Super Quiz: Pluto

1. What is the closest planet to the dwarf planet Pluto?

2. How does Pluto compare in size to our moon?

3. What Disney character has a pet dog named Pluto?

4. What is Charon?

5. In which belt is the dwarf planet Pluto?

6. Pluto was the Roman god of ----------.

7. Who wrote the story "The Black Cat" in which the cat is named Pluto?

8. What is Clyde Tombaugh's connection with the dwarf planet Pluto?

9. Name the first spacecraft probe to explore Pluto.

ANSWERS

1. Neptune

2. Much smaller

One-third its volume (one-sixth the mass)

1. Mickey Mouse

2. Largest of Pluto's five known moons

3. Kuiper belt

4. The Underworld

5. Edgar Allan Poe

6. He discovered it (1930).

7. New Horizons (2015)

Style on 12/06/2016