Pubquiz Out of this World

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Rules and prizes

- The committee is always right.

- Don’t use Google or anything like that.

- PRIZE: Biercheque e-vouchers!

ASTRONOMY

1. On which planet is a year equivalent to 687 days and a day 24 hours and 37 minutes?

1. Mars
2. Venus
3. Jupiter
4. Mercurius

2. There's only one planet that turns clockwise, which one?

1. Earth
2. The sun
3. Saturnus
4. Venus

3. Jupiter's moon 'Io' shows weird vertical explosions in the air. What are these explosions?

1. Erupting volcanoes
2. Erupting geysers
3. Explosions due to chemical reactions on the surface
4. Dust tornadoes

4. What is the name of Pluto's largest moon?

1. Pandora
2. Nereid
3. Phobus
4. Charon

5. True or False? The moon is upside down in the southern hemosphere, compared to the nothern hemosphere.

1. True
2. False

6. The comet that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago was very big. How wide was this comet?

1. 2-3 Km
2. 3-8 Km
3. 8-10 Km
4. 10-15 Km

7. How long was the delay between the actual landing of, and getting the signal that the Marslander landed?

1. 9 minutes
2. 11 minutes
3. 13 minutes
4. 14 minutes

8. According to scientist, the athmosphere on Jupiter creates special raindrops. What kind of rain does Jupiter have? It's raining...

1. Diamonds
2. Stones
3. Gas bells
4. Upwards

ASTROLOGY

1. Why do we always see the pole star In the same spot?

1. Because it is an extension of the earth’s axis
2. Because the pole star is the center of the stars, and all stars revolve around her
3. Because it’s right above the earth
4. Because the other stars are of the zodiac

2. What is an antipode?

1. The one who is right in front of you on the earth
2. The zodiac sign you have a bad relationship with
3. The zodiac sign with which you have a good relationship
4. None of the above

3. If you were born on Christmas day, what would your star sign be?

4. The word 'horoscope' comes from the Greek "horoskopos," meaning ...?

1. 'One who observes the hour'
2. ‘One who is in balance’
3. ‘One who gazes at the stars’
4. ‘One who is almighty’

5. Taurus, the Bull, is an Earth sign. Which of these people all have this sign?

1. Meryl Streep, Ariana Grande, Tom Hanks
2. Desmond Tutu, John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen
3. Napoleon, Matt LeBlanc, Mick Jagger
4. Freud, Leonardo Davinci, Jack Nicholson

6. Which of the following is NOT an 'earth' sign: Virgo, Pisces or Capricorn?

7. An analysis of data from the FBI found that people of a certain zodiac sign are the most frequently arrested of all the zodiac signs, and their crimes are often more serious too. Which one?

1. Gemini
2. Cancer
3. Scales
4. Leo

8. In Japan something other than zodiac signs is used to attribute personality traits. What is this?

1. Blood type
2. The position of the moon or your birth date
3. The year you were born in
4. Your family history and bloodline

SPACE TRAVEL

1. What is the name of the American company for space travel? (CEO Elon Musk)

1. Space man
2. space X
3. X space
4. Tesla

2. The Apollo 11 was the spaceship with the first man on the moon. What number had the Apollo spaceship that flew for the last time?

1. 15
2. 20
3. 17
4. 21

3. Who was the first man in space?

1. Neil Armstrong
2. Alan Shepard
3. Vladimir Komarov
4. Yuri Gagarin

4. What was the total cost of the Apollo 11 mission that first put a man on the moon, in today's money?

1. $454 million
2. $5,2 billion
3. $98 billion
4. $152 billion

5. What was the first animal that was sent into space?

1. Dog
2. Monkey
3. Fruit flies
4. Mouse

6. Which of these statements about astronauts is false?

1. Astronauts drink recycled urine
2. All astronauts wear diapers
3. All astronauts have to learn Russian
4. Astronauts need to have perfect vision

7. What animal can survive in space?

1. Cockroach
2. Tardigrades
3. Dust mite
4. Microscopic arthropods

8. How many people have died in outer space?

1. 3 people
2. 15 people
3. 19 people
4. 30 people

POP CULTURE

1. How did the producers of the film The Martian, prepare to get aspects of space and space travel with the most accuracy?

1. They made an intern watch 500 hours of videos made in space ships to study the movements.
2. NASA consulted them for free.
3. Matt Damon was invited to NASA's sciencepark to experience 'being without gravity'.
4. They had to read the bible

2. What color does Joda's lightsaber have?

1. Red
2. Blue
3. Green
4. He doesn't have a lightsaber

3. Which superhero is not from the Marvel Universe?

1. Spiderman
2. Superman
3. Captain America
4. Doctor Strange

4. How long is the movie interstaller?

1. 2 hours and 49 minutes
2. 3 hours and 2 minutes
3. 3 hours and 30 minutes
4. 4 hours

5. Which of these facts about First Man (2018) is NOT true?

1. The film was shipped to cinemas under the name 'Sputnik'
2. Actual blueprints of Armstrongs house were used to replicate the look of his house
3. The car that brought Ryan Gosling to the set each day was jokingly called 'Apollo 11'
4. This was the first Universal Pictures film to use IMAX cameras

6. One of the characters in the Big Bang Theory is an aerospace engineer. Who?

1. Sheldon
2. Leonard
3. Howard
4. Rajesh

7. What is the catchphrase of this Toy Story character?

8. How many Starwars movies are there?

And the winner is....