gazing at the stars
1 In which year was the first Star Wars film released?
2 Born on this day in 1930, who was the second man to set foot on the moon?
3 Which two Chinese airlines became the 18th and 19th members of the Star Alliance on December 12 last year?
4 What do the flags of Brazil, Samoa and New Zealand have in common?
5 In the 1959 Robert A. Heinlein book, Juan 'Johnny' Rico was a young Filipino. In the 1997 movie, he had become part of a Caucasian family living in Buenos Aires. What is the name of the book/film?
6 Which Taiwanese pop singer's latest album is called, somewhat immodestly, Star?
7 What is better known as the North Star?
8 The late DeForest Kelley, born on this day in 1920, played which character in Star Trek (TV shows and movies)?
9 Nasa's 1961-1975 spaceflight programme was named after which god of Roman and Greek mythology?
10 Satellite Television Asia Region (Star-TV) began transmissions in August of which year: a) 1991 b) 1993 or c) 1995?
Solution 1 1977 2 Buzz Aldrin 3 Air China and Shanghai Airlines 4 All of them depict the Southern Cross star constellation 5 Starship Troopers 6 Sherry Chang Hui-mei, better known as A-Mei 7 Polaris 8 Dr Leonard 'Bones' McCoy 9 Apollo 10 a) 1991
