Question 1 / 8
What is the "Milky Way" ?
a nutritious dessert for astronauts
our galaxy's name
the name of the asteroïd belt, situated between Mars and Jupiter
the flight path of the last "Apollo" missions
Question 2 / 8
In 1 year, the Earth revolves around the Sun :
1 time
12 times
365 times
360 000 times
Question 3 / 8
What is the farthest planet to Earth (in the whole universe) ?
Pluto
Mercury
the Monkey Planet
I don't know
Question 4 / 8
What is a Supergalaxy ?
a group of several millions of galaxies
a group of several supernovae
a galaxy having a huge black hole
science fiction
Question 5 / 8
What can you associate the number "15 billion" with ?
the price (in dollars) of a ticket between Earth and Mars
the total number of known galaxies in the universe
The Neptune planet population
the distance (in light years) between Earth and the farthest known star
Question 6 / 8
If you reduced the Sun to the size of an orange, how far would be the Earth ?
1 meter
8 meters
100 meters
8 kilometers
Question 7 / 8
What is a "black hole" ?
a dark chocolat cake
a temporary amnesia resulting from the space sickness
a star so massive that even light can't get away
only a Walt Disney story
Question 8 / 8
The sunlight reaches us :
instantaneously
in 0.45 second
in 8 minutes
in 1 year
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