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Pub quiz question 8115 by pjh

Question: Q: Garo Anserlian, an American inventor, sells clocks that lose 39 minutes every day. Who is his most famous customer?
Answer: A: NASA
Notes: *: They’re for people who work with the Martian Rovers. https://mars.nasa.gov/mer/spotlight/spirit/a3_20040108.html
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Pub quiz question 3316 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which of Jupiter's moons is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System?
Answer: A: Io
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Pub quiz question 6578 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which 16th/17th century Italian with the initials GG make improvements to the telescope and is known as the father of modern astronomy?
Answer: A: Galileo Galilei
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Pub quiz question 3269 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the only phase of the Moon that can produce a solar eclipse?
Answer: A: New moon
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Pub quiz question 4182 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the name of Earth's second moon that was discovered in 1986?
Answer: A: Cruithne (Pron. croo-EEN-yeh)
Notes: *: 1x02. Fry incorrectly stated it was discovered in 1994
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Pub quiz question 6352 by pjh2

Question: Q: What name is given to a place equipped with telescopes for studying the sky
Answer: A: Observatory
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Pub quiz question 6577 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which American astronomer gave his name to a telescope launched into space in 1990?
Answer: A: Edwin Hubble
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Pub quiz question 7599 by pjh

Question: Q: What links: Olympus Mons; Ascraeus Mons; Elysium Mons; Arsia Mons; Pavonis Mons?
Answer: A: Volcanoes on Mars
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Pub quiz question 8142 by pjh

Pub quiz question 5453 by pjh2