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Quiz about Space The Anagrammed Frontier
Quiz about Space The Anagrammed Frontier

Space: The Anagrammed Frontier Quiz


Travel into the future and join the Starship Margana on its mission to explore deep space. Aid Captain Wordwise & his crew in their journey by unscrambling the anagrammed astronomical phenomena they encounter.

A multiple-choice quiz by darthrevan89. Estimated time: 9 mins.
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darthrevan89
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9 mins
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Jul 23 22
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Question 1 of 10
1. Instructions: The words that form the anagram are capitalized, and a definition of the word you are looking for is inside the question.

The Starship Margana was the first GET LED SHIP constructed by humans, and the fastest vessel in the Earthling fleet--able to travel at velocities even beyond that of the sun's rays. Such rates would take the Margana's crew deeper into space than any Earth resident had ever traveled. As Captain Wordwise declared upon receiving command of the mission, "We will boldly travel to places no human has gone before."

Answer: (one or two words; e=m "c" squared)
Question 2 of 10
2. One of the first worlds Wordwise & crew visited was an exotic, golden globe covered with shimmering purple continents. It was orbited by two brightly shining stars. However, a patrol skiff orbiting the world hailed them with the words: "This is the MYSTERY BASIN hailing unidentified Starship. Why are you trespassing on our territory? Tell me at once before I open fire."

Answer: (two words; 0101011001)
Question 3 of 10
3. Captain Wordwise was quite taken aback by the alien life-form's hostility. "This is the Starship Margana, of the Solar System. We are explorers, on a peaceful mission to discover new life & new civilization. We --." Bang! "Captain, our starboard nacelle is being fired upon by the alien vessel." After a brief firefight, Wordwise directed the crew to fly to a nearby gas cloud, in the hopes of scrambling the alien vessel's sensors. "Can you get any readings from in there?" "No, sir; sensors are UNABLE to penetrate the gas."

Answer: (one word)
Question 4 of 10
4. The captain's ploy worked. The alien's sensors worked no better than Margana's own, and the firefight was ended. Margana and its crew were able to go on their way, leaving the beautiful alien system behind. After some repairs were made, engines were back online and the mission resumed. The next spatial phenomenon that the Margana met with only days later was potentially quite dangerous: an area of space permeated with deadly rocks--odds of successfully navigating it were approximately 3,720 to one. The captain decided TO IDLE on the FAR SIDE of this area for a while and take some sensor readings.

Answer: (two words)
Question 5 of 10
5. After avoiding that hazard, the Starship made it to a region vaguely similar to its own system of origin. The planets, though all uninhabited & unfit for human life, orbited around a relatively large, bright star--a familiar sight for the Margana's crew, making them all think of their own solar system. Earth was known FOR its WAY of DWELLing, in a heliocentric system.

Answer: (two words; type of star)
Question 6 of 10
6. After a few more weeks, the Margana made it to another, friendlier, inhabited world. While there, they were just in time to be treated to a awe-inspiring sight, a celestial phenomenon that occurs only once in every decade on the planet. As the sky began to darken, despite its being only midday, the alien host informed Captain Wordwise, "The CLEAR SLOPE IS eagerly anticipated every decade, and we hold special feasts on the day it occurs. I hope you and your crew will join us, Captain."

Answer: (two words; not lunar but __)
Question 7 of 10
7. The Margana's crew enjoyed the ritual feast and the brief shore leave on the alien planet, but had to resume their mission shortly. At one point in their travels, the science officer informed the captain, "We are receiving odd sensor readings from up ahead. This region is filled with many CHALK LOBES emitting some exceptionally strong gravitational fields, and not even light can escape them. We need to keep our distance from this anomaly, before we reach the event horizon."

Answer: (two words, plural)
Question 8 of 10
8. The Margana escaped that peril without problems. Their mission continued safely, until one day the crew heard deafening sounds of something crashing into the hull, reminiscent of a hail storm. "Raise shields, before WE ORE SMOTHERed under this storm!" ordered the Captain. The hull was being pounded by hundreds small rocks, that were fortunately prevented from doing much damage by the shields. The storm soon ended, and the ship was able to continue its mission of exploration.

