Look Smart Trivia: Constellations

JasonToon posted some pics said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:35am ET

Today we look to the skies, and more specifically, to the pictures our puny human brains made up from the coincidental patterns of completely unrelated celestial bodies trillions of miles apart. Yes, I’m hustlin’ stars like Horkheimer, and if you’re the first to ID all five of these cosmic connect-the-dots, you’ll win a $5 Meh coupon - call it a constellation prize, haw haw! Insert signoff catchphrase here!

Yesterday, Look Smart legend @cinoclav was so money and he did know it. He nailed all five countries of origin in our Blurry Money quiz:

Iceland
Venezuela
Israel
Kenya
Zimbabwe

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sammydog01 said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:36am ET:

I only know a couple of those by sight but the rocket ship is my favorite.

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llangley said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:49am ET:

Ursa minor
Crux
Canis majoris
Leo
Ursa major

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- @llangley yeah, I’m probably missing something
  
  llangley said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:51am ET
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- @llangley yep, Leo was 3rd, then Canis majoris
  
  llangley said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:53am ET
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- @llangley Think the coolest part of Game of Thrones for #1. (I assume the long squiggly one is the constellation he is looking for.)
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:54am ET
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- @llangley
  Ursa minor
  Crux
  Leo
  Canis majoris
  Ursa major
  
  llangley said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:55am ET
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- @sammydog01 ummm, is it ok to say that I’ve never seen GOT? But thanks for the tip. Bowing to oh mighty @eonfifty.
  
  llangley said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 11:01am ET
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eonfifty said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:51am ET:

Hydra
Crux
Leo
Canis Major
Ursa Major

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- @eonfifty #1 is one of the ones I knew and I’m pretty sure that’s not it.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:53am ET
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- Draco
  Crux
  Leo
  Canis Major
  Ursa Major
  
  eonfifty said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:55am ET
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- @eonfifty I think you got it.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:57am ET
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- @eonfifty nice job dammit!
  
  llangley said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:59am ET
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- @eonfifty @sammydog01 @llangley Nice work. Personally I would’ve gone with the Harry Potter reference instead of GoT for #1. Probably because I don’t watch GoT either. (At least yet - I’ll get to it one of these days.)
  
  cinoclav said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 11:57am ET
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- @cinoclav @eonfifty @llangley I get that you don’t watch GOT but you don’t even know it has dragons in it? Are you living under rocks?
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 3:12pm ET
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- @eonfifty @llangley @sammydog01 But Harry Potter has dragons AND a main character named Draco!
  
  cinoclav said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 3:39pm ET
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- @cinoclav @eonfifty @llangley But Harry Potter hasn’t been on the front page of Yahoo News every day for a month.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 4:01pm ET
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- @cinoclav @eonfifty @sammydog01 yeah, never read/saw any Harry Potter either. I knew there were dragons in GOT but my Latin sucks so i would have missed that one on Jeopardy
  
  I used to be cool. Really I did!
  
  llangley said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 8:54pm ET
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- @llangley You’re still cool, just in a different way.
  
  sammydog01 said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 9:46pm ET
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eonfifty said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 10:58am ET:

Draco
Crux
Leo
Canis Major
Ursa Major
Double post to be official

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cinoclav said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 12:42pm ET:

@JasonToon Legend?

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djslack said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 1:36pm ET:

Snakey
Sticker on the back of every third car in the South
Duckduckgeuse
I believe you have my stapler
BigDog, appearing courtesy of Boston Dynamics

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RiotDemon said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 7:55pm ET:

I’m sad that I’m late to the party.

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- @RiotDemon The party is still going on. Grab yourself a drink.
  
  cinoclav said Thu, May 2nd 2019 at 9:37am ET
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RiotDemon said Wed, May 1st 2019 at 7:59pm ET:

I know I’ve showed these off on the forum before, but since it’s space-related, I’ll show them off again.

imgur.com/Id27f1t

Constellations: Left thumb: Orion (the hunter) Left pinky: Corvus (the crow) Right thumb: Aries (the ram) Right pinky: Delphinus (the dolphin) The other six nails are inspired by photos of galaxies, nebulas, and supernovas.

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