Statistics for Space and Astronomy General Knowledge

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Demoted to a dwarf planet in 2005-2006	Pluto	99%
List the first letter of each of the eight planets, in order, starting with the closest to the sun	MVEMJSUN	89%
Rocky objects orbiting the sun. There are lots between Mars and Jupiter.	Asteroid	81%
The most abundant element in the universe	Hydrogen	81%
Famous scientist who created three laws of motion	Isaac Newton	77%
Mysterious invisible stuff that seems to account for most of the weight of the universe	Dark matter	71%
Famous scientist who discovered time dilation	Albert Einstein	68%
The type of nuclear reaction that provides energy for stars	Fusion	68%
The element produced from the above in the process mentioned in question #8	Helium	67%
Artist who created famous 'Starry Night' painting	Vincent van Gogh	67%
Tallest mountain on any planet in the solar system	Olympus Mons	58%
The most famous example of this C	The Speed of Light	58%
Any planet that orbits a star outside of our solar system	Exoplanet	57%
Famous guide to the galaxy with the words "DON'T PANIC" written in large, friendly letters on the cover	Hitchhiker's	47%
Polish mathematician and astronomer who proposed the Heliocentric model of the solar system	Nicolaus Copernicus	47%
Planet mathematically predicted any subsequently discovered thanks to the discoveries of the above	Neptune	45%
Rapidly spinning neutron star	Pulsar	39%
Largest moon of the above	Charon	37%
Ancient, most luminous and energetic objects yet discovered in the observable universe	Quasar	34%
Scientist famous for unifying the work of the above with quantum mechanics	Stephen Hawking	29%
The C in E=MC^2 stands for this	Constant	19%
Brightest electromagnetic events known to occur in the universe	Gamma Ray Burst	14%
Name for the theory describing the rapid, exponential growth of the universe very shortly after the big bang	Inflation	12%
Hawiian name for our local galactic neighbourhood, containing The Milky Way and 100,000 other galaxies	Laniakea	9%
Name of the famous hubble photo containing thousands of distant, ancient galaxies	Ultra deep field	7%