Answer: (two words; shooting stars)
Question 9 of 10
9. Following a trail from their sensor scans, the Margana's crew traveled to a sector of space where they hoped to see another spectacular occurrence. "I saw something like this on Earth around the year 2211, when I was a kid," the Captain told the crew. "THE ALLY COMES to Earth only once about every 75 or 76 years--did any of you get to see it?" Several members of the bridge crew had, indeed, witnessed the frozen ball with its infamous tail crossing the sky.

Answer: (two words)
Question 10 of 10
10. It is now approaching the one-year mark since Margana & crew set out from Earth on their momentous mission. They are coming up on a system just in time to witness the brilliant explosion of a massive star upon its death. "We are a safe enough distance from the RAVEN SOUP to ensure that the ship will not be in danger, but be sure to protect your eyes with the special visors, everyone." Everyone was awed by the brilliance of the event, and reflected on all the new & unusual things they had seen since departing from Earth, and on how appreciative they were to have been chosen for this historic mission.

Answer: (one word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Instructions: The words that form the anagram are capitalized, and a definition of the word you are looking for is inside the question. The Starship Margana was the first GET LED SHIP constructed by humans, and the fastest vessel in the Earthling fleet--able to travel at velocities even beyond that of the sun's rays. Such rates would take the Margana's crew deeper into space than any Earth resident had ever traveled. As Captain Wordwise declared upon receiving command of the mission, "We will boldly travel to places no human has gone before."

Answer: Lightspeed

Lightspeed is the speed light travels in a vacuum. It can be defined exactly as 299,792,458 meters per second. The speed of light is represented by the variable "c" in Einstein's infamous equation, Energy=Mass times the Speed of light squared. That variable comes from either the term "constant" or the Latin word "celeritas (swiftness)," and often represents lightspeed.
2. One of the first worlds Wordwise & crew visited was an exotic, golden globe covered with shimmering purple continents. It was orbited by two brightly shining stars. However, a patrol skiff orbiting the world hailed them with the words: "This is the MYSTERY BASIN hailing unidentified Starship. Why are you trespassing on our territory? Tell me at once before I open fire."

Answer: Binary system

A binary system is one where two objects in space are so close together that gravity causes them to orbit about a common center of mass. This term usually refers to stars, but can also mean planets, galaxies, or asteroids. A fictional example of a binary star system would be Tatooine, a central planet of the "Star Wars" saga.
3. Captain Wordwise was quite taken aback by the alien life-form's hostility. "This is the Starship Margana, of the Solar System. We are explorers, on a peaceful mission to discover new life & new civilization. We --." Bang! "Captain, our starboard nacelle is being fired upon by the alien vessel." After a brief firefight, Wordwise directed the crew to fly to a nearby gas cloud, in the hopes of scrambling the alien vessel's sensors. "Can you get any readings from in there?" "No, sir; sensors are UNABLE to penetrate the gas."

Answer: Nebula

The word "nebula" comes from a Latin term meaning "mist" or "cloud." A nebula is an interstellar cloud of gas and/or dust in space. Stars are eventually formed from nebulae. One of the more recognizable nebulae would be the Eagle Nebula, seen in one of NASA's most famous images: the "Pillars of Creation," which was taken by the Hubble Space telescope in 1995.
4. The captain's ploy worked. The alien's sensors worked no better than Margana's own, and the firefight was ended. Margana and its crew were able to go on their way, leaving the beautiful alien system behind. After some repairs were made, engines were back online and the mission resumed. The next spatial phenomenon that the Margana met with only days later was potentially quite dangerous: an area of space permeated with deadly rocks--odds of successfully navigating it were approximately 3,720 to one. The captain decided TO IDLE on the FAR SIDE of this area for a while and take some sensor readings.

