# The dumbest astronomy quiz EVER!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 1, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-astronomy-quiz-ever/172363 "2003-05-01T13:14:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-astronomy-quiz-ever/172363/41 "2003-05-02T01:08:37Z")

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Right, well the quiz doesn’t say that they’re exactly the same, only that they’re the same.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-astronomy-quiz-ever/172363/42 "2003-05-02T01:42:27Z")

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I got 9/10 only because I thought the sun was smaller than average.

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**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-astronomy-quiz-ever/172363/43 "2003-05-02T15:49:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by sailor \*  
> \*\*The apparent diameters of the moon and sun are roughly the same, not _exactly_ the same and they both vary continually. \*\*

Um, yeah. I did say in my post above that they numbers I gave were only approximate.

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