#8937, aired 2023-09-26 | NEXT STOP, VENUS $1000: Just like Mercury, Venus has this many moons zero |
#18, aired 2023-05-23 | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $1000: (Neil deGrasse Tyson presents the clue.) I take a special interest in this smallest of Uranus' five major moons; with its high cliffs & low gravity, if you dropped a rock, it would fall for ten minutes; in fact, my wife & I gave my daughter the same Shakespearean name Miranda |
#8871, aired 2023-05-15 | SCIENTISTS $400: In 1610 this Italian scientist & astronomer named the moons of Jupiter the "Medicean Stars" in honor of the powerful family Galileo |
#8865, aired 2023-05-05 | QUICK PLANETS $800: Leda is one of its more than 50 named moons Jupiter |
#8790, aired 2023-01-20 | MOONSTRUCK $800: In 2021 this cereal with moons among its pieces had new boxes in honor of NASA's upcoming Artemis manned moonshot Lucky Charms |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | SCIENCE NEWS $1600: In 2019 the IAU announced the discovery of 20 new moons of this planet, putting it 3 ahead of Jupiter's total Saturn |
#8598, aired 2022-03-16 | SCIENCE & MEDICINE $2000: This third largest of Neptune's known moons is named in honor of the numerous daughters of a Greek sea god Nereid |
#8439, aired 2021-07-08 | A MOMENT OF SCIENCE $400: Carpo, Kale & Eirene are 3 of the 79 known moons orbiting this planet Jupiter |
#8385, aired 2021-04-23 | MOON $1600: In 1971 the 9th probe in this "nautical" program took the first up-close pictures of Mars' moons Phobos & Deimos Mariner |
#8324, aired 2021-01-28 | SCIENCE CLASS $1600: It's the outer, smaller & alphabetically first of the 2 moons of Mars Deimos |
#8267, aired 2020-10-27 | ASTRONOMY $800: Including Portia & Juliet, several moons of this 7th planet were discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986 Uranus |
#8265, aired 2020-10-23 | HISTORIC OBJECTS $600: At his namesake museum in Florence, you can see his telescopes & the lens with which he discovered 4 large moons of Jupiter Galileo |
#8185, aired 2020-03-20 | THIS PLANET $400: ...has about a dozen moons at least 6 miles in diameter, including Ganymede Jupiter |
#8185, aired 2020-03-20 | THIS PLANET $1000: ...may have used its gravity to capture an independent object that would become one of its moons--Triton Neptune |
#8156, aired 2020-02-10 | SATURN $1600: Saturn has more than 60 moons, including this second-largest named for Zeus' mother Rhea |
#8126, aired 2019-12-30 | SPACE SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Named for the man who first observed them, the "Galilean satellites" are the 4 largest moons of this planet Jupiter |
#8024, aired 2019-06-27 | SPACE SCIENCE $1200: This planet has at least 13 moons, including Naiad, Nereid & Proteus Neptune |
#7986, aired 2019-05-06 | THE PLANETS $3,000 (Daily Double): Some have more than 60, but these 2 planets have no known moons Mercury and Venus |
#7977, aired 2019-04-23 | MERCURY $8,200 (Daily Double): While the planet Mercury doesn't have rings or moons, it's full of these with names like Bach, Beethoven & Tolstoy craters |
#7965, aired 2019-04-05 | 18th CENTURY SCIENCE $2000: In 1787, but not on a midsummer night, William Herschel discovered these 2 largest moons of Uranus Oberon and Titania |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | MANY MOONS $200: On Dec. 12, 2004 Scott Sheppard & colleagues discovered 12 new moons of this ringed planet Saturn |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | MANY MOONS $400: With at least 50 other moons for company, Callisto isn't lonely orbiting this planet Jupiter |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | MANY MOONS $600: This ferryman paddles his way around a well-known dwarf planet Charon |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | MANY MOONS $800: Discovered in the 1850s, Ariel & Umbriel circle this 7th planet Uranus |
#7872, aired 2018-11-27 | MANY MOONS $1000: Neptune's moons include Nereid, Neso & this other "N" creature, also a water nymph Naiad |
