The answers to the following questions can be found as you explore the Evening Amusements exhibit at the Adler Planetarium. Compare your answers to the answer key found here. The answers are also available in the CyberSpace gallery.

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1) Four asteroids appeared on many solar system diagrams and models. Can you find them? [Hint-look in Demonstration and the parlor]

2) Educating women became a new focus in the late 1700s. How many books on display were written by or for women? [Hint-look in Self-Education]

3) Historical authors wrote about the possibility of life elsewhere in the Universe. Can you find an illustration of Venus-dwellers? [Hint-look in Self-Education]

4) Some amateur astronomy buffs wrote their own books. One was even written by a shoemaker! Can you find it? [Hint-look in Self-Education]

5) Flashcards are not a modern invention. Can you find antique examples? [Hint-look in Fun & Games and the parlor]

6) When new planets were discovered, people called them by different names until they came to an agreement. Can you find the planets Taurus and Herschel? What do you think these are called today? [Hint-look in Demonstration and Fun & Games]

7) Maps and globes from the 1700s and 1800s often included the routes of explorers. Can you find a map with these routes marked? Who are the explorers? [Hint-look in Representation]

8) Before electricity, candles were used in place of light bulbs. Can you find objects that used this old-style light source? [Hint-look in Demonstration and Fun & Games]

9) Telescopes were often used for looking at earthly objects. These were known as spyglasses. Can you find a spyglass camouflaged to look like something a gentlemen would carry? [Hint - look in Fun & Games].