Astronomy current events question: exomoon search project funding

Astronomy 210L, spring semester 2012
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!)

David Kipping, "Help Us Find The First Exomoon," March 2, 2012
http://www.petridish.org/projects/help-us-find-the-first-exomoon/

The "Help Us Find The First Exomoon" project is soliciting donations to purchase __________ in order to discover moons orbiting exoplanets.
(A) a brand-new space telescope.
(B) Hubble Space Telescope observing time.
(C) unused Russian radio telescopes.
(D) a dedicated supercomputer.
(E) ancient Egyptian star charts.

Correct answer: (D)

Student responses
Sections 30678, 30679, 30680
(A) : 16 students
(B) : 14 students
(C) : 4 students
(D) : 19 students
(E) : 1 student