#7805, aired 2018-07-13 | NAME DESIRED $800: After letting the internet vote on the name of 2 moons circling Pluto, SETI chose Kerberos & this river Styx |
#7624, aired 2017-11-02 | HEAVENLY BODIES $800: Titania, Enceladus moons |
#7602, aired 2017-10-03 | MARS $1600: The tininess of Mars' 2 moons suggests that they might have been pulled from this belt between Mars & Jupiter the asteroid belt |
#7457, aired 2017-01-31 | THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE $2,000 (Daily Double): We "fear" that in 10 million years, this largest of Mars' moons will crash into the planet Phobos |
#7397, aired 2016-11-08 | CONTEMPORARIES $2,000 (Daily Double): 1610 saw Hudson discover his bay & this man first observe Jupiter's 4 moons Galileo |
#7263, aired 2016-03-23 | RECENT SCIENCE $1200: 2015 computer simulations suggest a collision between 2 of this planet's moons may have created its "F" ring Saturn |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | PLANETARY BOOKSTORE $2000: "The Moons of Jupiter" is a short story collection by this Canadian female author of "Lives of Girls & Women" Alice Munro |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | MOONS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM $200: Greek for "fear" & "terror", Phobos & Deimos are the moons of this "belligerent" planet Mars |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | MOONS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM $400: The smallest of Jupiter's 4 Galilean moons, it's named not for a continent but for a woman abducted by Zeus Europa |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | MOONS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM $600: Discovered in 1787, Titania & Oberon are this planet's largest moons Uranus |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | MOONS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) Due to its odd, dramatically-inclined orbit, astronomers believe Neptune's moon, Nereid, may be a captured one of these asteroid |
#7167, aired 2015-11-10 | MOONS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM $1000: This shortest-named moon of Jupiter has volcanic regions that are hotter than the surface of Mercury Io |
#7145, aired 2015-10-09 | SCIENTISTS $5,000 (Daily Double): In 1877 Asaph Hall discovered its 2 moons, for which he won the Lalande Prize Mars |
#6936, aired 2014-11-10 | FROM OUTER SPACE $1000: Collective 2-word name for the 4 natural satellites orbiting Jupiter that were discovered in 1610 the Galilean moons |
#6932, aired 2014-11-04 | POETRY & THEE $600: Her: "Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise" (Maya) Angelou |
#6907, aired 2014-09-30 | SPACE STUFF $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a telescope image of Jupiter on the monitor.) A triple eclipse shows the shadows of 3 moons in a rare alignment across Jupiter's face: out here is Callisto, whose shadow is here; Ganymede's shadow is here; & the white circle is this moon & here's its shadow Io |
#6867, aired 2014-06-24 | POTPOURRI $1000: The innermost of Jupiter's 4 Galilean moons Io |
#6787, aired 2014-03-04 | SCIENCE TIMELINE $1200: Named for a Shakespearean couple, these 2 large moons of Uranus were discovered in 1787 Titania & Oberon |
#6781, aired 2014-02-24 | BREAKFAST $1600: A "moons over my hammy omelette" is a popular breakfast offering at this chain Denny's |
#6742, aired 2013-12-31 | IT'S A GAS... GIANT $400: Nereid is the third largest of its 13 moons Neptune |
#6718, aired 2013-11-27 | I'M HOLDING A PAIR $1000: In 1877 these 2 moons of Mars got their names from words denoting fear & terror Phobos & Deimos |
#6658, aired 2013-07-24 | COINS OF OUR REALM $1200: From 1913 to 1938 it featured a composite picture, possibly of men named Iron Tail, Two Moons & John Big Tree the buffalo or Indian head nickel |
#6582, aired 2013-04-09 | BALLET $2,000 (Daily Double): 4 Indian ballerinas were featured in "Four Moons", a 1967 ballet commemorating the 60th anniversary of its statehood Oklahoma |
