| Coverage : The Moon Facts Quiz tests your knowledge regarding the moon's orbit, origin, physical characteristics, eclipses, phases, observations and explorations and references to it in myths and folklore. |
| 1. | Lunar eclipses occur at: |
| a. | | New moon |
| b. | | Full moon |
| c. | | Crescent moon |
| d. | | Half moon |
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| 2. | What year did Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon? |
| a. | | 1966 |
| b. | | 1967 |
| c. | | 1968 |
| d. | | 1969 |
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| 3. | The moon is Earth's only natural satellite. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 4. | What is the name of the treaty that serves as the basic legal framework of international space law, wherein no parties are allowed to install nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction on the moon or any other celestial body? |
| a. | | Moon and Celestial Bodies Treaty |
| b. | | Outer Space Treaty |
| c. | | Space Peace Treaty |
| d. | | Space Liberation Treaty |
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| 5. | The moon has a stronger magnetic field than the earth. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 6. | About 4.5 billion years ago, the moon's surface is said to be an ocean of liquid: |
| a. | | Gold |
| b. | | Silver |
| c. | | Magma |
| d. | | Hydrogen |
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| 7. | What do you call the lunar phase that occurs when the moon, in its monthly orbit around the earth, is positioned between the sun and the earth, its light side facing the sun and its dark side facing the earth? |
| a. | | Full moon |
| b. | | Last quarter moon |
| c. | | First quarter moon |
| d. | | New moon |
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| 8. | Which country was the third, after the United States and Soviet Union, to visit the moon by sending the Hiten spacecraft in 1990? |
| a. | | Germany |
| b. | | Japan |
| c. | | Canada |
| d. | | China |
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| 9. | In 1835, a series of articles about the supposed discovery of life on the moon was printed. What is the name of this morning newspaper that played a crucial role in The Great Moon Hoax? |
| a. | | Los Angeles Times |
| b. | | New York Times |
| c. | | New York Sun |
| d. | | Chicago Sun Times |
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| 10. | The far side of the moon, which is commonly referred to as the "dark side," does not receive any light from the sun. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 11. | In popular literature, the moon is the source of power of: |
| a. | | Poltergeist |
| b. | | Vampires |
| c. | | Werewolves |
| d. | | Witches |
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| 12. | In December 1972, Eugene Cernan became the last man to set foot on the moon. Cernan was part of the mission: |
| a. | | Apollo 10 |
| b. | | Apollo 13 |
| c. | | Apollo 17 |
| d. | | Apollo 18 |
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