14-Oct-2021 Theme: 'Mars'

(1) What is Mars’ largest moon?

Answer: Phobos.

(2) Which English scientist in the 1970s developed a famous theory about Earth after searching for signs of life in the composition of the Martian atmosphere?

Answer: James Lovelock.

(3) ‘Mars’ is a well-known variety of the vegetable Raphanus raphanistrum, subsp. sativus - commonly known as what?

Answer: Radish.

(4) What was the name of the helicopter drone which flew on Mars in 2021? (Bonus: what was the name of the rover from which it launched?)

Answer: Ingenuity (bonus Perseverance).

(5) In 2016 a newly described bush tomato species from the NT was named Solanum watneyi, in honour of Mark Watney. Who was Mark Watney?

Answer: The fictional protagonist of book and film The Martian (played by actor Matt Damon).

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