#6574, aired 2013-03-28 | MOONS $400: Galatea, one of its moons, is named for the daughter of a sea god Neptune |
#6574, aired 2013-03-28 | MOONS $800: Saturn has a moon named this, also the name of a moon in "Avatar" Pandora |
#6574, aired 2013-03-28 | MOONS $1200: Some astronomers believe that these 2 moons of Mars were asteroids at one time Phobos and Deimos |
#6574, aired 2013-03-28 | MOONS $1600: Uranus' 2 largest moons are Titania & this one, named for a fairy king Oberon |
#6574, aired 2013-03-28 | MOONS $2000: This 2-letter moon of Jupiter is the most volcanically active body in the solar system Io |
#6506, aired 2012-12-24 | SCIENCE & NATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Saturn's moons range from boulder-sized moonlets to this enormous moon that's larger than Mercury Titan |
#6386, aired 2012-05-28 | THE RING CYCLE $400: Saturn's rings aren't perfect circles; they have waves & bends caused by the pull of gravity from shepherd these moons |
#6325, aired 2012-03-02 | ASTRONOMY $400: In 2005, 2 additional moons, Hydra & Nix, were discovered orbiting this dwarf planet Pluto |
#6267, aired 2011-12-13 | MARS NEEDS CONTESTANTS $1600: In 1877 an American astronomer discovered these 2 tiny moons & named them for the sons of Ares Phobos & Deimos |
#6102, aired 2011-03-08 | MYTHOLO-"G" $2000: One of Jupiter's moons is named for this boy, Zeus' cupbearer Ganymede |
#6001, aired 2010-10-18 | IT'S A MARSHMALLOW WORLD $200: Originally the marshmallow bits in this cereal included pink hearts, yellow moons & green clovers Lucky Charms |
#5916, aired 2010-05-10 | 4 SCORE & 7 $1000: In 2005 we learned that 87 Sylvia, one of these, is unique in that it has 2 moons an asteroid |
#5903, aired 2010-04-21 | SPACE MISSIONS $800: The Cassini project is exploring Titan & Enceladus, moons of this second-largest planet Saturn |
#5871, aired 2010-03-08 | 19th CENTURY SCIENCE $200: In 1877 American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Deimos & Phobos, 2 tiny moons of this planet Mars |
#5860, aired 2010-02-19 | NAME THAT MOON $800: One of Saturn's many moons is named for this woman of Greek myth whose name means "all gifts" Pandora |
#5860, aired 2010-02-19 | NAME THAT MOON $1200: One of Saturn's many moons is named for this 2-faced Roman god Janus |
#5856, aired 2010-02-15 | URANUS $800: In addition to 27 moons, 13 of these have been discovered around Uranus, including 2 by Voyager 2 rings |
#5849, aired 2010-02-04 | NEWBERY MEDAL WINNERS $1600: 1995: "Walk Two" of these celestial bodies Moons |
#5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MOONS $400: Deimos strikes terror orbiting this planet Mars |
#5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MOONS $800: Charon paddles around this dwarf planet Pluto |
#5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MOONS $1600: Io is seduced into orbiting this planet Jupiter |
#5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MOONS $2000: Titan towers as this planet's main moon Saturn |
#5810, aired 2009-12-11 | MOONS $3,000 (Daily Double): Naiad swims around this planet Neptune |
#5788, aired 2009-11-11 | ASTRO-QUIZ $800: In 1801 Ceres became the first of these to be discovered asteroids |
#5731, aired 2009-07-06 | MOONRAKER $600: When translated into English, the names of this planet's moons are fear & terror Mars |
#5731, aired 2009-07-06 | MOONRAKER $800: They are the 2 planets in our solar system that have no known moons Mercury & Venus |
#5682, aired 2009-04-28 | NATIVE AMERICANS $400: In 1898 McClure's magazine published Two Moons' account of this June 1876 event the Battle of Little Big Horn |
#5678, aired 2009-04-22 | 400 YEARS OF THE TELESCOPE $800: William Herschel used a Newtonian telescope to discover this planet & its moons Oberon & Titania Uranus |
#5569, aired 2008-11-20 | HEY "U"! $400: Cordelia, Ophelia & Bianca are its 3 closest moons Uranus |
#5417, aired 2008-03-11 | "D" IN SCIENCE $1600: With a diameter averaging about 7 miles, it's the smaller of Mars' 2 moons Deimos |