Answer: Asteroid field

In the Solar System, the asteroid field, or belt, is a region located approximately between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It is filled with numerous asteroids, or minor planets, with sizes ranging from 950 km in diameter (Ceres) down to the size of a dust particle.
5. After avoiding that hazard, the Starship made it to a region vaguely similar to its own system of origin. The planets, though all uninhabited & unfit for human life, orbited around a relatively large, bright star--a familiar sight for the Margana's crew, making them all think of their own solar system. Earth was known FOR its WAY of DWELLing, in a heliocentric system.

Answer: Yellow dwarf

Our sun is a yellow dwarf. Despite the name & commonly perceived appearances, yellow dwarfs, or G V stars, are actually white. They have a surface temperature of between 5,300 and 6,000 K. They use nuclear fusion, converting hydrogen to helium in their cores, to create incomprehendable amounts of energy.
6. After a few more weeks, the Margana made it to another, friendlier, inhabited world. While there, they were just in time to be treated to a awe-inspiring sight, a celestial phenomenon that occurs only once in every decade on the planet. As the sky began to darken, despite its being only midday, the alien host informed Captain Wordwise, "The CLEAR SLOPE IS eagerly anticipated every decade, and we hold special feasts on the day it occurs. I hope you and your crew will join us, Captain."

Answer: Solar eclipse

A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon comes between Earth & the sun and casts a shadow, completely obscuring the sun and blocking its light. This event can only occur during a new moon. While up to four solar eclipses occur every year, total solar eclipses are quite rare.
7. The Margana's crew enjoyed the ritual feast and the brief shore leave on the alien planet, but had to resume their mission shortly. At one point in their travels, the science officer informed the captain, "We are receiving odd sensor readings from up ahead. This region is filled with many CHALK LOBES emitting some exceptionally strong gravitational fields, and not even light can escape them. We need to keep our distance from this anomaly, before we reach the event horizon."

Answer: Black holes

A black hole is an area with a gravitational field so powerful that nothing, including light, can escape its pull after falling past its event horizon. Since light cannot even escape, the center is black & invisible; hence the term "black hole."
8. The Margana escaped that peril without problems. Their mission continued safely, until one day the crew heard deafening sounds of something crashing into the hull, reminiscent of a hail storm. "Raise shields, before WE ORE SMOTHERed under this storm!" ordered the Captain. The hull was being pounded by hundreds small rocks, that were fortunately prevented from doing much damage by the shields. The storm soon ended, and the ship was able to continue its mission of exploration.

Answer: Meteor shower

A meteor shower occurs on Earth when the planet's orbit intersects an area of space filled with meteoroids, possibly left by comets. The meteoroids become meteors, also known as a shooting stars, upon entering Earth's atmosphere.
9. Following a trail from their sensor scans, the Margana's crew traveled to a sector of space where they hoped to see another spectacular occurrence. "I saw something like this on Earth around the year 2211, when I was a kid," the Captain told the crew. "THE ALLY COMES to Earth only once about every 75 or 76 years--did any of you get to see it?" Several members of the bridge crew had, indeed, witnessed the frozen ball with its infamous tail crossing the sky.

Answer: Halley's Comet

Halley's Comet, named after Edmond Halley, becomes visible to Earth every 75-76 years. It was last observable from Earth in the year 1986. Of short-period comets, Halley's is the only one clearly visible to the unaided eye, making it one of the most famous comets.
10. It is now approaching the one-year mark since Margana & crew set out from Earth on their momentous mission. They are coming up on a system just in time to witness the brilliant explosion of a massive star upon its death. "We are a safe enough distance from the RAVEN SOUP to ensure that the ship will not be in danger, but be sure to protect your eyes with the special visors, everyone." Everyone was awed by the brilliance of the event, and reflected on all the new & unusual things they had seen since departing from Earth, and on how appreciative they were to have been chosen for this historic mission.

Answer: Supernova

A supernova is the death of a star having least 8 times the mass of our sun, resulting in a huge explosion. A supernova can radiate as much energy as the Sun could in its entire lifespan.
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