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🚀 Science & Space Trivia Questions

98 ready-made questions — pick how many to use, then host a live quiz night or practice solo.

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Science & Space trivia questions and answers

20 of the 98 in this bank, answers in gold.

Which planet is known as the Red Planet?

  • Venus
  • Mars
  • Jupiter
  • Mercury

What is the chemical symbol for gold?

  • Go
  • Gd
  • Au
  • Ag

How many planets are in our solar system?

  • 8
  • 9
  • 7
  • 10

Which gas do plants absorb from the air?

  • Oxygen
  • Nitrogen
  • Hydrogen
  • Carbon dioxide

Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?

  • Buzz Aldrin
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Yuri Gagarin
  • John Glenn

What is the largest planet in our solar system?

  • Saturn
  • Neptune
  • Jupiter
  • Uranus

Roughly how fast does light travel?

  • 300,000 km per second
  • 300,000 km per hour
  • 3,000 km per second
  • 30,000 km per second

What part of the body do cardiologists specialize in?

  • Brain
  • Lungs
  • Skin
  • Heart

What is the closest star to Earth?

  • Proxima Centauri
  • The Sun
  • Sirius
  • Alpha Centauri

What force pulls objects toward the center of the Earth?

  • Magnetism
  • Friction
  • Gravity
  • Inertia

What is the hardest naturally occurring substance on Earth?

  • Gold
  • Quartz
  • Diamond
  • Titanium

Which organ in the human body produces insulin?

  • Liver
  • Kidney
  • Pancreas
  • Spleen

What is the powerhouse of the cell?

  • Nucleus
  • Ribosome
  • Mitochondria
  • Golgi body

Which space agency launched the Apollo 11 mission?

  • ESA
  • NASA
  • Roscosmos
  • JAXA

What is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system?

  • Andromeda
  • Whirlpool
  • Milky Way
  • Triangulum

Which planet has the most moons in our solar system?

  • Jupiter
  • Saturn
  • Uranus
  • Neptune

What type of energy does a solar panel convert sunlight into?

  • Electrical energy
  • Kinetic energy
  • Thermal energy
  • Nuclear energy

What is the chemical formula for water?

  • CO2
  • H2O
  • O2
  • NaCl

What is the chemical symbol for iron?

  • Ir
  • In
  • Fe
  • I

What is the chemical symbol for sodium?

  • So
  • Sd
  • S
  • Na