#5388, aired 2008-01-30 | SMORGASBORD $200: Total number of moons belonging to the closest 3 planets to the sun 1 |
#5366, aired 2007-12-31 | GREAT ALEXANDERS $800: Some of the moons of Uranus are named for characters created by this British poet & essayist (Alexander) Pope |
#5342, aired 2007-11-27 | ASTRONOMY $800: A list of this planet's moons, including Oberon & Titania, reads like a who's who of Shakespeare Uranus |
#5341, aired 2007-11-26 | 2 $3,000 (Daily Double): It's the only planet in the Solar System with exactly 2 moons Mars |
#5339, aired 2007-11-22 | "U" KNOW IT $800: More than 25 moons are circling it Uranus |
#5313, aired 2007-10-17 | FLY ME TO THE MOONS $200: Named for a sea god who could change shape at will, Proteus is a moon of this planet Neptune |
#5313, aired 2007-10-17 | FLY ME TO THE MOONS $400: Phobos, a moon of this planet, was named for a son of Ares in Greek mythology Mars |
#5313, aired 2007-10-17 | FLY ME TO THE MOONS $600: Saturn's largest moon was fittingly named this, also a term for a Greek mythological giant god Titan |
#5313, aired 2007-10-17 | FLY ME TO THE MOONS $800: The most volcanically active satellite in the solar system is this 2-letter moon of Jupiter Io |
#5313, aired 2007-10-17 | FLY ME TO THE MOONS $1000: On its trip out of our solar system, this spacecraft discovered Puck, a moon of Uranus Voyager (2) |
#5305, aired 2007-10-05 | INTRA-VENUS $200: Just like Mercury, Venus has this many moons zero |
#5241, aired 2007-05-28 | DESTINATION: MARS $2000: Using a U.S. Navy telescope in 1877, Asaph Hall discovered the 2 moons of Mars & named them this Phobos and Deimos |
#5153, aired 2007-01-24 | BASIC SCIENCE $800 (Daily Double): At last count, this planet in our solar system had 63 known moons Jupiter |
#5076, aired 2006-10-09 | SPACE EXPLORATION $1000: In 2005 the Hubble Space Telescope found 2 more small moons orbiting this, making 3, including Charon Pluto |
#5074, aired 2006-10-05 | WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM? $400: Greater in mass than all the other planets combined, it's surrounded by dozens of moons Jupiter |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | AMAZING STORIES $1200: "Under the Moons of" this planet, featuring adventurer John Carter, was Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1st published story Mars |
#4953, aired 2006-03-08 | A SYMPHONY OF NINTHS $400: 7 moons of our solar system are larger than this ninth planet, which some say should be reclassified Pluto |
#4846, aired 2005-10-10 | ANAGRAM ZOO $1000: Asian snake fighter:
EGO MOONS a mongoose |
#4842, aired 2005-10-04 | IT'S A "SIN" $3,000 (Daily Double): As well as discovering a famous gap in Saturn's rings, he also discovered 4 of Saturn's moons (Giovanni) Cassini |
#4802, aired 2005-06-21 | OTHER PLANETS' MOONS $400: Jupiter's Callisto is covered with these, but unlike those on our moon they've mostly collapsed on themselves craters |
#4802, aired 2005-06-21 | OTHER PLANETS' MOONS $800: Due to its thick one of these, Saturn's Titan was once thought to be the solar system's biggest satellite atmosphere |
#4802, aired 2005-06-21 | OTHER PLANETS' MOONS $1200: The moon Phobos is only about the same distance from this planet as Chicago is from London Mars |
#4802, aired 2005-06-21 | OTHER PLANETS' MOONS $2,000 (Daily Double): This solid material covers the surface of Jupiter's Europa, so scientists hope to find life there ice |
#4802, aired 2005-06-21 | OTHER PLANETS' MOONS $2000: In June 2004, astronomers got pictures of this Saturn-lite with the same name as a "Friends" character Phoebe |
#4784, aired 2005-05-26 | DREAD $1200: Don't be afraid, it's only this, the larger of Mars' 2 moons Phobos |
#4536, aired 2004-05-03 | ASTRONOMY $800: In 1610 Galileo became the first to find other moons when he saw moons orbiting this giant planet Jupiter |
#4408, aired 2003-11-05 | THE MOONS OF SATURN $400: Closest to the planet, it shares its name with a pipe-playing Greek god Pan |
