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Voyager Golden Record Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Voyager Golden Record? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The Golden Record was launched on Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, both still traveling in interstellar space.

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Easy
✓ TRUE

Both Voyager probes carry identical Golden Records. Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in 2012, Voyager 2 in 2018.

2.

The Golden Record was made of solid gold to ensure it would never corrode in space.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

The record is actually copper plated with gold; gold was chosen for its durability and resistance to corrosion, but it's not solid gold.

3.

Carl Sagan personally selected all the music and sounds on the Golden Record.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

A committee led by Carl Sagan curated the content, but he didn't choose everything alone; others like Ann Druyan and Timothy Ferris helped.

4.

The Golden Record includes a map to Earth using pulsars, which could help aliens find us.

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The record features a pulsar map showing the Sun's location relative to 14 pulsars, intended as a cosmic address for extraterrestrial intelligence.

5.

The Voyager Golden Record contains a recording of a human kiss.

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Yes, it includes a kiss—captured as a sound. It's one of many Earth sounds, like a heartbeat and rain, meant to convey human intimacy.

6.

The Golden Record includes a written message from the President of the United States.

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Hard
✗ FALSE

No presidential message is on it. The record includes a greeting from then-UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim and a message from President Jimmy Carter, but not from the US president alone.

7.

The Golden Record has instructions on how to play it, written in binary code on its cover.

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✗ FALSE

The cover has a diagram showing how to play the record, but it uses symbolic pictograms, not binary code. The instructions rely on universal physics concepts.

8.

The Golden Record contains a photograph of a human eating an ice cream cone.

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Yes, one of the 116 images on the record shows a woman eating an ice cream cone, chosen to depict everyday human life and pleasure.

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