WHO WANTS

1
WHO WANTS TO BE A Millionaire Astronomer?
2
Who developed the Theory of General Relativity?
Newton
Galileo
Einstein
Hubble
3
A lunar eclipse occurs at which lunar phase ?
New
Full
Waning quarter
Waxing quarter
4
Which statement is incorrect concerning white
dwarfs?
Size is about 10 km
More massive WDs are smaller
Precursor is planetary nebula
Maximum mass is 1.4 Msun
5
The distance to the nearest star is 1 parsec.
What is its parallax ?
0.1 arcsec
1 arcsec
10 arcsec
1 arcmin
6
Which is not one of the three key observational
tests of General Relativity ?
Precession of Mercury orbit
Redshift of Sirius-B lines
Mass-Energy equivalence
Deflection of light by mass
7
Which statement best describes millisecond
pulsars?
Extremely young pulsars
Vibrating neutron stars
Young, unstable neutron stars
Old pulsars in binary systems
8
The isotropy problem in cosmology is explained
by
Dark matter
Cosmic background
Galaxy superclustering
Inflation
9
An observer see the Moon setting at 9 pm. What
phase is it?
Waning gibbous
Waxing crescent
Waxing gibbous
Waning crescent
10
What technique could not be used to determine the
distance to a galaxy at a distance near 10 Mpc?
Tully-Fisher
Cepheid variables
Hubble redshift relation
Stellar parallax
11
What recent observation is explained by the
hyopthesis of dark energy?
Acceleration of Universe
Isotropy of CBR
Galaxiy voids
Massive black holes in AGN
12
Who was the first astronomer to accurately
determine the circumference of the Earth ?
Hipparcos
Erastothenes
Ptolemy
Syene