#4408, aired 2003-11-05 | THE MOONS OF SATURN $800: The second-largest moon of Saturn or the second-billed female on "Cheers" Rhea |
#4408, aired 2003-11-05 | THE MOONS OF SATURN $1200: You'd expect to find Jacques Cousteau riding on this moon of Saturn Calypso |
#4408, aired 2003-11-05 | THE MOONS OF SATURN $1600: After Phoebe was discovered in 1898, the next one was found in 1966 & named for this 2-faced god Janus |
#4408, aired 2003-11-05 | THE MOONS OF SATURN $2000: Dione was discovered by this astronomer in 1684; mind the gap, please Giovanni Cassini |
#4373, aired 2003-09-17 | "UR" HEAD $200: Willam Herschel also discovered 2 moons orbiting this planet that he had discovered in 1781 Uranus |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | MANY MOONS $400: It's the closest planet to the sun that has a moon Earth |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | MANY MOONS $800: Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, was discovered by this man in 1610 Galileo |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | MANY MOONS $1600: Because of its decaying orbit, the moon Phobos will crash into this planet -- in about 40 million years Mars |
#4245, aired 2003-01-31 | MANY MOONS $2,700 (Daily Double): Its moon Charon is about half its size Pluto |
#4220, aired 2002-12-27 | THE PLANET URANUS $600: Uranus' 2 largest moons share their names with characters created by this author William Shakespeare |
#4220, aired 2002-12-27 | THE PLANET URANUS $1000: He discovered Uranus as well as 2 of its moons William Herschel |
#4205, aired 2002-12-06 | TELESCOPES $2000: Florence's Museo Storia Della Scienza has 2 of his telescopes & the lens of the one that found 4 moons of Jupiter Galileo |
#4148, aired 2002-09-18 | IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE $400: When Galileo found 4 of these orbiting Jupiter, he named them after the powerful Medici family moons |
#4023, aired 2002-02-13 | YOU DO THE MATH $400: Total number of known planets in our solar system multiplied by the number of moons around the Earth 9 (9 x 1) |
#3922, aired 2001-09-25 | MARS $300: Phobos & Deimos are the names of these 2 objects that orbit Mars moons |
#3855, aired 2001-05-11 | SCIENCE GUYS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1610 this Italian made his biggest discovery: the 4 largest moons of Jupiter Galileo |
#3664, aired 2000-07-06 | SUN $100: It's defined as the Sun & the planets, moons, & whatever the heck else revolves around it the Solar System |
#3517, aired 1999-12-14 | SCIENCE & NATURE $800: This innermost & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours Phobos |
#3458, aired 1999-09-22 | NEPTUNE $500: Neptune's largest moon, it orbits the planet in the opposite direction of the rest of the moons Triton |
#3450, aired 1999-09-10 | SKY WATCHING $200: There are approximately this many weeks between full moons 4 |
#3354, aired 1999-03-18 | THE RED PLANET $1000: Named for the attendants of Ares, the Greek god of war, they are the 2 moons of Mars Phobos & Deimos |
#3333, aired 1999-02-17 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $600: Degas & Bronte are 2 of these on Mercury, a planet whose topography is like our moons Craters |
#3333, aired 1999-02-17 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $800: Ganymede is one of its 4 Galilean moons Jupiter |
#3273, aired 1998-11-25 | THE SOLAR SYSTEM $500: It's nothing to fear, but this inner & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours Phobos |
#3251, aired 1998-10-26 | EGGS & HAM $500: At this chain restaurant, you can order an egg & ham sandwich called "Moons Over My Hammy" Denny's |
#3169, aired 1998-05-14 | TV CHARACTERS $100: Daphne Moon is the woman Niles Crane moons over on this sitcom Frasier |
#3157, aired 1998-04-28 | NOTABLE NAMES $1000: A spacecraft sent to explore Jupiter is named for this Italian astronomer who discovered 4 of Jupiter's moons Galileo |
