Connect Your Team with 63 Space Trivia Questions

The Universe

Trivia Question # 1: Approximately how old is the Universe? (Answer: 13.7 Billion years old)

Trivia Question # 2: What is the most common type of galaxy in the universe? (Answer: Elliptical galaxies)

Trivia Question # 3: What is the most common type of star found in the Milky Way? (Answer: Red Dwarf Stars)

Trivia Question # 4: What is at the center of the Milky Way galaxy? (Answer: A black hole)

Trivia Question # 5: Outside of the sun, what is the closest star to Earth? (Answer: Alpha Centuari)

Trivia Question # 6: Where is the Oort Cloud located? (Answer: Past Pluto)

Trivia Question # 7: Approximately how many miles is a lightyear? (Answer: 5.9 Trillion miles)

Trivia Question # 8: What accounts for approximately 85% of matter in the universe? (Answer: Dark Matter)

Trivia Question # 9: What is the coldest place in the universe? (Answer: The Boomerang Nebula)

Trivia Question # 10: What percent of the Milky Way is visible from Earth? (Answer: 0.000003%)

Trivia Question # 11: How many stars are in the Milky Way? (Answer: 100 Billion)

Trivia Question # 12: What three things are comets made out of? (Answer: Dust, rocks, and ice)

Trivia Question # 13: What is the name of the main theory that describes how our universe was created? (Answer: The Big Bang Theory)

Trivia Question # 14: What type of galaxy is the Milky Way? (Answer: Spiral)

Trivia Question # 15: What is another name for the North Star? (Answer: Polaris)

Trivia Question # 16: What color is the hottest kind of star? (Answer: Blue)

Trivia Question # 17: What tool is used to detect distant galaxies? (Answer: James Webb Space Telescope)

Trivia Question # 18: How many galaxies do we know of? (Answer: Over two trillion)

Trivia Question # 19: How many galaxies outside of the Milky Way can we see with the naked eye? (Answer: one)

Trivia Question # 20: What percentage of stars the size of the sun have planets around them? (Answer: 45%)

Trivia Question # 21: How many solar systems are estimated to be in the Milky Way? (Answer: 3,196)

Our Solar System

Trivia Question # 22: Which planets in our solar system would it be possible to walk on? (Answer: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)

Trivia Question # 23: Which planet has the largest ocean? (Answer: Jupiter)

Trivia Question # 24: How long does each season last on Neptune? (Answer: Approximately 40 years)

Trivia Question # 25: What are storms produced by the sun called? (Answer: Solar storms)

Trivia Question # 26: Which is the hottest planet in our solar system? (Answer: Venus)

Trivia Question # 27: Which is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god? (Answer: Earth)

Trivia Question # 28: Approximately how many earths could fit inside the sun? (Answer: A million)

Trivia Question # 29: What is the sun's outermost layer of atmosphere called? (Answer: Corona)

Trivia Question # 30: What is the third brightest celestial object in our sky? (Answer: Venus)

Trivia Question # 31: What color is the sunset on Mars? (Answer: Blue)

Trivia Question # 32: How long is one year on Jupiter? (Answer: 12 Years)

Trivia Question # 33: What planet is orbited by a moon called Titan? (Answer: Saturn)

Trivia Question # 34: What is a day on Mars called? (Answer: Sol)

Trivia Question # 35: Which two planets have no moons? (Answer: Mercury and Venus)

Trivia Question # 36: Which planet has the most volcanoes? (Answer: Venus)

Trivia Question # 37: What definition of a planet has Pluto failed to meet? (Answer: It hasn’t cleared the area around its orbit)

Trivia Question # 38: The planets make up what percentage of mass in our solar system? (Answer: 0.135%)

Trivia Question # 39: Which planet has the most moons? (Answer: Saturn)

Trivia Question # 40: How long in Earth years is one year on Jupiter? (Answer: 12 Years)

Trivia Question # 41: What does Uranus smell like? (Answer: Rotten eggs)

Trivia Question # 42: In what year did Pluto become reclassified as a dwarf planet? (Answer: 2006)

Space Exploration

Trivia Question # 43: What does NASA stand for? (Answer: National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

Trivia Question # 44: What is the name of the first spacecraft to bring astronauts to the moon? (Answer: Apollo 11)

Trivia Question # 45: What sort of museum would you go to to see projections of the night sky? (Answer: Planetarium)

Trivia Question # 46: How many planets can be seen from Earth without a telescope? (Answer: Five)

Trivia Question # 47: In what year did the first woman go to space? (Answer: 1963)

Trivia Question # 48: What planet has there been the most missions to? (Answer: Mars)

Trivia Question # 49: What spacecraft is the only one to have visited Uranus? (Answer: The Voyager 2)

Trivia Question # 50: What was the name of the first female commander of the International Space Station? (Answer: Peggy Whitson)

Trivia Question # 51: What was the first asteroid to be landed on by a space probe? (Answer: Eros)

Trivia Question # 52: What type of animal was the first in orbit? (Answer: Dog)

Trivia Question # 53: What was the name of the first animal in orbit? (Answer: Laika)

Trivia Question # 54: How many constellations are there? (Answer: 88)

Trivia Question # 55: How many stars make up the Big Dipper? (Answer: Seven)

Trivia Question # 56: What private company was the first to launch a rocket into Space? (Answer: SpaceX)

Trivia Question # 57: Which planet’s moons were the first to be discovered? (Answer: Jupiter)

Trivia Question # 58: What was the first spacecraft to enter interstellar Space? (Answer: Voyager 1)

Trivia Question # 59: What was the first planet found using a telescope? (Answer: Uranus)

Trivia Question # 60: What spacecraft was famously repaired with duct tape? (Answer: Apollo 13)

Trivia Question # 61: How many humans have been in Space? (Answer: 628)

Trivia Question # 62: How many humans have been on the Moon? (Answer: 12)

Trivia Question # 63: How much is the most recent NASA spacesuit estimated to cost? (Answer: 1 Billion per suit)

We hope these 63 Space Trivia Questions have equipped you with the tools for a stellar team bonding experience. They're crafted to ignite curiosity and foster a team spirit as vast as the cosmos itself. Remember, the journey of team building, like our universe, is expansive and never-ending. So keep exploring, keep connecting, and keep questioning. There's always more to discover in the infinite expanse of team building and space trivia.

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