"Which of the following Messier Objects is pictured?","M31","M45","M42","M8","M42","M42.rle"
"Although estimates depend on the method used, what is the estimate of the age of the universe, using galaxy expansion rates as the indicator?","10 - 15 million years","100-150 million years","1.5 billion years","10-15 billion years","10-15 billion years",""
"Messier's M51 is also known as which of the following?","The Andromeda Galaxy","The Crab Nebula","The Whirlpool Galaxy","The Black Eye Galaxy","The Whirlpool Galaxy","M51.bmp"
"What is the name of the brightest star in the heavens as viewed from Earth?","Betelguese","Vega","Sirius","Capella","Sirius",""
"Is the Andromeda Galaxy part of the Local Group?","yes","no","","","yes","M31.bmp"
"A 'quasar' is detected by its emission of energy at which of the following wavelengths?","visible light","gamma radiation","radio/electromagnetic","infrared","radio/electromagnetic",""
"What is the name of our galaxy?","Andromeda Galaxy","The Great Galaxy","The Milky Way","The Local Group","The Milky Way",""
"Is Sirius a double star?","yes","no","","","yes",""
"Messier's M8 is also known as which of the following?","Eagle Nebula","Crab Nebula","Trifid Nebula","Lagoon Nebula","Lagoon Nebula",""
"A very large light illuminated area of concentrated semi-transparent to opaque gas and dust is referred to as a..","nebula","quasar","galaxy","dark zone","nebula","M20.bmp"
"An object whose mass is so great that light does not escape is called a ..","pulsar","neutron star","black hole","neutron nebula","black hole",""
"A collection of millions to billions of stars held together by their mutual gravitation with other dark matter is called ...","a nebula","a galaxy","a globular cluster","a star cloud","a galaxy","M81.bmp"
"What is the speed of light?","300,000 miles/hour","300,000,000 meters/sec.","186,000 ft./sec.","30,000,000 cm/sec.","300,000,000 meters/sec.",""
"What is Messsier's M31 also known as?","Andromeda Galaxy","Black-eye Galaxy","Sombrero Galaxy","Whirlpool Galaxy","Andromeda Galaxy","M31.bmp"
"'NGC' is an abbreviation for...","New Gregorian Calendar","New General Catalog","Neutron Galactic Cluster","Neper Galactic Coordinate","New General Catalog",""
"A light-year is a measure of what parameter?","distance","time","dimension","speed","distance",""
"What is Messier's M1 also known as?","Trifid Nebula","Crab Nebula","Eagle Nebula","Ring Nebula","Crab Nebula","m1.bmp"
"A 'parsec' is a measure of what parameter?","speed","volume","time","distance","distance",""
"In which Messier galaxy did the Hubble Space Telescope find a large 'black hole' in its center?","M96 in Leo","M87 in Virgo","M99 in Coma Berenices","M110 in Andromeda","M87 in Virgo","m87.bmp"
"Which Messier galaxy is pictured?","M33 - Pinwheel","M31 - Andromeda","M51 - Whirlpool","M100 - Coma Berenices","M33 - Pinwheel","M33.bmp"
"The object pictured is M13 - what kind of object is it?","nebula","open cluster","galaxy","globular cluster","globular cluster","M13.bmp"
"Does the speed of light change depending on how it is observed?","yes","no","","","no",""
"Messier's M20 is also known as ...","Eagle Nebula","Trifid Nebula","Crab Nebula","The Pleides Cluster","Trifid Nebula","M20.bmp"
"What is the 2nd brightest star as viewed from the Earth (not including the Sun)?","Alpha Centauri A","Altair","Arcturus","Canopus","Canopus",""
"How long has it taken the light we see to arrive from the Sun?","about 8 seconds","about 1 minute","about 8 minutes","about 30 minutes","about 8 minutes","sun.bmp"
"Which Messier object located in the constellation Lyra is pictured?","M42","M57","M87","M100","M57","m57.bmp"
"Are most of the singularly distinguishable stars that we see (unaided) at night outside or inside our galaxy?","outside our galaxy","inside our galaxy","","","inside our galaxy",""
"Messier's M36, M37 and M38 are located in Auriga and are all what type of object?","galaxies","nebulas","open clusters","globular clusters","open clusters",""
"What is the by-product of a 'main sequence' young star's nuclear reactions?","Nitrogen","Hydrogen","Plutonium","Helium","Helium",""
"The word 'Nebula' is derived from a Latin word meaning...","bright","hazy","cloud","transmit","cloud",""
"As opposed to a 'first generation' star, a 'second generation' star is also composed of..","Helium Oxide","Oxygen","nuclear by-products from other stars","all Helium","nuclear by-products from other stars",""
"The 'Local Group' contains about 20 known galaxies and is about 3 million light-years in diameter. Is our Milky Way galaxy part of it?","yes","no","","","yes",""
"The distance from the Earth to a hypothetical star which would have a earth viewed parallax of one arc-second is called a ...","light-year","Megakilometer","parsec","Astronomical Unit","parsec",""
"How long (EARTH reference) would it take a traveler at about 0.9 * lightspeed to go from Earth to the nearest star (not the Sun)?","about 1 year","about 10 years","about 5 years","about 20 years","about 5 years",""
"The term 'big-bang' refers to what event?","The beginning of the Milky Way galaxy","The Tunguska explosion","A supernova explosion","Initial expansion of the Universe","Initial expansion of the Universe",""
"Messier's M104 is also known as ....","the Black-eye galaxy","the Sombrero Galaxy","the Whirlpool Galaxy","the Andromeda Galaxy","the Sombrero Galaxy","M104.bmp"
"How much time would it take (TRAVELER's reference) for a traveler at 0.9 * lightspeed to go from Earth to the next nearest star (not the Sun)?","about 5 months","about 1 week","about 12 months","about 2 years","about 2 years",""
"Of the top 10 brightest stars (as viewed from Earth), which has the highest absolute brightness?","Sirius","Procyon A","Rigel","Vega","Rigel",""
"An apparent split in our galaxy between Cygnus and Crux due to the absorption of light is termed what?","The Great Black Hole","The Great Rift","the Galactic Split","The Dark Zone","The Great Rift",""
"The rate at which galaxies are traveling apart from other galaxies is known as what?","The Hubble constant","The Encke constant","The astroexpansion rate","The Lowell constant","The Hubble constant",""
"One parsec is equivalent to how many light years?","10 light-years","3.26 light-years","5.5 light-years","16.442 light-years","3.26 light-years",""
"What is the highest numbered Messier Object?","M101","M105","M107","M110","M110",""
"Galaxies traveling away from us exhibit a light frequency shift toward which color?","blue","white","red","green","red",""
"Is the Large Magellanic Cloud part of the Local Group?","yes","no","","","yes",""
"What is the reciprocal of the Hubble Constant?","The Hubble Speed","The speed of the universe","The Hubble Age","The Hubble inversion","The Hubble Age",""
