True or False? There is an asteroid named Braille.
Answer: True! In 1992, NASA’s Deep Space 1 probe flew past an asteroid while on its way to photograph the Borrelly comet. NASA named the asteroid “9969 Braille” in honor of Louis Braille.
Revised tenbroek trivia question 2
The National Federation of the Blind has a Braille copy of the entire seven-book Harry Potter series in our archives. How many total Braille volumes are in the series?
Answer: The seven-book series consists of fifty-six volumes in total because Braille takes up more space than printed text. Below we list how many volumes are in each title in the series.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Four volumes
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Five volumes
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Six volumes
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Ten volumes
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Thirteen volumes
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: Eight volumes
