General Knowledge Quiz 26

This is a timed quiz. You will be given 15 seconds per question. Are you ready?

Which one of these can light achieve in a second?

Go to Venus and back

Circumnavigate the Earth 7.5 times

Go to the Moon and back 18.2 times

Get to Mars

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Why is it impossible to make something move at the speed of light?

Has not been tried yet

No one knows

Speed gives mass and more mass needs more energy. Light is weightless and can travel with no energy

None of the above

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How far away is the nearest star?

1 light year

152,020,000 km

2 light years

4light years

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What is the speed of light?

324 981 353 m / s

299 735 629 m / s

292 379258 m / s

299 792 458 m / s

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Which one of these terms are used to measure the distance between stars?

Light years

Light seconds

Light minutes

Light Centuries

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Why is the speed of light so important?

It gives a speed limit to the Universe

To make something’s interesting

Because it is fast

None of the above

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Is light a particle or a wave?

Both

Wave

Particle

Neither

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How many light-years across is our galaxy?

1,000,000 light years

100,000 light years

1 light year

10 light years

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General Knowledge Quiz 26

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