Part 12-From the Earth to the Moon

Mr. Dolloff

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  1. Apollo 20 was the last manned moon landing.

    2. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  2. Thomas Edison created one of the first special-effects movies called "A Voyage to the Moon" (translated from French)

    3. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  3. The director of "A Voyage to the Moon" made millions from his film.

    4. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  4. Taurus-Littrow was the name of the area visited by the astronauts.

    5. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  5. The last time a human being walked on the moon was in 1976.

    6. Your answer:
    TrueFalse

  6. The creator of "A Voyage to the Moon" was one of the first to:

    7. Your answer:
    create a music video
    create a movie with sound
    create a movie with special effects
    create a movie with real actors

  7. The name of the lunar module for this mission was:

    8. Your answer:
    Eagle
    Challenger
    Friendship 7
    Gumdrop

  8. The last man on the moon was:

    9. Your answer:
    Neil Armstrong
    Gene Cernan
    Dave Scott
    Pete Conrad

  9. What special thing did the commander of this mission do for his daughter?

    10. Your answer:
    talked to her from space
    gave her his spacesuit
    carved her initials in the lunar dust
    brought her a fender from the lunar rover

  10. What symbolic thing did one of the astronauts do?

    11. Your answer:
    salute the flag
    Buried the geologist's hammer in the ground
    Hit a golf ball
    Throw the geologist's hammer

  11. What tough job did Ed Fendel have to do?

    12. Your answer:
    Use the remote camera to film the lunar module ascent.
    Remotely drive the lunar rover.
    Use the remote camera to follow the astronauts around.
    Use a remote controlled geology hammer.

  12. What small accident slowed the astronauts down?

    13. Your answer:
    the motor on the lunar rover wouldn't start
    the fender on the lunar rover got torn off.
    Their spacesuits ripped.
    the color camera didn't work

  13. The name of the co-pilot on this mission was:

    14. Your answer:
    John Young
    Harrison "Jack" Schmitt
    Gordon Cooper
    Pete Conrad

  14. What country was the movie "A Voyage to the Moon" created in?

    15. Your answer:
    England
    France
    Yugoslavia
    USA

  15. The last Apollo moon landing was:

    16. Your answer:
    Apollo 16
    Apollo 18
    Apollo 17
    Apollo 19

  16. Tom Hanks played what part in this segment:

    17. Your answer:
    Thomas Edison
    the "man in the moon"
    one of the geologists
    The movie director's assistant

  17. What fooled the astronauts into thinking they had found something important?

    18. Your answer:
    light reflection off the lunar rover
    footprints from earlier astronauts
    a mirage
    blue dust from an asteroid

  18. Which of the following Apollo missions never landed on the moon?

    19. Your answer:
    Apollo 17
    Apollo 9
    Apollo 12
    Apollo 15

  19. What was special about Harrison Schmitt?

    20. Your answer:
    he was the first astronaut to complain to Nasa about the food
    he was the last man to walk on the moon
    he was secretly a russian spy
    he was the first true scientist to walk on the moon

  20. The manned moon landings stopped because of:

    21. Your answer:
    cost
    politics
    danger
    all of these

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