WorldWide Telescope - Quiz
A) Astronomy Visualization Metadata B) Extensible Markup Language C) Joint Photographic Experts Group D) Portable Network Graphics
A) Convert the image to a vector format B) The image cannot be used C) Upload the image to the cloud for automatic processing D) Manually align by moving, scaling, and rotating
A) Tours B) ASCOM C) Metadata editor D) Layer manager
A) Zenith release B) Perihelion release C) Equinox release D) Aphelion release
A) Microsoft Excel B) Adobe Photoshop C) Microsoft Access D) Notepad
A) Creating tours B) Editing images C) Connecting and controlling a telescope D) Managing communities
A) Fish-eye distortion B) Slow motion C) Ken Burns Effects D) 3D parallax
A) Similar to a web browser bookmark B) Similar to subscribing to an RSS feed C) Similar to an email distribution list D) Similar to a private social media group
A) 3D points and WKT geometry B) Only audio files C) Only coordinate lists D) Only image files
A) Format the memory card B) Find a suitable guide star C) Calibrate the monitor D) Calculate the planetary orbit
A) SVG, EPS, or AI B) Raw, TIFF, or BMP C) PDF, DOC, or TXT D) Equirectangular, fisheye, or dome master
A) Dr. Edwin Hubble B) Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson C) Dr. Alyssa A. Goodman D) Dr. Carl Sagan
A) Database queries B) Live video feeds C) External software executables D) Pictures, objects, and text
A) Plotting them at their correct location over time B) Adding texture to the surface C) Compressing them for faster loading D) Rotating them around a fixed point
A) View smoothly animated events over time B) Generate static reports C) Export to a spreadsheet D) Delete unnecessary frames
A) Five B) Ten C) Twelve D) Eight
A) Comet trails B) Black holes C) Asteroid belt D) Mandelbrot set
A) Panorama mode B) Sandbox mode C) Sky mode D) Solar System mode
A) PDF B) FITS C) MP4 D) DOCX
A) BMP, GIF, RAW B) HEIC, WEBP, SVG C) PSD, AI, EPS D) JPEG, PNG, TIFF
A) EXIF B) AVM C) IPTC D) XMP
A) Mercury program B) Gemini program C) Skylab program D) Apollo program
A) Ricoh Theta B) Insta360 C) Samsung Gear 360 D) GoPro Fusion
A) Molecular data B) Weather patterns C) Geological strata D) Urban models
A) The American Astronomical Society B) Microsoft Research C) The .NET Foundation D) The Moore Foundation
A) American Astronomical Society B) Johns Hopkins University C) The .NET Foundation D) Microsoft Research
A) 2008 B) 2016 C) 2012 D) 2002
A) May 12, 2012 B) February 27, 2002 C) May 12, 2008 D) February 27, 2008
A) The .NET Foundation website B) Microsoft Cloud C) The American Astronomical Society server D) GitHub
A) WebGL Engine B) Layerscape Engine C) TerraServer Engine D) Visual Experience Engine
A) Six B) Four C) Eight D) Five
A) Planar B) Mercator C) TOAST D) Equirectangular
A) 10 million B) 5 million C) 15 million D) 20 million
A) Desktop client B) Windows native application C) Full dome planetarium application D) Web client
A) Five million B) One hundred thousand C) One million D) Half a million
A) Johns Hopkins University B) MIT C) Harvard University D) Stanford University
A) TerraServer B) MODIS C) Layerscape D) SkyMapper
A) They were moved to a separate website B) They were removed C) They became paid premium features D) They are branded as communities
A) Mozilla Foundation B) Gates Foundation C) Moore Foundation D) Wikimedia Foundation
A) TED Conference B) Microsoft Build C) CES D) AAS Meeting
A) Jim Gray B) Roy Gould C) Bill Gates D) Robert Scoble
A) KML specifications B) HTML5 protocols C) NASA server protocols D) IVOA standards
A) Print-based chart systems B) Full-dome digital planetariums C) Physical mechanical orreries D) Telescope-controlled rooftop platforms
A) It was too expensive B) It made him cry C) It was too slow to load D) It was exactly like Google Earth
A) It is completely unusable B) It is a phenomenal resource C) It is exactly the same as Google D) It is only for professional astronomers
A) Lack of support for non-Windows operating systems B) Poor image quality C) Excessive cost D) Inaccurate astronomical data
A) Best of Category: Interactive B) Design of the Year C) Best Educational Software D) Top Scientific Innovation
A) Small screen resolution B) No tutorial videos C) Lack of KML support D) Inability to connect to the internet |
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