What do I really know about Astronomy?

The largest mountain in the solar system (Olympus Mons) resides on which planet? 

• Mars
• Earth
• Pluto
• Venus

Which planet rotates on its axis in the opposite direction than the rest?

• Mars
• Venus 
• Neptune
• Jupiter

Which planet rotates on its axis titled 90⁰ from the vertical?

• Mars
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Jupiter

Light from the sun takes approximately how many minutes to reach earth?

• 3.5
• 8
• 13
• instantaneous

Around which planet did we put a probe in orbit this summer?

• Jupiter
• Uranus
• Pluto
• Mars

What record did the Mars rover Opportunity set last summer?

• consecutive days of functionality as a probe/ rover
• Off-Earth Driving distance record, 25 miles
• Number of photographs sent back to Earth from a probe/ rover

What news headline did the space probe “Rosetta” make in May?

• a.  Successfully flew through the tail of an ancient comet and “scooped up” comet dust to be analyzed back here on Earth.s
• Successfully entered orbit around an asteroid to analyze its contents.

What did the “New Horizons” space probe do in July 2015?

• enter orbit around Neptune
• enter orbit around Pluto
• enter orbit around Uranus
• deploy a probe in Jupiter's atmosphere

Which Planet can be seen in the morning sky just to the right of the Moon?

• Mercury
• Mars
• Venus
• Jupiter

What is the nearest star to our Sun (Sol)?

• Orion
• Betelgeuse
• Polaris
• Proxima Centauri