What's your Mars IQ?
Are you up on Red Planet lore? Test your wits, check your score.
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Quiz Questions
1.
Which space program is NOT planning to send a probe to Mars in 2020?
A.
United States
B.
Europe
C.
China
D.
United Arab Emirates
2.
How many operational NASA probes are orbiting the Red Planet?
A.
1
B.
2
C.
3
D.
4
3.
How does Mars' width compare with Earth's?
A.
Mars is one-fourth as wide as Earth.
B.
Half as wide.
C.
About the same size.
D.
Mars is about twice as wide as Earth.
4.
About how long is a Martian day?
A.
12 hours.
B.
24 hours.
C.
48 hours.
D.
The Martian "day" never ends.
5.
What's the main ingredient of Martian air?
A.
Oxygen
B.
Nitrogen
C.
Methane
D.
Carbon dioxide
6.
How high is the highest point on Mars?
A.
4 miles high.
B.
10 miles high.
C.
16 miles high.
D.
120 miles high.
7.
If you're on the radio with a friend on Mars, what's the minimum conversation gap?
A.
1 minute
B.
6 minutes
C.
1 hour
D.
6 hours
8.
How many moons does Mars have?
A.
None
B.
1
C.
2
D.
5
9.
What's Mars' average surface temperature?
A.
80 degrees F
B.
18 degrees F
C.
81 degrees below zero F
D.
199 degrees below zero F
10.
If you weigh 200 pounds on Earth, how much would you weigh on Mars?
A.
22 pounds
B.
75 pounds
C.
200 pounds
D.
340 pounds
Quiz Outcomes
1.
Where's the kaboom?
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Your Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator mustn't be working. (With apologies to Marvin the Martian and Warner Bros.)
2.
Space cadet
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Not bad ... for an Earthling. You'll have to do better to foil the aliens from "Mars Attacks." (Warner Bros. via Illustrated Fiction / YouTube)
3.
Mars mission specialist
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Nicely done! You should be able to pull your weight on Mars - which is 38 percent of your weight on Earth. (NASA Illustration)
4.
Mars commander
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You just might have enough Red Planet smarts to lead a Martian squadron on "The Expanse." (Image courtesy of Amazon Prime)
