Apollo Moon Missions Quiz

How much do you know about the historic program?

AARP

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Published July 15, 2019

8 Questions

Apollo Moon Missions Quiz

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  "question" : "“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard,” this political figure said in a speech in September 1962.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Richard Nixon",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Lyndon Johnson",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "John F. Kennedy",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Barry Goldwater",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Kennedy made the speech at Rice University in Houston, where he laid out his vision for the future of America’s space program.",
  "hint" : "",
  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon. Who was second?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Michael Collins",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Buzz Aldrin",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Jim Lovell",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Alan Shepard",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Collins was the third member of the Apollo 11 mission that was the first to the moon’s surface, but he piloted the ship’s command module, which remained in orbit.",
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}, {
  "question" : "A working lunar module was flown separately from the command module for the first time during this mission.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Apollo 7",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apollo 9",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apollo 10",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apollo 13",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The mission served as a dress rehearsal for Apollo 11.  The lunar module separated from the command module, was tested in flight and then redocked.",
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}, {
  "question" : "True or false? Apollo 10’s command module was named Charlie Brown, and its lunar module was named Snoopy.",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "True",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "False",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The Peanuts comic strip characters, hugely popular in the 1960s, were even featured in strips where Snoopy pretended to be on the moon.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which Apollo mission was the first to include the lunar roving vehicle — the first vehicle to be driven on the moon?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Apollo 11",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apollo 12",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apollo 15",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apollo 17",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The vehicle was part of three Apollo missions.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "What was the first crewed Apollo mission?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Apollo 1",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apollo 4",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apollo 6",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Apollo 7",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Three astronauts died during on-ground training for Apollo 1; Apollo 4, 5 and 6 were flown without a crew.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Apollo 13 was the famous mission where the entire crew was rescued after a devastating explosion. Did the mission go to the moon before that explosion occurred?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Yes",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "No",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The explosion occurred two days into the mission, while Apollo 13 was about 200,000 miles away from Earth.",
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  "hintLink" : "",
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}, {
  "question" : "In what year was the last Apollo mission flown?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "1972",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "1974",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1976",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "1978",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "That mission, Apollo 17 also marked the last time astronauts from any country have been to the moon.",
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} ]

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