Space Science Trivia Questions
What was the name of the space craft that Valencia Tereshkova made
her historic space flight?
A: Vostok 6.
200 years before Jules Verne, what Frenchman wrote about two
fantastic space odysseys, one to the moon and one to the sun?
A: Cyrano de Bergerac.
What was the first name of the first man to reach space from the
earth?
A: Yuri.
Which 1968 movie was based on the book The Sentinel by Arthur C.
Clarke?
A: 2001: A Space Odyssey.
In 1983, what country shot down a Korean jet over its own air
space?
A: Russia.
John who travelled in space over 35 years after his first visit
to space?
A: John Glenn
What actor who starred in Lost in Space was a regular member of
the cast of Friends?
A: Matt LeBlanc.
In 1972 which space craft set off for Jupiter?
A: Pioneer 10.
What happened to the space shuttle Challenger on takeoff in 1986?
A: It exploded.
Which two Gemini spacecraft had the first rendezvous in space?
A: Gemini 6 and Gemini 7.
What was the name of the first American astronaut to walk
in space?
A: Edward White.
What keeps the earth's atmosphere from just dissipating into
space?
A: Gravity.
Bruce Willis led a team to confront a deadly threat from outer
space in a 1998 film. What was the title?
A: Armageddon.
The ancient souped-up spacecraft flown by Han Solo in the Star
Wars movie was named what?
A: The Millennium Falcon.
Before breaking into the movies as an outer space sex siren, what
actress performed topless in
Las Vegas?
A: Valerie Perrine. Her movie debut was as Montana Wildback in
Slaughterhouse Five.
In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, what restaurant chain had a
branch in the space station?
A: Howard Johnson.
What movie had the line "In space no one can hear you scream" on
the cinema posters?
A: Alien.
Who had to wait in the spacecraft while Buzz Aldrin and Neil
Armstrong walked on the moon?
A: Michael Collins.
Eileen Collins was the first female to hold what position on a
space shuttle mission?
A: Captain.
What did John F Kennedy refer to in noting: "This is a new ocean
and I believe the U.S. should sail it"?
A: Space.
What did NASA purchase in a wal-mart in 1995 to protect the space
shuttle from woodpeckers?
A: Six plastic owls.
What is the name of the first space probe to leave our solar
system?
A: Pioneer 10.
What are the names of the US space shuttles?
A: Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavour,
Columbia.
What was the name of the space craft that Valencia Tereshkova made
her historic space flight?
A: Vostok 6.
200 years before Jules Verne, what Frenchman wrote about two
fantastic space odysseys, one to the moon and one to the sun?
A: Cyrano de Bergerac.
What was the first name of the first man to reach space from the
earth?
A: Yuri.
Which 1968 movie was based on the book The Sentinel by Arthur C.
Clarke?
A: 2001: A Space Odyssey.
In 1983, what country shot down a Korean jet over its own air
space?
A: Russia.
John who travelled in space over 35 years after his first visit
to space?
A: John Glenn
What actor who starred in Lost in Space was a regular member of
the cast of Friends?
A: Matt LeBlanc.
In 1972 which space craft set off for Jupiter?
A: Pioneer 10.
What happened to the space shuttle Challenger on takeoff in 1986?
A: It exploded.
Which two Gemini spacecraft had the first rendezvous in space?
A: Gemini 6 and Gemini 7.
What was the name of the first American astronaut to walk
in space?
A: Edward White.
What keeps the earth's atmosphere from just dissipating into
space?
A: Gravity.
Bruce Willis led a team to confront a deadly threat from outer
space in a 1998 film. What was the title?
A: Armageddon.
The ancient souped-up spacecraft flown by Han Solo in the Star
Wars movie was named what?
A: The Millennium Falcon.
Before breaking into the movies as an outer space sex siren, what
actress performed topless in Las Vegas?
A: Valerie Perrine. Her movie debut was as Montana Wildback in
Slaughterhouse Five.
In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, what restaurant chain had a
branch in the space station?
A: Howard Johnson.
What movie had the line "In space no one can hear you scream" on
the cinema posters?
A: Alien.
Who had to wait in the spacecraft while Buzz Aldrin and Neil
Armstrong walked on the moon?
A: Michael Collins.
Eileen Collins was the first female to hold what position on a
space shuttle mission?
A: Captain.
In January 1986, a space shuttle blew up in mid-air, what was the
name of that shuttle?
A: Challenger.
