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Edmond Halley Quiz
Voyage Through the Stars: Unleash Your Knowledge on Edmond Halley!
Updated: Feb 16, 2024
Step into the curious world of Edmond Halley! Test your knowledge on this brilliant English astronomer and discover the secrets of the cosmos with our captivating quiz. Prepare to launch into a galaxy of facts!
This Edmond Halley quiz is not for the faint of heart! With 31 challenging questions covering a wide range of Edmond Halley topics, only the most dedicated fans will be able to answer them all correctly. Are you up for the challenge? Find out more by taking this quiz.
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An English Writer
An English Astronomer, Mathematician, And Physicist
A Greek Philosopher
A French Architect
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28 October 1556
25 November 1665
14 January 1742
8 November 1656
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25 January 1756
8 November 1656
25 November 1765
14 January 1741
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Astronomer Royal
King
Prime Minister
Scientist
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Saint Helena
Greenwich
Paris
Oxford
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Northern Celestial Hemisphere
Galaxies
Star Clusters
Southern Celestial Hemisphere
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A Solar Eclipse
A Transit Of Mercury Across The Sun
A Soyuz Rocket Launch
A Lunar Eclipse
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Queen Elizabeth
King Charles II
King George III
Tsar Peter The Great
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Isaac Newton's
Albert Einstein's
Stephen Hawking's
Galileo Galilei's
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1758
1705
1718
1698
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1718
1698
1705
1758
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Encke's Comet
Hyakutake Comet
Halley's Comet
Bopp's Comet
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The Orbit Of His Comet
An Alien Spaceship
The Landing Of A Meteorite
A Lunar Landing
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Leviathan By Thomas Hobbes
Relativity Theory By Albert Einstein
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica By Isaac Newton
The Origin Of Species By Charles Darwin
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A War Campaign
Sailing Expeditions
An Opera Orchestra
Teaching Courses
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Its Use In Compass Construction
Its Absence On Venus
Its Conditions During Sailing Expeditions
Its Effects On Human Health
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The Proper Motion Of The "fixed" Stars
The Laws Of Motion
The Theory Of Relativity
The Law Of Thermodynamics
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Greenwich Observatory
Saint Helena
The Royal Observatory
Oxford University
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High Energy X-rays
Eclipses
A Similar Transit Of Venus
A Stellar Parallax
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His Theories About Gravity
His Work On Radio Waves
Predicting The Return Of The Comet Now Known As Halley's Comet
His Work On String Theory
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Queen Elizabeth I
King Charles II
Henry VIII
Queen Victoria
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He Co-authored Many Chapters
He Helped Fund The Publication Of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
He Illustrated The Book's Cover
He Acted As A Critic Of The Draft Copies
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Astronomy Of Comets
Crop Circles
The Explanation Of Tides
The Composition Of The Moon
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The Invention Of The Steam Engine
The Independence Of The United States
The Predicted Return Of Halley's Comet In 1758
The Invention Of The Reflecting Telescope
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They Were Not Made Of Gas
They Were Actually Far Away Galaxies
They Had Proper Motion
They Could Explode And Become Supernovae
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Observing Terrestrial Magnetism’s Conditions
Writing A Sequel To Principia Mathematica
Teaching Astronomy At Oxford
Creating Maps Of The Southern Hemisphere
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William Herschel
John Flamsteed
Galileo Galilei
Nicholas Copernicus
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The Existence Of Extraterrestrial Life
The Big Bang Theory
The Return Of A Comet, Halley's Comet
The Collision Of Galaxies
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He Was An Honorary Member
He Was A Founding Member
No
Yes
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His Own Mathematical Formula
Einstein's Theory Of Relativity
Kepler's Laws Of Planetary Motion
Newton's Law Of Universal Gravitation
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Sep 2, 1764
Apr 12, 1817
Jan 14, 1742
Jan 8, 1642
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