Trivia Quiz on Astronauts

1. For what feat is Alexei Leonov famous

A) First man to orbit the Earth

B) Led the Soviet space program during the early 1960s

C) First space walk

D) Discovered penicillin in zero gravity

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2. Name the Lieutenant Colonel who was first black US in space

A) Ronald McNair

B) Frederick Gregory

C) Bluford

D) Mae Jemison

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3. Who was the first black American in space

A) Alan Shepard

B) John Glenn

C) Ron McNair

D) Guion bluford

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4. Valence when did the first man walk on the moon

A) 1965

B) 1968

C) 1969

D) 1971

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5. Who was the first man in space?

A) Alan Shepard

B) Yuri Gagarin

C) Gherman Titov

D) Valentina Tereshkova

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6. Eileen Collins was the first _______ on a space shuttle mission.

A) Male captain

B) Female captain

C) Female navigator

D) Female doctor

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7. Who was the last astronaut to fly alone in a spacecraft

A) John Glenn

B) Ron evans

C) Gus Grissom

D) Gordon Cooper

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8. Who were the second pair of astronauts to set foot on the moon?

A) Armstrong and Aldrin

B) Shepard and Mitchell

C) Scott and Irwin

D) Conrad and Bean

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9. Keats Who was the first astronaut to return to space

A) Gus grissom

B) Alan Shepard

C) John Glenn

D) Yuri Gagarin

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10. Gus Grissom Was The First Man In History To Do What Twice

A) Be the first American to orbit the Earth

B) Walk on the Moon

C) Go Into Space

D) Fly a mission to Mars

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11. Who was the first civilian astronaut to fly

A) Neil armstrong

B) John Glenn

C) Buzz Aldrin

D) Valentina Tereshkova

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12. Who was the first American in space

A) Alan Shepard

B) John Glenn

C) Neil Armstrong

D) Buzz Aldrin

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13. Which Astronaut piloted Apollo 11 while Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon

A) Buzz Aldrin

B) Neil Armstrong

C) Michael Collins

D) John Young

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14. Who was the first man to return to space

A) John Glenn

B) Yuri Gagarin

C) Virgil grissom

D) Alan Shepard

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15. Who was the first female American astronaut ?

A) Valentina Tereshkova

B) Sally Ride

C) Mae Jemison

D) Christa McAuliffe

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16. How many astronauts manned each project mercury flight

A) One

B) Two

C) Three

D) Four

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17. How many astronauts manned each Apollo flight

A) 2

B) 4

C) 5

D) 3

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18. What Apollo 13 astronaut contacted Mission Control with the words, (Houston, we've had a problem)?

A) Jack Swigert

B) Jim Lovell

C) Fred Haise

D) Ken Mattingly

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19. Who was the second man to set foot on the moon?

A) Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin

B) Neil Armstrong

C) Pete Conrad

D) Alan Shepard

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20. Neil Armstrong And Buzz Aldrin Landed On The Moon But Who Stayed Behind In The Command Capsule?

A) Pete Conrad

B) Jim Lovell

C) Alan Bean

D) Michael Collins

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21. Who was the second to set foot on the moon

A) Buz aldrin

B) Neil Armstrong

C) Michael Collins

D) Charles Duke

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22. Who Was The First man To Set Foot On The Moon ?

A) Buzz Aldrin

B) Neil Armstrong

C) Yuri Gagarin

D) Michael Collins

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23. Who was The Second Man To Set Foot On The Moon

A) Buzz Aldrin

B) Neil Armstrong

C) Michael Collins

D) Alan Bean

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