TECHKRITI’15PRESENTS

ASTRO QUIZ

RULES AND REGULATIONS

There will be 12 questions in prelims round.

6 teams will proceed to the final round.No negative marking in this round.Hints can be given only if every team is

ready to take it. If any of the team objects it will not be given.

You need to write your answers in the sheet given

PRELIMS ANSWERS

QUESTION 1.

What is this image depicting?

The Inca feared that a lunar eclipse was caused by a jaguar attacking the moon. They'd try to drive it

away by making noise, including beating their dogs to make them howl and bark.

QUESTION 2.

X is the closest starbust galaxy of our own. X is the prototypical example of this type of galaxy. In 2014, in studying X, scientists discovered the brightest pulsar yet known. It is about five times more luminous than the whole Milky Way and one hundred times more luminous than our galaxy's center. The starburst activity is thought to be triggered by interaction with neighboring galaxy Y. Both these galaxies are messier. Give the names or messier numbers of these galaxies.

X- M82 , Y-M81

QUESTION 3.

Connect• 4 biggest moons of Jupiter •Oval shape of saturn•Phases of Venus•Spots on the sun.

Galileo

QUESTION 4.

In July 1958, Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act (commonly called the "Space Act") which created NASA. What was the event that directly led to the creation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)?

Launch of Sputnik 1

QUESTION 5.

To commemorate what was this doodle made for?

WATER ON MOON

QUESTION 6.

• In 1983, the noble prize in physics was given to William Alfred Fowler "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe“ and another person X for "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars“ . ID X .

Subramanyan Chandrasekhar

QUESTION 7.

Find the odd one out

Alphekka, β lyrae , Algol, Betelgeuse, δ Cephei, Sun, Polaris, Canopus

• CANOPUS (all others are variable stars)

QUESTION 8.

Both the images have something in common? What is it?

QUESTION 9.

In the dark blue sky you keep,

And often through my curtains peep,

For you never shut your eye

'Till the sun is in the sky.

 

Where are these lines from?

The lyrics from "The Star“ an English poem by Jane Taylor.  

QUESTION 10.

• In March 1781, during his search for double stars, X noticed an object appearing as a nonstellar disk. X originally thought it was a comet or a star. He made many more observations of it, and afterwards Russian Academician Anders Lexell computed the orbit and found it to be probably planetary. X determined in agreement that it must be a planet beyond the orbit of Saturn. He called the new planet the 'Georgian star‘. What is the object and who is X?

X is WILLIAM HERSCHEL

He is talking about Uranus

QUESTION 11.

• X is a famous photograph of the Earth, taken on December 7, 1972, by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft. The name has also been applied by NASA to a 2012 series of image data sets covering the entire globe at relatively high resolution. This spectacular image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date. What is X?

THE BLUE MARBLE

QUESTION 12.

• The Orion correlation theory (or Giza–Orion correlation theory) is a hypothesis in alternative Egyptlogy. Its central claim is that there is a correlation between the location of the three largest pyramids of the Giza pyramid complex and Orion's Belt of the constellation Orion, and that this correlation was intended as such by the builders of the pyramids. Depending on the version of the theory, additional pyramids can be included to complete the picture of the Orion constellation, and X can be included to match with the Milky Way galaxy. What is X???

NILE RIVER