Test your knowledge of science, space, technology in this 30-year special edition of Brainwaves with Marty Smith

Could remember the answer to a trivia question you were asked 12 months ago? Find out in this themed quiz Marty Smith created last year to celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves. Marty's 10 quizzes from last year were such a hit we have dragged them out again to test your long-term memory. The theme for this quiz is science, space and technology.

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** To celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves, Marty Smith and advertiser.com.au have produced 10 for this summer, made up of some of his best questions. This quiz’s theme is: Science, space and technology. Decide your answer then click on the answer button to see if you were correct. We’ll tally your score as you go. **

question: For what achievement is Valentina Tereshkova famous?

option: First woman in space

answer: 1

question: What is the smallest planet in our solar system?

option: Mercury

answer: 1

question: Which Italian mathematician-astronomer discovered the law of the pendulum?

option: Galileo Galilei

answer: 1

question: What is the symbol for the element mercury?

option: Hg

answer: 1

question: What is the lightest noble gas?

option: Helium

answer: 1

question: Which planet is famous for its seven main rings made of icy particles?

option: Saturn

answer: 1

question: Name the founder of the WikiLeaks website.

option: Julian Assange

answer: 1

question: Aldebaran is the brightest star in which constellation?

option: Taurus

answer: 1

question: Where is the Ocean of Storms?

option: On the moon

answer: 1

question: Galena is the principal ore of which metal?

option: Lead

answer: 1

question: How many moons does the planet Mercury have?

option: None

answer: 1

question: Which telecommunications company was founded as AUSSAT in 1981?

option: Optus

answer: 1

question: Which planet was named for the Roman god of war?

option: Mars

answer: 1

question: Who was the first person to set foot on the moon?

option: Neil Armstrong

answer: 1

question: A prolonged toxic haze was a serious problem for which Asian country in 1997?

option: Indonesia

answer: 1

question: Which is the largest planet in our solar system?

option: Jupiter

answer: 1

question: Who was the first American woman to fly in space?

option: Sally Ride

answer: 1

question: What is the most abundant element in the universe?

option: Hydrogen

answer: 1

question: Used to specify addresses on the internet, what do the letters URL stand for?

option: Uniform resource locator

answer: 1

question: Titan is the largest moon of which planet?

option: Saturn

answer: 1

question: In the eBay logo, what colour is the letter “y”?

option: Green

answer: 1

question: Which planet was relegated to the status of a dwarf planet in 2006?

option: Pluto

answer: 1

question: How many Americans have walked on the moon?

option: 12

answer: 1

question: What did Mark Zuckerberg create in 2004?

option: Facebook

answer: 1

question: Which 2009 film was set on the fictitious blue planet Pandora?

option: Avatar

answer: 1

question: What are the two most abundant elements in the Earth’s crust?

option: Oxygen, silicon

answer: 1

question: Using their chemical symbols, make a colour from phosphorus, uranium and cerium.

option: Puce (P-U-Ce)

answer: 1

question: What do the letters in the broadcasting system FM stand for?

option: Frequency modulation

answer: 1

question: Alphabetically, which is the second of the eight planets in our solar system?

option: Jupiter

answer: 1

question: Name the pioneer American computer software executive who paid $US30.8 million for a Leonardo da Vinci notebook in 1994.

option: Bill Gates

answer: 1

question: What was the name of the first US space station?

option: Skylab

answer: 1

question: In computer language, what does the abbreviation ROM mean?

option: Read only memory

answer: 1

question: What was the home planet of the invading aliens in the book The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells?

option: Mars

answer: 1

question: In the late 1950s, which Australian company manufactured Deep Image Radiola television sets?

option: AWA

answer: 1

question: What do the letters LAN stand for in computing?

option: Local area network

answer: 1

question: Which Star Trek film had the subtitle The Voyage Home?

option: Star Trek IV

answer: 1

question: Which planet is between Venus and Mars?

option: Earth

answer: 1

question: Name the social network site that allows users to send and receive short messages known as tweets.

option: Twitter

answer: 1

question: In which constellation is the star Thuban?

option: Draco

answer: 1

question: What was the home planet of the title character in the television situation comedy series ALF?

option: Melmac

answer: 1

question: Which country has the internet suffix .de?

option: Germany

answer: 1

question: What is the symbol for potassium?

option: K

answer: 1

question: The name Pokemon is derived from which two words?

option: Pocket Monsters

answer: 1

question: Name the two co-founders of Google.

option: Larry Page, Sergey Brin

answer: 1

question: In 1970, the lunar landing of which Apollo mission was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module failed?

option: 13

answer: 1

question: In The Planets orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, which planet is the Bringer of Peace?

option: Venus

answer: 1

question: Which colour is at the top of the logo of the Google Chrome web browser?

option: Red

answer: 1

question: US astronaut John Young, who died in 2018, was the first person to fly in space how many times?

option: Six

answer: 1

question: Which element is required for a fire to ignite and burn?

option: Oxygen

answer: 1

question: Who was the first Soviet cosmonaut to walk in space?

option: Alexei Leonov (1965)

answer: 1