Neil Is Spot On

Question 1

An eclipse is a type of syzygy which is what
Bonus what is an eclipse

Answer 1

Straight line configuration of three celestial bodies in a gravitational system

For example When moon earth and sun are in a straight line

Eclipse is a special kind of syzygy where one body is blocking the sun from another body

Question 2

Planets in our solar system that cannot have an eclipse

Answer 2

Mercury
Venus

Question 3

In 2008 the chan dry in 1spacecraft confirmed what
Bonus what country launched

Chandrayaan

Answer 3

Prescence of water on the earths moon
Launched by India

Question 4

Our moon is moving into a higher orbit at all times (moving away from us)
How much does it change each year

Answer 4

38 Millimeters or 1.5 inches

Question 5

Moon has what type of orbit

Answer 5

Elliptical
Which results in about a 20K variation during one orbit around the earth

Question 6

What is the name of the Cleveland cavaliers mascot

Answer 6

Moon dog

Question 7

What NBA star created a stir in December 18 when stating the moon landing was a hoax

Answer 7

Stef curry
Later claimed he was just kidding

Question 8

2 sports played on the moon
Bonus by who and during ehat mission

Answer 8

Golf Alan Shepard
and javelin Edgar Mitchell
Apollo 14
Javelin went further because hard to maneuver to swing a golf club in a pressurized suit

Question 9

Warren moon played for ehat team in the nfl and college
Bonus what round was he drafted

Answer 9

Houston oilers
Washington Huskies (pac 8)
Statutes out inCFL Edmonton eskimos and won 5 consecutive gray cups
So not drafted
First Imundrafted an to be induxted in hall of fame

Question 10

Neil Simon’s first solo play

Answer 10

Come blow your horn

Question 11

Neil Simon Tony’s

Answer 11

Odd couple
Lost in Yonkers
Biloxi blues

Question 12

Books of the 1970s
Aptly members of a black family in this novel have biblical names: pilate Hagar and the title one, an ancestor of the protagonist

Answer 12

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Solomon dead is the ancestor of milkman dead

Question 13

Atomic number of magnesium

Answer 13

12

Question 14

State most recently admitted to the union

Answer 14

Hawaii
August 21 1959
50th state

Question 15

Old faithful is perhaps the most popular attraction of what national park

Answer 15

Yellowstone
Erupts about everyone 90 mins

Question 16

Asian country names
Like the tuv in Tuvalu (tuh val ew) this landlocked country has 3 consecutive letters in its English name in alphabetic sequence

Answer 16

Afghanistan

Question 17

Capita of Guyana

Answer 17

Georgetown?

Question 18

Capital of Paraguay

Answer 18

Asunción

Question 19

Capital of Germany

Answer 19

Berlin

Question 20

Switzerland capital

Answer 20

Bern (French: Berne) was chosen to host the seat of the country’s federal government at this time, making it an unofficial capital. However, Bern is not named as the capital in the country’s constitution.

Question 21

Treaty that established the independence of the city state of Vatican City within Italy
1929
Bonus who signed

Answer 21

Lat ter in treaty
Signed by Mussolini
Resolved years of tension between the monarch of Italy and the papal state after Italian unification

Question 22

Famous Yale acapella group

Answer 22

Whiff en poofs

Question 23

Seinfeld ends with a Lighthouse that represents this production company

Answer 23

Castle rock entertainment