Uranus icon
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.
 Tough 10Q
333 plays
 Jan 26 05
shooganooga
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Some sample questions from this category:

* On this planet's surface rests the largest volcano in the solar system - Olympus Mons
* This planet's moons are named after Shakespearian characters such as Oberon, Titania, and Puck
* This planet has an atmosphere with a mass 100 times greater than Earth's and is a perfect example of the 'Green House Effect'.
* One of Jupiter's four Galilean moons that is covered with volcanoes, molten sulfur lakes, lava flows and mountains up to 8,000 m high
* The largest asteroid in the asteroid belt
* The Great Dark Spot - a cloud of methane as big as the Earth itself can be found on this planet
* Also known as the butterscotch planet, and the Lord of the Rings, this is where you'll find the Cassini division
* This is the name of several spacecraft which have visited Earth's moon
* This ringed planet is tilted on its side
* The sun is composed mainly of these two elements
* How hot is the core of the sun?
* How long (in Earth days) is a day on Venus?
* What is the largest (by volume) freshwater lake on Earth?
* Which of the following is NOT a name given to Mars at some point in time?
* Who was the first person to determine that Saturn had a ring system?
* What is the measure of the tilt of Uranus' axis of rotation to its orbital plane?
* How fast can the winds of Neptune travel?
* If the Sun were reduced in size to 10 feet (3 meters) in diameter, approximately how far away would Pluto be, on average?
* What is the radius of the planet Mercury?
* What is the surface gravity of the planet Mercury (relative to earth)?

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