Gratuitous Use of the Word Belgium

January 13-14, 2006

Answers to the Astronomy Hour Bonus

1. Matching answers from top to bottom go

2. Telescopes and Observatories

	Observatory	Location
1	Very Large Array (VLA)	Socorro, NM
2	Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO)	30,000 feet
3	Lick Observatory	San Jose, California
4	Hopkins Observatory	Williamstown, MA
5	Arecibo Radio Telescope	Puerto Rico
6	Parkes Radio Telescope	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia

3. Constellations

1	Draco
2	Andromeda
3	Orion
4	Fornax
5	Taurus
6	Pegasus
7	Sagittarius
8	Boötes
9	Gemini
10	Cassipeia
11	Cygnus
12	Ursa Major
13	Virgo
14	Canis Major

4. Scifi Trivia

1	the flux capacitor
2	4.35 years (accept 4 or 5)
3	12 parsecs
4	the ansible
5	Trantor
6	Zefram Cochrane
7	Aquaria, Picon, Aerelon, Tauron, Gemenon, Canceron, Leonis, Virgon, Libris, Scorpia, Saggitaron, Caprica
8	dilithium
9	kryptonite
10	Short Man Looking Uncomfortable, Moose Getting a Sponge Bath, Little Pile O' Crackers
11	the second star to the right
12	just follow the line of planets, helpfully labeled "Planet A," "Planet B," and so on, up to to Planet X
13	42

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