STARS

(e.g., Name the closest star to Earth. Answer: The sun.)

Freshman level

1. This word for a large system of stars is from the Greek word for “milk.”

2. Name the galaxy that contains our solar system.

3. What TV show is abbreviated to “DWTS”?

4. By what “star” nickname is the American flag known?

5. In this musical, Javert sings the song “Stars.”

Graduate level

6. How many horizontal rows of stars are on the American flag?

7. What is the name for a scientist who studies objects such as stars, moons and galaxies?

8. In which of Shakespeare’s plays is, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves”?

Answers: 1. Galaxy. 2. Milky Way. 3. “Dancing with the Stars.” 4. Stars and Stripes or Star-Spangled Banner. 5. “Les MisŽrables.” 6. Nine. 7. Astronomer. 8. “Julius Caesar.”

— North America Syndicate