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Race to Space Quiz

Quiz by Gabe Ross

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  • Q1
    What was the name of the space project for the Soviet Union?
    Mercury
    Vostok
    Toronto
    Venus
    30s
  • Q2
    What was the name of the American space project?
    Mercury
    Toronto
    Vostok
    Venus
    30s
  • Q3
    What kind of impact did Alan Shepard have?
    He was the first man on the moon
    She was the first woman in space
    He was the first Soviet in space
    He was the first American in Space
    30s
  • Q4
    Why did the Soviet Union pick Gagarin?
    He was small and able to fit into the capsule
    He was smart
    All of the above
    He was mature
    30s
  • Q5
    How did people get back to Earth after they went up?
    Falling on their own
    None of the above
    Capsule
    Rocket
    30s
  • Q6
    What kept people from dying when they came back to the Earth?
    We honestly don't know.
    Nothing. The capsule slowed down on its own.
    Parachutes attached to the capsule
    Rocks attached to the capsule
    30s
  • Q7
    What is the name of a Soviet pilot who went into space?
    Astronauts
    Maybeormaybenauts
    Cosmonauts
    Cosmoastronauts
    30s
  • Q8
    Why did the United States want to go to space?
    To compete against the Soviet Union
    To stop immigration
    To divide the United States into North and South
    To scare North Korea
    30s
  • Q9
    Alan Shepard was a pilot that flew for the ______________________.
    Soviet Union
    United States
    Germany
    France
    30s
  • Q10
    Yuri Gagarin was a cosmonaut that flew for the __________________________.
    France
    United States
    Soviet Union
    Germany
    30s
  • Q11
    Who was the first country that landed on the moon?
    France
    Soviet Union
    Germany
    United States
    30s
  • Q12
    Complete the following quote: John F. Kennedy wanted to go to the moon "not because it is easy, but ____________________________".
    It is hard.
    It's the right thing to do.
    It's cool.
    It makes sense.
    30s
  • Q13
    How did astronauts and cosmonauts get to space?
    It's not possible to go to space.
    A car
    A rocket
    An airplane
    30s
  • Q14
    How far do people have to go up to get to space?
    Inches
    Pounds
    Miles
    Feet
    30s
  • Q15
    What was the name of Alan Shepard's spacecraft that he took up?
    Bellringer 4
    Mercury 12
    Vostok 23
    Freedom 7
    30s

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