Round 1: Easy

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1. 1 - Freestyle

2. 2 - Pick Answer What is the name of our home galaxy?

   1. Milky Way

   2. Triangulum

   3. Andromeda

3. 3 - Pick Answer What does “Milky Way” mean in Russian?

   1. Silver Road

   2. Milk Path

   3. Star Path

4. 4 - Pick Answer Approximately how many stars are in the Milky Way?

   1. 1 trillion

   2. 100–400 billion

   3. 100 million

5. 5 - Pick Answer What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?

   1. Irregular

   2. Spiral (barred spiral)

   3. Elliptical

6. 6 - Pick Answer Which is the nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way?

   1. Whirlpool Galaxy

   2. Andromeda Galaxy

   3. Sombrero Galaxy

7. 7 - Freestyle

8. 8 - Pick Answer What is at the center of the Milky Way?

   1. A huge planet

   2. A supermassive black hole (Sagittarius A*)

   3. A giant star

9. 9 - Pick Answer Approximately how many galaxies are there in the observable universe?

   1. Thousands

   2. 100–200 billion or more

   3. Millions

10. 10 - Pick Answer Which galaxy looks like a hat?

    1. Black Eye Galaxy

    2. Cartwheel Galaxy

    3. Sombrero Galaxy

11. 11 - Pick Answer What is happening between the Milky Way and Andromeda right now?

    1. They are merging already

    2. They are approaching each other

    3. They are moving away

12. 12 - Pick Answer Which telescope has discovered thousands of early galaxies?

    1. Chandra X-ray Observatory

    2. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

    3. Hubble Space Telescope

13. 13 - Freestyle

14. 14 - Pick Answer What is the term for when one galaxy “eats” smaller ones?

    1. Black hole merger

    2. Star collision

    3. Galactic cannibalism

15. 15 - Pick Answer What shape do irregular galaxies have?

    1. Spiral arms

    2. No clear shape

    3. Round or elliptical

16. 16 - Pick Answer What is the approximate diameter of the Milky Way?

    1. 1 million light-years

    2. 100,000–180,000 light-years

    3. 10,000 light-years

17. 17 - Pick Answer What is “dark matter” in galaxies?

    1. Dead stars

    2. Black holes

    3. Invisible mass that holds galaxies together with gravity

18. 18 - Pick Answer What is currently the largest known galaxy?

    1. IC 1101

    2. Milky Way

    3. Andromeda