I’m amazed at how many people don’t know the nine planets. Hopefully you guys can show me that all people aren’t idiots when it comes to astronomy and the Earth. I’ll wring out a few questions, and I want to see if you all can answer them. I’m guessing you can, because I know the answers by heart. No cheating or looking at encyclopedia (or anything else that can give you answers), though. Only pure memory.[ol]
[li]What are the nine planets, in order, starting from the sun?[/li][li]What are the nine planets, in order, from largest to smallest?[/li][li]What planets are known as gas planets?[/li][li]What are the names of all the planets that have (known) rings?[/li][li]What is the densest planet in the solar system?[/li][li]What is the least dense planet in the solar system?[/li][li]What planet has the longest day?[/li][li]What planet has the shortest day?[/li][li]What planet has the most moons?[/li][li]What is the hottest planet?[/li][li]What is the coldest planet?[/li][li]How many moons does Earth have?[/li][li]How many moons does Mercury have?[/li][li]How many moons does Venus have?[/li][li]How many moons does Pluto have?[/li][li]How many moons does Mars have?[/li][li]What is the name of Mars’ moon(s)?[/li][li]What is the name of Pluto’s moon(s)?[/li][li]On what planet is the tallest mountain in the solar system?[/li][li]What is that mountain called?[/li][li]What is it’s (approximate) height?[/li][li]How often does Halley’s comet come around Earth?[/li][li]What is strange about Pluto’s orbit?[/li][li]What is strange about Pluto’s orbit? (Another)[/li][li]What planet has The Great Dark Spot?[/li][li]What planet has a “severe tilt” to it?[/li][li]What is the Oort Cloud?[/li][li]What is the closest star to the Earth?[/li][li]What is the 2nd closest star to the Earth?[/li][li]What’s the name of the Red Supergiant that sounds a lot like a “person” you could find at Universal Studios?[/li][li]What color are the hottest stars?[/li][li]What’s our galaxy called?[/li][li]What kind of galaxy is our galaxy?[/li][li]What are the three main kinds of galaxies?[/li][li]What is a light-year? (definition)[/li][li]How long is a light-year? (number)[/li][li]What is the most abundant element the universe?[/li][li]Will the sun ever go supernova?[/li][li]What’s odd about the sun’s rotation?[/li][li]In what year did Sputnik I go up?[/li][li]How long does it take sunlight to reach the Earth?[/li][li]About how old is the Earth?[/li][li]What’s the Earth’s (approximate) diameter?[/li][li]About what percent of the Earth’s water is in the oceans?[/li][li]What is the most abundant element in the Earth’s atomsphere?[/li][li]What is the tilt of the Earth on its axis?[/ol][/li]I wonder how long this will take to be finished. I’m guessing that one or two people will come along and answer them all in a few minutes. Could be wrong though. You don’t have to answer them all, just the ones you know.
Anyway, have fun. And no cheating. I’ll be around to declare if an answer is right or not…