I’ll be sad to miss the public lecture tomorrow night by Andy Fraknoi, as there is a previously scheduled press event at the same time. But for you science/pop culture buffs out there, see if you can answer some of the questions Fraknoi poses in his abstract:

– In what popular movie does Daryl Hannah play an astronomer? (Answer.)

– What Japanese car company is named after a well-known star cluster? (Answer.)

– What science fiction story, written by an astronomer under a pseudonym, features a Hertzsprung-Russell diagram of stellar evolution? (Answer.)

– Can you recite the most famous neutrino poem, and name the poet? (Answer.)

And here’s really geeky one I haven’t a clue about – if you know, comment below please!

– What rock group had its members’ names included in a reference in the Astrophysical Journal, unbeknownst to the editor?