Horizons (Prelims with Answers) - Astronomy Quiz - IIITDMJ2018
- 2. Quiz Masters: Arnav Deep Aditya Baurai Facbook: fb.me/astronomyclub.iiitdmj
- 4. 1. “But should the Lord Architect have left that space empty? Not at all.” Johann Daniel Titius mentioned this in a footnote to his 1766 translation of Charles Bonnet’s Contemplation de la Nature while observing the layout of the solar system and the planets. This was the first reference to what?
- 6. 2. In astronomy, the color index is a simple numerical expression that determines the color of an object, which in the case of a star gives its temperature. The smaller the color index, the more X (or hotter) the object is. Conversely, the larger the color index, the more Y (or cooler) the object is. Give X and Y. Part points applicable.
- 7. X - Blue Y - Red Answer:
- 8. 3. c = 1.4 * ((1.989±0.004) x 10^30) kg ‘c’ is more commonly known as?
- 10. 4. This is an album art of a very famous music band that makes a lot of references to astronomy, or celestial objects in their songs. The name of the album has one such reference. Give the name of the album.
- 11. Answer: The Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd
- 12. 5. Just before a total X, dazzling Baily’s beads appear where sunlight shines through the valleys of the ____. The last bead creates the impression of a diamond ring in the sky. ID the phenomenon X.
- 13. Eclipse Answer:
- 14. 6. X is a partially reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured by Y. It was launched in February 2018 with a one-of-a-kind, unique dummy payload. The payload, a personal artifact of Y’s founder, is the first of it’s kind to go into outer space and it carries a “Starman”. The payload is now an artificial satellite of the Sun. What is X and Y? Part points applicable.
- 15. Answer: X - Falcon Heavy Y - SpaceX
- 16. 7. Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto were the first celestial objects found in January 1610 to orbit another planet. They are named after lovers of Zeus. These four satellites were discovered by X and are the largest celestial bodies in the solar system, after the Sun and the eight planets. Later, astronomers renamed them ________ moons. Identify X.
- 18. 8. One of NASA’s Great Observatories, this was launched in low Earth orbit in 1990 and still remains in operation. This instrument showed the world stellar Nebulas in color and images of hundreds of galaxies in a small frame, like never seen before. What is being talked about here? (Images on next slide)
- 21. 9. ID the organisation from the logo.
- 22. Answer: ISRO
- 23. 10. The _____ ___ ____ is a high-pressure region in the atmosphere of X and is an anticyclonic storm. Such storms, occur mostly on turbulent atmosphere on giant gaseous celestial bodies. ID X.
- 24. Answer: Jupiter
- 25. 11. This is an image of a recently retired space observatory. Give the name.
- 27. 12. Loki Patera is the largest ____ lake in the Solar System. It is a very unique lake and such kinds of lakes do not exist on the Earth’s surface. It resides on Io, one of Jupiter’s moons. Io is the most volcanically active celestial body in our solar system. What makes this lake so special? FITB.
- 28. Answer: Lava. Lake is made up of lava.
- 29. 13. In 1994, a blackout in L.A., caused by an earthquake showed the residents ‘something sinister’ in the sky. It was the first time that the residents saw anything like this and light pollution came to be known after this incident. They were so terrified by seeing a ‘large silvery cloud’ like thing in the night sky, that they started calling 911, thinking it was something extraterrestrial. What was visible in the sky that night?
- 31. 14. Whose tweet?
- 33. 15. Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka are three bright stars in the night sky. They are also called three sisters or three kings because they always appear in a line, together. This line forms a part of X. They are also identified as X’s Belt. ID X.
- 34. Answer: Orion
- 35. 16. On the next slide is a photo of interstellar gas and dust in the Eagle’s Nebula. They are 6000 - 7500 light years away from us and are in the process of forming of new stars. Due to their structure and the process they are in, what are they so aptly named? (Image on next slide)
- 37. 17. What are these a classification of?
- 39. 18. ID this organisation from the logo.
- 40. Answer:
- 41. 19. "Through the iron-barred window," Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother, "I can see an enclosed square of wheat . . . above which, in the morning, I watch the sun rise in all its glory." Here, Vincent is talking about a moment in the sky, just before the sunrise. Guess the name of the oil-on-canvas painting.
- 43. 20. The earliest recorded patent of this instrument is a 1608 patent submitted to the government of Netherlands by spectacle maker Hans Lippershey. Galileo Galilei heard about this instrument in 1609 and made his own version of this for personal use. Which instrument is being talked about here?
- 45. 21. Connect these two images w.r.t. two most famous things visible in the night sky.
- 46. Answer: Ursa Major and Ursa Minor
- 47. 22. Connect: ● Carl Sagan ● Greetings in 55 languages ● Sounds of wind, crickets, whale horn ● Music selection from many cultures ● The Pale Blue Dot ● Photos of Earth, land, water, human beings
- 49. 23. Also called Einstein-Rosen Bridge, X is a structure that is supposed to exist somewhere in the Universe. They were first predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity. They are a favourite for sci-fi writers. Whether they actually exist still remains to be a mystery. ID X.
- 51. 24. Normal lens and mirror telescopes were unable to detect light and EM waves coming from remote stars and/or nebulas in deep space. This was because the visible spectrum of light from these bodies could not could reach the Earth. A solution of this was _____ telescope. These kind of telescopes could detect the high-frequency light that reached us, beyond the visible spectrum. What are these telescopes so aptly called?
- 53. 25. This word is derived from combining two Japanese characters, ‘X’ meaning difficult to see and ‘Y’ meaning the dark, tranquil color of the universe. The word means — ‘An awareness of the universe that triggers an emotional response too deep and mysterious for words.’ ID the word.
- 55. 26. In a binary star system, when a star shrinks into a white-dwarf star and dies, it can revive itself by feeding off the other star’s hydrogen. In this type of cases, when the white-dwarf star explodes, only half of its mass is lost and thus, the star is revived again. What are these types of stars called? (Image on next slide)
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