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1. Galileo's first astronomical observations were published in Sidereus Nuncius (1610). What is the English translation of this Latin title?
2. Name the Dutch "spectacle-maker" who is credited with inventing the telescope in 1608.
3. Galileo did not use the word "telescope" to describe his optical instrument. What word did he use?
4. In the fictional play Galileo (also known as Life of Galileo), the telescope is described as a "miraculous optical tube". Who wrote this 20th-century play: Samuel Beckett, Bertolt Brecht, Henrik Ibsen, Arthur Miller, or Eugene O'Neill?
5. What was the first planet to be discovered with the aid of a telescope?
6. In Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (1632), Galileo championed the viewpoint that the Earth and the other planets revolved around the Sun. Is this known as "heliocentrism" or "geocentrism"?
7. True or false: Galileo is buried in a tomb located in the Leaning Tower of Pisa in honor of the historic experimental work done by him there.
8. Galileo was the first to observe that the sun has spots on it: namely, sunspots. What are they?
9. The "galileo" or Gal is a unit of measure. Define it.
10. The Galileo spacecraft was launched by NASA in 1989 on a mission to study a certain planet. Name this planet.
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