What's your Mars IQ?

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)