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FINAL FRONTIER EXAM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE SPACE SURVIVOR
PROGRAM. WE HAVE RECEIVED LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF
APPLICATIONS. IN ORDER TO LIMIT OUR INTERVIEW TO THOSE
INDIVIDUALS MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT SPACE, WE HAVE
CREATED THE FOLLOWING SERIES OF MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS. PLEASE TAKE NO MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES TO
ANSWER THE FOLLOWING. GOOD LUCK, LIVE LONG AND
PROSPER, USE A NUMBER 2 PENCIL.
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PROSPECTIVE CONTESTANTS ON SPACE
SURVIVOR:
THE SHUTTLE IS
A.) THE U.S. SPACECRAFT THAT LANDS LIKE AN AIRPLANE AND
IS EVENTUALLY LAUNCHED BACK INTO ORBIT
B.) STILL CIRCLING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LOGAN AND LA
GUARDIA
MACHOS ARE
A.) WHAT ASTRONOMERS CALL “MASSIVE COMPACT HALO
OBJECTS”
B.) ONE OF THE GANGS IN WEST SIDE STORY
RETROGRADE MOTION IS
A.) THE APPARENT REVERSAL OF A PLANET’S ORBIT
RESULTING FROM THE RELATIVE POSITION OF THAT PLANET
AND THE EARTH
B.) WHEN YOU GET LEFT BACK IN SCHOOL
THE INFLATIONARY UNIVERSE REFERS TO
A.) A MODEL IN WHICH THE UNIVERSE WENT THROUGH A
BRIEF BUT HUGE EXPANSION
B.) THE STORY WHERE MARLON BRANDO BUYS PANTS
A PULSAR IS
A.) A RAPIDLY ROTATING NEUTRON STAR SENDING OUT
PULSES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
B.) A PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING JOURNALISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
A GALAXY IS
A.) A LARGE GROUP OF STARS AND ASSOCIATED MATTER
B.) PROBABLY UP ON BLOCKS IN THE FRONT YARD
THE THREE-DEGREE MICROWAVE BACKGROUND RADIATION IS
A.) THE NEARLY ISOTROPIC ENERGY REMNANT OF THE BIG
BANG
B.) GONNA TAKE FOREVER TO BAKE YOUR POTATO
A COUNTDOWN IS
A.) THE ELAPSED TIME LEADING TO A LIFT-OFF
B.) WHEN THEY FINALLY DRIVE THE STAKE INTO DRACULA
THE APOLLO MISSIONS WERE
A.) THE EFFORTS TO SEND TEAMS OF THREE ASTRONAUTS TO
THE MOON
B.) THE PLOTS OF ROCKY AND ROCKY II
THE RED PLANET REFERS TO
A.) MARS
B.) CLARK KENT’S SOCIALIST NEWSPAPER
A SUPERNOVA IS
A.) THE EXPLOSION OF A STAR
B.) A REALLY GOOD EPISODE OF THAT PBS SHOW
“HOUSTON, WE’VE HAD A PROBLEM” ARE THE FAMOUS WORDS
UTTERED BY
A.) JIM LOVELL, COMMANDER OF THE CRIPPLED APOLLO 13
SPACECRAFT
B.) BOBBY BROWN
WHITE DWARFS ARE
A.) HOT CORE REMNANTS OF BURNED-OUT STARS OF
ROUGHLY THE SAME MASS AS OUR SUN
B.) THE LAST KNICKS OFF THE BENCH
CHARON IS
A.) THE MOON OF PLUTO
B.) WHEN YOU GIVE HALF YOUR PEANUT BUTTE SANDWICH TO
A FRIEND
THE VOMIT COMET IS
A.) THE AIRPLANE THAT BRIEFLY APPROXIMATES WEIGHTLESS
CONDITIONS, USED IN ASTRONAUT TRAINING
B.) THE WORST NICKNAME EVER FOR AN OLYMPIC SPRINTER
JOHN GLENN IS
A.) THE FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT EARTH, THE OLDEST MAN
EVER IN SPACE, A FORMER U.S. SENATOR FROM OHIO, A
FORMER MARINE PILOT
B.) PRETTY TICKED OFF IF HE’S READ THIS FAR
COSMOLOGY IS
A.) THE SCIENCE OF THE ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF THE
UNIVERSE
B.) THE SCIENCE OF HELEN GURLEY BROWN
THE KECK IS
A.) THE HAWAIIAN OBSERVATORY FEATURING TWIN
TELESCOPES THAT ENABLE ASTRONOMERS TO PROBE THE
DEEPEST REGIONS OF THE UNIVERSE
B.) WIDE RIGHT BY NORWOOD: GIANTS 20, BILLS 19, SUPER
BOWL XXV
BUZZ ALDRIN WAS
A.) THE SECOND MAN ON THE MOON
B.) WHAT THE OTHER TEST PILOTS USED TO DO TO ALDRIN
AN ASTEROID IS
A.) A PLANETARY BODY USUALLY BETWEEN THE ORBITS OF
MARS AND JUPITER, WITH A DIAMETER OF LESS THAN 500 MILES
B.) NO EXCUSE FOR MISSING WORK
EXTRA-CREDIT QUESTION:
DANIEL S. GOLDIN IS
A.) THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA
B.) GOING TO TAKE ONE SMALL STEP OFF A HIGH BUILDING
BEFORE HE TAKES THE ONE GIANT LEAP OF SENDING A GAME
SHOW CONTESTANT INTO SPACE