1. Where would you see the "Great Red Spot"?

   1. On a desert in North Africa

   2. Jupiter

   3. The Sun

   4. The Milky Way

2. 

   Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

   1. Buzz Aldrin

   2. Yuri Gagarin

   3. Neil Armstrong

   4. Brian Cox

3. Where would you find "The Sea of Tranquility"?

   1. Australia

   2. Venus

   3. The Moon

   4. Mars

4. 

   Where do stars go during the day?

   1. They all set below the horizon

   2. They are still in the sky, but sunlight is too bright for us to see them

   3. They only shine when it is dark

   4. Only one hemisphere has stars

5. 

   The International Space Station travels around the Earth at nearly:

   1. 10 km/hr

   2. 100 km/hr

   3. 5,000 km/hr

   4. 30,000 km/hr

6. What is a supernova?

   1. A giant volcanic eruption

   2. The birth of a huge new star

   3. An explosion of a massive star

   4. A cool star

7. We can see an aurora when...

   1. electrified particles enter the Earth's atmosphere

   2. there is a rainbow in the sky

   3. there is an eclipse of the Moon

   4. there are lightning strikes in the sky

8. 

   Astronomers believe the Universe began...

   1. around the time of the dinosaurs

   2. 1000 years ago

   3. when the Sun and planets formed

   4. almost 14 billion years ago

9. The bright star Betelgeuse is in which constellation?

   1. Orion - the Hunter

   2. Taurus - the Bull

   3. Leo - the Lion

   4. Cassiopeia - the Queen

10. What is the "terminator"?

    1. A comet that passes very close to Earth every 700 years

    2. The closest distance you can get to a black hole

    3. The inner part of the Milky Way Galaxy

    4. The dividing line between sunlit and dark parts of the Moon

Solutions

1:B, 2:C, 3:C, 4:B, 5:D, 6:C, 7:A, 8:D, 9:A, 10:D

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   Please don't fall into a black hole of despair at this score – have another go instead!

2. 7 and above.

   Well you're a great amateur astronomer! You already know lots about space, but do some reading and watching and your could find out even more.

3. 9 and above.

   Are you an astronaut? You're so bright you could already soar into space!