Welcome to the Amazing Astronomy Blog! You may be familiar with the GeoFact of the Day Blog’s geography-related Trivia Quizzes (↗). Now the Amazing Astronomy Blog features a celestial trivia quiz involving a solar spectacle! This quiz features questions relating to the upcoming total solar eclipse — viewable in select areas of the Western Hemisphere. The answers to this quiz are listed below for your convenience — enjoy and good luck!
1) According to Astronomy.com, the April 2024 solar eclipse’s maximum length of totality will be present in a small town in north central Mexico. Specifically located in the state of Durango, which community could view the solar eclipse for 4 minutes and 28 seconds?
A — Guadalajara
B — Nazas
C — Cozumel
2) On which upcoming day will the total solar eclipse be visible over the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the North Atlantic Ocean?
A — April 8th, 2024
B — May 8th, 2024
C — April 1st, 2025
3) True or false: The corona is a brilliant ring of light — and outermost layer of the Sun — that is vibrantly visible during a total solar eclipse.
4) Which of the following United States cities is not located within the solar eclipse path?
A — Burlington, Vermont
B — Billings, Montana
C — Buffalo, New York
5) True or false: A comet known as 12P/Pons-Brooks may be visible in the sky during the total solar eclipse.
ANSWERS
Question 1:
B . . . . . Nazas, Mexico
Question 2:
A . . . . . April 8th, 2024
Question 3:
True
Question 4:
B . . . . . Billings, Montana
Question 5:
True
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