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billdan
10-01-2018, 07:09 AM
ABC news has a quiz on telescope knowledge, I had a go and jagged 9 out of 10 with some strategic guessing.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-01-10/how-much-do-you-know-about-telescopes/8063384

Cheers
Bill
speach
10-01-2018, 08:16 AM
only 8
Atmos
10-01-2018, 08:23 AM
8/10
Failed the first two. Need to work on my ancient Astro history!
anthony2302749
10-01-2018, 08:39 AM
10 out of 10
Sconesbie
10-01-2018, 09:20 AM
I bombed out on a few. i think I got four or five.
Tinderboxsky
10-01-2018, 09:22 AM
9 - missed Q2.
el_draco
10-01-2018, 09:29 AM
9/10 Bombed the Galileo question. Oops :rolleyes:
bojan
10-01-2018, 10:10 AM
Same here :P
PeterM
10-01-2018, 10:16 AM
9/10 Q2 - surprising answer actually. I thought Galileo would have been laughed at..
pfitzgerald
10-01-2018, 10:35 AM
10/10 - with a few judicious guesses!
inline_online
10-01-2018, 10:58 AM
10/10
Cool quiz
rustigsmed
10-01-2018, 11:00 AM
9/10 question 2 got me
Saturnine
10-01-2018, 11:00 AM
Only 8/10 , damn. blew the Galileo question and Q4, UV or radio wavelength, Doh.
Really should know better by now.
Somnium
10-01-2018, 01:21 PM
10/10, i took an educated guess on Q2 and lucked out
DJT
10-01-2018, 01:41 PM
9. Uneducated guess at Q2.. grrr
Tropo-Bob
10-01-2018, 01:45 PM
8/10. Zero luck with the 2 questions that I guessed!
bigjoe
10-01-2018, 03:05 PM
9 ..The Galileo Duke one I tripped..thought A...but was D.
bigjoe.
traveller
10-01-2018, 03:58 PM
9/10, guessed well :lol:
andyc
10-01-2018, 06:00 PM
10/10, that was fun! And quite challenging too.
CJ
10-01-2018, 06:39 PM
10/10! 2 semi educated guesses.
baileys2611
11-01-2018, 09:31 AM
10/10! Excellent link, thanks for sharing.
sil
11-01-2018, 11:09 AM
:thumbsup: same here. Still i was tempted by the Bubble space telescope, i want one now!
xelasnave
11-01-2018, 04:23 PM
The second time I did it I got 10 out of 10.
Alex
Boozlefoot
11-01-2018, 04:41 PM
The Luddite hangs his head in shame with a piteous 8!
astronobob
13-01-2018, 01:48 AM
Same here Peter, but I thought they reckoned it was 'witchcraft' Lol :rofl:
xelasnave
13-01-2018, 04:30 PM
I got 3 wrong first up. Just shows how wrong history can be.
Alex
Ric
14-01-2018, 01:26 PM
Only 7 for me. :whistle:
billdan
15-01-2018, 02:59 AM
SPOILER ALERT!!!

I just thought I would mention this,
In the first question as to who invented the telescope, Frenchman Nicéphore Niépce is mentioned as an option. I looked him up and he is credited as the inventor of photography. He made the first photographic image in 1815.