1. Between 1980 and 2003, how many supernovas did the Reverend Robert Evans of Australia discover using a simple backyard telescope?
(a) 36.
(b) 42.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

2. When was the Big Bang Theory first proposed?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1790s.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1920s.

3. Astronomer Edmond Halley approached mathematician Sir Isaac Newton to get his help figuring out why planets:
(a) Are round.
(b) Orbit the sun in ellipses.
(c) Vary in size.
(d) Spin on their axes.

4. About how many stars are visible to the naked eye from Earth?
(a) 1,200.
(b) 500.
(c) 6,000.
(d) 9,600.

5. What did the French Compte de Buffon claim about the New World (the Americas) compared to the known Old World?
(a) Everything was smaller and inferior in the New World.
(b) Unusual, enormous species would be found in the New World.
(c) Diseases of the New World would be much more deadly than in the Old World.
(d) The New World was much more fertile than the old.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Superstring Theory, the components making up protons, neutrons, electrons, and neutrinos are not regular particles, but instead are:

2. Many scientists suspect that Pluto is just a comet of the:

3. Astronomer Edmond Halley believed that the distance from the Earth to the sun could be deduced from the:

4. According to the Reverend William Buckland, the biblical reference to "in the beginning" with regards to the formation of Earth could refer to:

5. In 2003, NASA came up with an estimated age of the universe. What was it?

(see the answer key)

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