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Pub quiz question 3272 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which English county gained the most tourists to view the 1999 total solar eclipse?
Answer: A: Cornwall
Categories: Geography (1) Space (1) Science (1) Astronomy (1) 1990s (1)

Pub quiz question 4628 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which organisation developed the zero gravity Space Pen in the 1960's?
Answer: A: NASA
Categories: Science (4) Space (4)

Pub quiz question 2811 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which is the second planet from the sun?
Answer: A: Venus
Categories: Space (2) Science (2)
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Pub quiz question 6279 by pjh2

Question: Q: What bird gave its name to the lunar module which took Neil Armstrong to the surface of the moon?
Answer: A: Eagle
Notes: *: 1969
Categories: Space (1) Biology (2) Nature (2) 1960s (1)

Pub quiz question 6141 by pjh2

Question: Q: What was Ceres always classed as until it was touted as a minor planet in 2006?
Answer: A: Asteroid
Categories: Space (6)

Pub quiz question 6144 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the only one of the accepted nine plants at the start of the 21st century not to be named after a Roman or Greek god?
Answer: A: Earth
Categories: Space (1) Religion (1)

Pub quiz question 7 by pjh2

Question: Q: Ranger, Viking, Galileo and Cassini are some notable examples of what?
Answer: A: Space missions
Notes: *: U.S. Planetary Science Missions
Categories: Science (5) Space (2)

Pub quiz question 5527 by pjh2

Question: Q: The NASA spacecraft 'Messenger' landed on which planet in 2008?
Answer: A: Mercury
Categories: Space (6) 2000s (6) Astronomy (6)

Pub quiz question 7145 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first British astronaut?
Answer: A: Helen Sharman
Notes: *: 18 May 1991
Categories: People (7) Space (7) Science (7) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 5373 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which red giant is the fourth brightest star in the Sky?
Answer: A: Arcturus
Categories: Space (7) Astronomy (7)