Over the Moon

One to five as usual today, but you need to find ten answers. The first question is related to today’s date, 31 July, while the subsequent ones follow on from the theme created by the first.

One

On this day in 1971, Apollo 15’s astronauts first used the Lunar Roving Vehicle, which is also colloquially known as a Moon Buggy, on the Lunar surface. By the end of the Apollo program how many of these vehicles were left behind on the Moon?

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Two

Set on the Moon in 1996, a short story first published in 1951 describes the discovery of a mysterious pyramid which had been placed by aliens several billion years previously. This story has an influential role in the development of a 1968 film. Three questions:

• What is the story’s title?
• Who was its author?
• What was the title of the 1968 film?

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Three

The Huygens lander was the first man made object to land on a world in the outer Solar System. Where did it land?

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Four

In ancient Greek mythology who was the goddess and personification of the Moon who drives her Moon chariot across the heavens?

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Five

Moon River featured in a 1961 film and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Four questions:

• Who composed the song?
• Who wrote the lyrics?
• What was the 1961 film?
• Who sang it in the film?

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Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.

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