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Quiz about Shakespeare Mooned Me
Quiz about Shakespeare Mooned Me

Shakespeare Mooned Me Trivia Quiz


This quiz will be about the moons of the planet Uranus, which have mostly been named after characters found in works by William Shakespeare.

A photo quiz by RedHook13. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
RedHook13
Time
3 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
398,421
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
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474
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (3/10), Guest 76 (0/10), Guest 69 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "O Romeo, O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

This tiny moon of Uranus was named after the Shakespearean character that spoke the words you see above. Can you name it?

Answer: (One Word - woman's name)
Question 2 of 10
2. The name for this small moon originated from a sprite found in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Perhaps astronauts will one day play hockey here. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This next small Uranian moon was named after a female character who appears in the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare. What is the name of the moon? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Next up we have a moon named after the King of The Fairies from "A Midsummer Night's Dream". It is the second largest moon of Uranus. Can you name this Uranian king? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This fuzzy image was used by astronomers to discover a small moon of Uranus in 1999. It was named after the leading character in "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. Can you name it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. While this moon is much bigger than the previous one, it was named after the daughter of the lead character in "The Tempest". What is the name of this moon? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The Hubble Space Telescope helped scientists to discover this tiny moon in 2003. It was named after a character that appeared in William Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens". The moon also shares its name with the Roman god of love.

Answer: (One Word - watch out for his arrows)
Question 8 of 10
8. This moon shares its name with a spirit that appeared in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". It also shares its name with a character from a Walt Disney film. Can you name it? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. While most of Uranus' moons were named after Shakespearean characters, this moon's name came from a character in a poem written by Alexander Pope. What is the name of this "dark" and "shadowy" moon? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Finally, we encounter the Queen of the Uranian Moons. It is Uranus' largest moon (slightly bigger than the King) and was named after the Queen of The Fairies from "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Can you tell me the name of it? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "O Romeo, O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?" This tiny moon of Uranus was named after the Shakespearean character that spoke the words you see above. Can you name it?

Answer: Juliet

Juliet is an irregular shaped moon of Uranus that was discovered on January 3, 1986 using images taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft, such as the image used in this quiz. The small moon has an average diameter of approximately 100 km (62 mi). The moon was named after Juliet, the main female character of William Shakespeare's famous tragedy "Romeo and Juliet".
2. The name for this small moon originated from a sprite found in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Perhaps astronauts will one day play hockey here.

Answer: Puck

Puck is one of the largest of Uranus' irregular shaped moons. It has an average diameter of 162 km (100 mi). Puck was discovered on December 30, 1985. As with Juliet, it was also discovered using images taken by Voyager 2. Puck was named after a sprite who appears in William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

In ice hockey, the object of the game is to shoot a puck (a rubber disc) into the opposing teams goal.
3. This next small Uranian moon was named after a female character who appears in the play "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare. What is the name of the moon?

Answer: Ophelia

Ophelia is one of the closest known moons of Uranus. It was discovered on January 20, 1986. As with Juliet and Puck, Ophelia was also discovered using images taken by Voyager 2. Ophelia has an average diameter of 43 km (26 mi), roughly the distance from New York City to Connecticut. Ophelia was named after a character who appears in William Shakespeare's tragedy, "Hamlet". Ophelia was a love interest of Hamlet who was killed when she fell out of a tree into a brook where she drowned.
4. Next up we have a moon named after the King of The Fairies from "A Midsummer Night's Dream". It is the second largest moon of Uranus. Can you name this Uranian king?

Answer: Oberon

Oberon is the second largest moon of Uranus with a diameter of 1,522 km (945 mi). It was discovered by Sir William Herschel on January 11, 1787. William Herschel is also credited for discovering Uranus itself on March 13, 1781. There is speculation that Herschel originally wanted to name the planet Uranus after King George III, however the international community stuck to tradition and named it after a Greek/Roman deity. Beginning in 1852, Uranus' moons began to be named after characters found in plays by William Shakespeare. Oberon was named after the King of The Fairies from "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
5. This fuzzy image was used by astronomers to discover a small moon of Uranus in 1999. It was named after the leading character in "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. Can you name it?

Answer: Prospero

The small Uranian moon Prospero was discovered on July 18, 1999 by a team of astronomers at the Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii. Astronomers would compare images taken by the telescope over several hours. They discovered the small object in the center (Prospero) was moving towards the left. Prospero was named after the main character from "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare. Prospero was a sorcerer from Milan who had been exiled by his brother to a small island in the Mediterranean Sea.
6. While this moon is much bigger than the previous one, it was named after the daughter of the lead character in "The Tempest". What is the name of this moon?

Answer: Miranda

Miranda was discovered on February 16, 1948, by astronomer Gerard Kuiper, the man whom the Kuiper Belt is named after. Miranda is the smallest of Uranus' five large spherical moons. It has a diameter of approximately 470 km (292 mi). Miranda is famous for its rugged terrain as seen in the photo taken by Voyager 2. Miranda's name comes from the daughter of Prospero in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest", who was exiled along with her father.
7. The Hubble Space Telescope helped scientists to discover this tiny moon in 2003. It was named after a character that appeared in William Shakespeare's "Timon of Athens". The moon also shares its name with the Roman god of love.

Answer: Cupid

Cupid was discovered on August 25, 2003, by American astronomers Mark R. Showalter and Jack J. Lissauer. Cupid was found using images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The moon is tiny, estimated to be 18 km (11 mi) in diameter. Cupid is a character from a lesser known Shakespearean play known as "Timon of Athens". Cupid is also the name of the Roman god of love, who is famous for having angel-like wings and using a bow and arrow to spread love across the mortal realm.
8. This moon shares its name with a spirit that appeared in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest". It also shares its name with a character from a Walt Disney film. Can you name it?

Answer: Ariel

Ariel, Uranus' fourth largest moon, was discovered on October 24, 1851 by British astronomer William Lassell. It has a diameter of approximately 1,158 km (720 mi). In William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" there is a character known as Ariel, who is a spiritual servant of the main character Prospero. Ariel is also the name of the main character in the Walt Disney animated film "The Little Mermaid", which was released in 1989.

This image of Ariel was taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
9. While most of Uranus' moons were named after Shakespearean characters, this moon's name came from a character in a poem written by Alexander Pope. What is the name of this "dark" and "shadowy" moon?

Answer: Umbriel

Umbriel is Uranus' third largest moon and has the darkest surface of the large Uranian satellites. Umbra is a latin word meaning shadow or darkness. Umbriel was discovered along with Ariel on October 24, 1851 by William Lassell. It is slightly larger than Ariel with a diameter of 1,169 km (726 mi).

While Ariel is the name of a character from a William Shakespeare play, both of the Uranian moons Ariel and Umbriel were actually named after characters that appeared in the poem "The Rape of the Lock", which was written by British author Alexander Pope in 1712.

As with Ariel, this image of Umbriel was also taken by Voyager 2.
10. Finally, we encounter the Queen of the Uranian Moons. It is Uranus' largest moon (slightly bigger than the King) and was named after the Queen of The Fairies from "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Can you tell me the name of it?

Answer: Titania

Titania was discovered by Sir William Herschel on January 11, 1787. It is Uranus' largest moon with a diameter of approximately 1,577 km (980 mi). The photograph was taken by Voyager 2 and was edited to show the moon's color by NASA. It is important for astronomers not to confuse Titania with Titan, the largest moon of Saturn and the only moon known to have a thick atmosphere. Titania was named after the Queen of The Fairies in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
Source: Author RedHook13

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