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1
According to Hindu mythology, the demon Rahu does what to the sun during an eclipse?
Carries the sun to the underworld
Steals the Sun
Covers the sun with a cloak
Swallows the sun
2
Syracuseans took advtge of supersticious Athenians during a lunar eclipse in which conflict?
The Battle of Marathon
The Battle of Thermopylae
The Macedonian War
The Peloponnesian War
3
The speed of the Moon as it moves across the Sun is approximately ______miles per hour.
2400 miles per hour
5400 miles per hour
400 miles per hour
1400 miles per hour
4
During the eclipse of 1868, astronomer Jules Janssen discovered which element?
Cobalt
Arsenic
Helium
Chromium
5
Traditionally, people in many cultures get together to do what during a solar eclipse?
Drink green tea
Make door wreaths for good luck
Tell jokes
Bang pots and pans
6
Shakespeare most notably refers to eclipses in which two of his plays?
Romeo & Juliet and Julius Caesar
Macbeth and King Lear
Hamlet and The Tempest
A Midsummer's Night Dream and Othello
7
The word eclipse comes from the word ekleipsis, the ancient Greek word for?
unrequited love
abandoned
death
fire
8
In what century did Johannes Kepler give a scientific description for a total solar eclipse?
15th Century
17 Century
18th century
16th Century
9
The eclipse on 8-21-2017 will be the 1st total solar eclipse visible from mainland USA since?
1979
1882
1957
1563
10
Spots encircling the moon caused by sun's light shining through valleys of the moon are called?
Bailey's Beads
Hailey's Henna
Cora's Crown
Natalie's Necklace
11
In which new testament story is a solar eclipse mentioned?
The crucifixion of Christ
The baptism of John the Baptist
Jesus clearing the gamblers from the temple
Jesus walks on water
12
It Italy, it is believed that which of the following occur during a solar eclipse?
People should abstain from pasta
Flowers planted during this time will be brighter
The grapes and therefore the wine will taste sour
Rainfall for the following month will increase