#3127, aired 1998-03-17 | SHAKESPEAREAN MOONS OF URANUS $200: Characters from this play circling Uranus are Ariel & Miranda The Tempest |
#3127, aired 1998-03-17 | SHAKESPEAREAN MOONS OF URANUS $400: Goneril & Regan's sister orbiting Uranus Cordelia |
#3127, aired 1998-03-17 | SHAKESPEAREAN MOONS OF URANUS $600: Othello called her his "Fair Warrior" Desdemona |
#3127, aired 1998-03-17 | SHAKESPEAREAN MOONS OF URANUS $800: When found by a watchman, she was "Bleeding, warm and newly dead"; now she's found around Uranus Juliet |
#3127, aired 1998-03-17 | SHAKESPEAREAN MOONS OF URANUS $1000: Moons III & IV are this royal fairy pair from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Titania & Oberon |
#3037, aired 1997-11-11 | ASTRONOMY $1000: In 1979 Voyagers 1 & 2 transmitted detailed photos of Io, Ganymede, Europa & Callisto -- moons of this planet Jupiter |
#2932, aired 1997-05-06 | POTPOURRI $200: Ganymede & Callisto are the largest moons of this largest planet Jupiter |
#2898, aired 1997-03-19 | SCIENCE $400: A phrase used to remember this planet's main moons is "Met Dr. Thip"; Titan is the second T Saturn |
#2861, aired 1997-01-27 | ASTRONOMY $1,700 (Daily Double): In 1610 he published his discovery of 4 moons of Jupiter in "The Starry Messenger" Galileo |
#2844, aired 1997-01-02 | SCIENTISTS $200: In 1877 American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered this planet's moons, Phobos & Deimos Mars |
#2801, aired 1996-11-04 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $400: In January 1610 he discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter Galileo |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $300: Mandelhalbmonde are German cookies made from these nuts & shaped like crescent moons almonds |
#2733, aired 1996-06-19 | HERALDRY $400: In England the cadency mark of a second son is this shape associated with rolls and moons the crescent |
#2643, aired 1996-02-14 | IN THE NEWS $300: Pictures taken by this orbiting telescope showed new moons orbiting Saturn Hubble |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | THE PLANETS $500: William Herschel discovered this planet's 2 largest moons, Oberon & Titania, as well as the planet itself Uranus |
#2473, aired 1995-05-10 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $200: Christiaan Huygens discovered its ring & one of its moons, Titan Saturn |
#2472, aired 1995-05-09 | ASTRONOMY $400: American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered this planet's moons Phobos & Deimos Mars |
#2383, aired 1995-01-04 | ASTRONOMY $500: Of these "minor planets", Vesta is the only one sometimes visible to the naked eye asteroids |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | JUPITER $400: Jupiter's 4 largest moons are each bigger than this planet Pluto |
#2347, aired 1994-11-15 | ASTRONOMY $1000: Voyager II discovered six more moons around this planet; one is bigger than the previously known Nereid Neptune |
#2205, aired 1994-03-18 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: This, the innermost of Jupiter's Galilean moons, always keeps the same face toward the planet Io |
#2124, aired 1993-11-25 | ASTRONOMERS $200: Like this Italian, American astronomer Seth Nicholson discovered 4 moons of Jupiter Galileo |
#1939, aired 1993-01-28 | ASTRONOMY & SPACE $500: With its brilliant coloring, Io has been called the most spectacular of this planet's Galilean moons Jupiter |
#1932, aired 1993-01-19 | THE PLANETS $800: American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered this planet's 2 moons in 1877 Mars |
#1913, aired 1992-12-23 | THE PLANETS $400: When Uranus occulted a star in 1977, the star's blinking light indicated Uranus had these rngs |
#1913, aired 1992-12-23 | THE PLANETS $600: A mnemonic for its major moons is "Met Dr. Thip"; the second T stands for Titan Saturn |
#1886, aired 1992-11-16 | BALLET $800: "Four Moons", an American Indian ballet, was created for the 60th anniversary of its statehood in 1967 Oklahoma |
#1881, aired 1992-11-09 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Callisto is the outermost of this planet's four Galilean moons Jupiter |
