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2. How long is a 'Sol', or a Martian day?

65 hours, 45 minutes
24 hours, 37 minutes
18 hours, 56 minutes

3. Five thousand years ago, the Egyptinas correctly referred to Mars as the one 'who travels backwards'. What phenomena of the Mars' orbit were they referring to?

Retrograde motion
Elliptical path
Tilted axis

4. Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie 'Total Recall' ends when atmospheric gases and water are liberated from the rocks of Mars. Infact, Mars has ice caps on its poles, making some of this theoretically possible. What's this Martian ice made of?

No2
H2O
Co2

5. Which place on Mars has been called 'the biggest hole in the ground in the entire solar system' and is responsible for creating dust storms about one-fourth the diameter of Mars itself?

Acladia Planitia
Promothei Terra
Hellas Basin

6. As a result of the relative positions of Mars and Earth in 2003, which European launch will be made during this window to achieve the shortest journey, the minimum transit time and allowing the maximum payload with the reduced fuel requirements?

Beagle 2
Mars Express
Mars Explorer

7. In 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfider met Yogi and Scooby Doo on Mars. What were they?

Rocks
Splinters from Voyager mission
Fossils

8. The Mars Lander, a part of the Mars Express mission, commemorates the voyage aboard which ship that Charles Darwin described as, "the most important event in my life", and his father called, "a wild scheme"?

HMS Europa
HMS Beagle
HMS Infiniti

9. Greek and Roman mythology tells of the god of war, the son of Zeus and Hera, who was despised by his parents. The Romans called him Mars and considered him a mighty warrior. The Greeks portrayed him as hateful and murderous, yet a coward. What did they call him?

Darius
Ares
Narcisus

10. Mars has two irregularly shaped moons - Phobos and Deimos, named for attributes personified in Greek mythology as sons of Ares. What are these attributes?

Fear and Panic
Strength and Virtue
Hapiness and Sorrow

11. March is the month related to Mars in the Roman calendar. Which day does it relate to Mars?

Tuesday
Thursday
Wednesday

12. In Hindu mythology who is the ruling deity of Mangal (or Mars)?

Ganesh
Brahma
Kartikeya

13. In 1877, what term did Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli use to describe the streaks on the surface of Mars which was wrongly thought to imply that Mars has intelligent life that has built a system of canals?

Canali
Canaletto
Canalini

14. Using just his keen eyesight and large instruments this man made surprisingly accurate calculations of the position of Mars, 200 years before the telescope was invented! Who was he?

Joseph Vaun Fraunhfer
Tycho Brahe
Michael Faraday

15. In which book published in 1726, astronomers on the fictional island of Laputa are said to have discovered two satellites around Mars, much before the two Martian satellites were discovered in 1877 by the American astronomer Asaph Hall?

Gulliver's Travels
Robinson Crusoe
Alice in Wonderland

16. 'When you remember that men are from Mars and women are from Venus, everyhting can be explained'. Who wrote these oft quoted words?

John Gray
Ronald A. Birk
Kim Stanley Robinson

17. One of the earliest films made about Mars was a silent Soviet propaganda film : a comparison between 1921's Russia, and a capitalistic planet Mars? Guess its title.

Rocketship X-M
Flight to Mars
Aelita: Queen of Mars

18. 'Winds of Mars' is a recording featuring extraterrestrial sounds created from data returned to earth form Mars Pathfinder in 1997 mixed with the music of?

Moby
John Sebastian Bach
Mark Knopfler

19. "It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again"

Lyrics from which song?

Mars rules - Puff Daddy
Life On Mars? - David Bowie
Come to Mars with me - Bryan Adams

20. Why does Marvin the Martian (helped by Commander K-9 the space dog) from the Looney Toons want to blow up the earth with an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator?

Since he wants to kill all other looney toons.
Since the Earth blocks his view of Venus.
Since he wants to stop astronaut Bugs Bunny form going back to earth.

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