5) Early one morning, looking East, you see what appears to be a star. Your friend, Sheen, explains that it's not a star, it's a planet. Which planet is it likely to be?

I believe that if you look to the east, and see something what appears to be a star, but it is in fact a planet, that planet is likely to be Venus. It is the brightest and hottest of all planets, and sometimes it is visible in our sky as well.