Bing Daily Trivia Quiz: Europa

Question 1: Today’s image takes us to Europa, a moon of which planet?

Europa
  • Jupiter
  • Neptune
  • Saturn

Correct Answer: Jupiter

Fact: Jupiter has 95 known moons. The largest four are known as the Galilean moons, Europa, Io, Ganymede and Callisto, discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Slightly smaller than Earth’s moon, Europa has an ice shell 10 to 15 miles thick that floats on an ocean 40 to 100 miles deep. The cracks in the icy crust are what give Europa its intricate patterns, visible in our image.


Question 2: Who was the first American in space?

  • Neil Armstrong
  • Alan Shepard
  • Buzz Aldrin

Correct Answer: Alan Shepard

Fact: On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. Mercury-Redstone 3, also known as Freedom 7, blasted off from Cape Canaveral at 9:34 AM, reaching a height of 116.5 miles above the Earth. Although the flight lasted just 15 minutes and 22 seconds, it was enough to make history.


Question 3: The Apollo space missions were named after the Greek god of…

  • Hunting
  • War
  • The sun

Correct Answer: The sun

Fact: The Apollo program was carried out by NASA from 1961 to 1972 and landed the first humans on the moon. It was felt that the Greek god of the sun, light, and music was ‘appropriate to the grand scale’ of the program.

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