#1737, aired 1992-03-03 | TIME $400: A month was originally the time between these full moons |
#1685, aired 1991-12-20 | JUPITER $600: He discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, but Simon Marius gave them names Galileo |
#1571, aired 1991-06-03 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $400: New, waxing crescent, quarter waxing gibbous, full, waning gibbous, quarter, waning crescent, new moons (phases of the Moon) |
#1487, aired 1991-02-05 | THE PLANETS $400: In 1610, he looked through his telescope & discovered the four large moons of Jupiter Galileo |
#1487, aired 1991-02-05 | THE PLANETS $1000: In 1986 Voyager 2 discovered this planet has 15 moons & 11 rings Uranus |
#1461, aired 1990-12-31 | THE PLANETS $600: One theory holds that this planet's two moons are captured asteroids Mars |
#1455, aired 1990-12-21 | YE GODS! $800: One of the elder gods that ruled before Zeus, or the largest of Saturn's moons Titan |
#1381, aired 1990-09-10 | SCIENCE $200: 1 of 2 planets in our solar system that have no moons Mercury (or Venus) |
#2, aired 1990-06-23 | THE UNIVERSE $2000: The closest of its 22 known moons is about 85,000 miles away from it; the farthest, 8 mil. miles away Saturn |
#1312, aired 1990-04-24 | ASTRONOMERS $800: While teaching at the Univ. of Padua in 1610, he discovered 4 moons of Jupiter using a 30-power telescope Galileo |
#1276, aired 1990-03-05 | THE PLANETS $600: The 4 largest moons of this planet are called Galilean satellites after Galileo, who saw them in 1610 Jupiter |
#1231, aired 1990-01-01 | MOONS $100: It wasn't until '78 that this planet in our solar system was found to have a moon Pluto |
#1231, aired 1990-01-01 | MOONS $400: Phobos circles Mars, & Phoebe circles this planet Saturn |
#1231, aired 1990-01-01 | MOONS $500: Ariel, Miranda, Titania & Oberon the moons of Uranus |
#1166, aired 1989-10-02 | ASTRONOMY $200: Cassini, a 17th century astronomer, was the first to suggest these were made up of tiny moons, & not a solid disk the rings of Saturn |
#949, aired 1988-10-20 | ASTRONOMY $1000: 4 of this outer planet's moons are named for Shakespearean characters Uranus |
#878, aired 1988-06-01 | THE UNIVERSE $600: One of its moons, Titan, is larger than Mercury & has an atmosphere Saturn |
#827, aired 1988-03-22 | ASTRONOMY $800: As a result of recent discoveries, we now think this planet has the most moons Saturn |
#802, aired 1988-02-16 | FACTS & FIGURES $600: Amateur astronomer Wm. Bradfield holds our country's record of discovering 13 of these comets |
#737, aired 1987-11-17 | ASTRONOMY $200: He discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter in 1610 Galileo |
#639, aired 1987-05-21 | FULL MOONS $200: Wally Moon was famous for "moon shots" in this sport baseball |
#639, aired 1987-05-21 | FULL MOONS $400: In a huge Madison Square Garden wedding, 4150 of his followers were paired off by this Korean-born preacher Rev. Moon |
#639, aired 1987-05-21 | FULL MOONS $600: In Longfellow's poem, Hiawatha was raised by this "Daughter of the Moon" Nokomis |
#639, aired 1987-05-21 | FULL MOONS $800: In popular Frank Willard comic, this character's full 1st name was Moonshine Moon Mother |
#639, aired 1987-05-21 | FULL MOONS $1000: These 4 girls provided vocal backup for Vaughn Monroe Moon Maids |
#531, aired 1986-12-22 | THE HUMAN BODY $400: Sometimes left uncovered by manicurists, it's what the lunulae are commonly called the moons (the crescents) |
#526, aired 1986-12-15 | THE CALENDAR $200: A month was originally calculated to be the time between these astronomical events full moons |
#490, aired 1986-10-24 | ASTRONOMY $600 (Daily Double): The 2 planets in our solar system with no moons Mercury & Venus |
#153, aired 1985-04-10 | ASTRONOMY $400: In 1980-81, this planet was found to have 14 small moons besides its 9 larger ones Saturn |
#41, aired 1984-11-05 | ASTRONOMY $800: Galileo discovered 4 of this planet's 16 moons Jupiter |