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Planet Mercury Quiz – The innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System

Mercury Quiz Questions

1) Who is Mercury in mythology?
a) God of justice
b) God of war
c) God of wind
d) God of commerce (Correct)

2) What is the minimum surface temperature of Mercury?
a) 72?C
b) 0?C
c) -10?C
d) -173?C (Correct)

3) What is the maximum surface temperature of Mercury?
a) 122?C
b) 427?C (Correct)
c) 285?C
d) 576?C

4) What is the tilt of axis (degrees) of Mercury?
a) One
b) Two
c) Zero (Correct)
d) Three

5) Which spacecraft first visited Mercury?
a) Pioneer 4
b) Mariner 8
c) Ulysses
d) Mariner 10 (Correct)

6) Which theory correctly predicted the motions of Mercury?
a) Gravitational Theory
b) General Theory of Relativity (Correct)
c) Theory of Evolution
d) Heliocentric Theory

English: Mercury 10 diagram of Mercury 3 Encou...
English: Mercury 10 diagram of Mercury 3 Encounter. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

7) Who determined that Mercury must be tidally locked to the Sun? (This was proved wrong later on.)
a) John Dyce
b) Albert Goldstein
c) Giovanni Schiaparelli (Correct)
d) James Pettengill

8) Who of the following believed that Mercury orbited the Sun?
a) Aristotle
b) Heraclitus (Correct)
c) Plato
d) Socrates

9) What is Mercury’ rotation period around axis?
a) 31.25 days
b) 44.75 days
c) 58.65 days (Correct)
d) 71.29 days

10) What is the length of a year of Mercury?
a) 92.245 days
b) 87.969 days (Correct)
c) 47.701 days
d) 164.321 days

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1908 London Olympic Games Quiz – Summer Olympics

London Olympics 1908 Quiz Questions with Answers

1) Who declared the opening of London Olympics 1908?
Answer: Edward VII

2) Which was the opening date of London Olympics 1908?
Answer: 27 April 1908

3) Which city was originally chosen for Olympics 1904?
Answer: Rome

4) Which country got the highest medals in London Olympics 1908?
Answer: UK

5) What was the name of the delegation representing Australia and New Zealand in London Olympics 1908?
Answer: Australasia

6) Who refused to dip his country’s flag during the parade in London Olympics 1908?
Answer: Martin Sheridan

7) Which country’s athletes participated without the national flag in London Olympics 1908?
Answer: Finland

8) How old was Oscar Swahn when he won his first Olympic gold medal?Answer: 60 years

9) How the Olympic Stadium built for London Olympics 1908 came to be known?
Answer: White City

10) Which was the closing date of London Olympics 1908?
Answer: 31 October 1908

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