Astronomy current events question: accused spy/planetary science researcher

Astronomy 210L, Fall Semester 2009
Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

Students are assigned to read online articles on current astronomy events, and take a short current events quiz during the first 10 minutes of lab. (This motivates students to show up promptly to lab, as the time cut-off for the quiz is strictly enforced!)

Richard A. Kerr, "Accused Spy Was Hot on Trail of Lunar Ice," October 20, 2009
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2009/10/accused-spy-was.html

A U.S. planetary scientist charged with attempting to sell classified information was previously involved with investigating what feature of the moon?
(A) Subsurface ice in shadowed craters.
(B) Detection of stranglets in Apollo mission lunar soil samples.
(C) Supposed nuclear blast tests on the far side.
(D) Falsification of Apollo mission moon landings.
(E) Disputed theories of the origin of the moon.

Correct answer: (A)

Student responses
Sections 70178, 70186, 70200
(A) : 22 students
(B) : 2 students
(C) : 2 students
(D) : 0 students
(E) : 2 students