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1 Who drives the car on the way to football tryouts?
Answer: Roy Lee

The first time we see Homer, O'Dell and Roy Lee, they are going to football tryouts, we see that Roy Lee is the driver of the car. After football tryouts, we see Roy Lee and Homer pushing the car and O'Dell driving it.
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What was the shared name of most of the rockets?




2 "Coal mining is your life, not mine. I'm never going down there again. I'm gonna go into space."
Answer: Homer

When Homer and Quentin went out to find the missing rocket, he missed work, and his father confronted him later that day, telling him that he would have to work the "night owl" shift. And that was when Homer said, "Coal mining is your life, not mine. I'm never going down there again. I'm gonna go into space."
3 What was the name of the city and state that Homer Hickam lived in?
Answer: Coalwood,WV

Coalwood was a mining town.
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4 What were the four rocket boys' names?
Answer: Homer, Quentin, O'Dell, Roy Lee

In real life, there were six boys - Homer, Quentin - who were combined with Billy Rose, in the movie - Roy Lee, and O'Dell - who was combined with Sherman.
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5 What was written on the last rocket?
Answer: Miss Riley

Homer and the rest of the Rocket Boys dedicated it to many people, including Miss Riley.
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6 When the three boys (Homer, Roy Lee, and O'Dell) are looking at the newspaper that has an article about the new satellite, Sputnik. Roy Lee says "Let 'em have outer space. We got ______." What did they have?
Answer: Rock 'n Roll

Roy Lee leaves after that and so does O'Dell, but Homer stays and finishes looking at the article. Roy Lee said this because he was not particularly interested in outer space. He was talking to Homer, O'Dell, Ike, and the store owner.
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7 "If you don't, I'll leave you. I'll find work. I'll do whatever it takes to get away from here. I'll live in a tree to get away from you. Don't you think I won't."
Answer: Elsie

Mr. Bolden needed to get into the machine shop so that he could help Homer, whose rocket supplies were stolen at the National Science Fair. But in order for Mr. Bolden to get into the machine shop, the miners' strike had to end, so Elsie went down to talk to her husband about it. She convinced him by saying that she would leave him if he didn't do anything about the strike. He asked where she would go, and she replied, "Myrtle Beach."
8 What school did Homer go to?
Answer: Big Creek High School

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9 What inspired Homer to build the rockets?
Answer: Sputnik

When Homer saw Sputnik fly over, he decided that was how he would get out of Coalwood.
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10 What is Homer's father's name in the movie?
Answer: John

His name was John. You can hear it many times in the movie. Although in real life his name was Homer.
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11 When Roy Lee is giving Homer dating advice, while everyone else is looking for Sputnik, what movie does Roy Lee tell Homer to take the girl to?
Answer: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

He says "Take her to a movie...somethin' scary like 'Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man'."
Homer doesn't exactly know how to date girls or get girls to like him. Roy Lee thinks that he knows everything about that so he is going to give Homer advice.
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12 "That's a great idea. Four unidentifiable high school students lost their lives early this morning when their toy rocket exploded."
Answer: O'Dell

The rocket boys couldn't seem to get their rockets to stop blowing up. Quentin concluded that they needed to get some other liquid to use, and Roy Lee suggested gasoline. This is when O'Dell said this line, as if quoting a newspaper. After this line, Homer suggested alcohol.
13 What was the name of the Rocket Boys' launch site?
Answer: Cape Coalwood

Cape Coalwood has Cape, like all other shuttle sites.
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14 What did Homer's mom say, when he said 'I'm gonna build a rocket!'?
Answer: Well, just don't blow yourself up. More eggs, anybody?

They were eating breakfast, the day after Sputnik flew over. Jim and the dad were talking about football, and Homer said that.
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15 What happened to their very first attempt at flying a rocket?
Answer: blew up

It blew up the fence as well.
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16 When Homer decides to build a rocket, what does he use to fuel his first one?
Answer: The Powder from 30 Sky Rockets

Roy Lee and O'Dell ask him how high he thinks it will go. Homer tells them about three or four miles since he has the powder from 30 sky rockets in it. He fires the rocket and what happenes? It blows up the fence.
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17 What was the name of the coal company John Hickam worked at?
Answer: Olga Coal Company

'Olga owns this house and half the furniture in it.'
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18 What happened to Homer's first rocket?
Answer: It blew up

His first rocket was packed with 'the powder from 30 cherry bombs.' When asked how high he thought it would fly, he answered '1, maybe 2 miles.'
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19 What was the first name of the girl who liked Homer?
Answer: Valentine

Valentine Carmina was her full name.
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20 When Miss Riley mentions the science fair, Roy Lee says "Science fairs are for ______." Who are science fairs for?
Answer: Geeks

After he says this he says "No offense, Quentin.", because Quentin entered into the science fair the year before. After Miss Riley mentions the science fair, Homer decides to ask further questions about it, and he ends up wanting to enter it. He eventually does and wins at the National Science Fair.
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21 "I heard you met your big hero. Didn't even know it."
Answer: John

When Homer came back from the National Science Fair, he made a trip to the mine and told his father that they were shooting off their last rocket that day. When he was walking away, his father said this line, and Homer explained that Dr. Von Braun wasn't his real hero.
22 How many miles is it from the coal company's property to Snakeroot, where the rocket boys' launch site is?
Answer: 8

'Snakeroot, that's 8 miles from here.'
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23 Who did Homer recruit to be a rocket boy, after his first rocket failed?
Answer: Quentin

Homer threw away his social life to talk to Quentin, the school nerd - and genius. Homer later regained his social life after their rockets flew - because of Quentin.
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24 How many Rocket Boys were there in real life?
Answer: 6

Even though only 4 were shown in the movie, there were 6 in real life.
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25 What causes the boys to put the big part of the track back?
Answer: They hear a train coming.

They try to stop the train but then find out that it is going the other way. They feel stupid after that because the train has two ways of going and it goes the other way. They are pulling up pieces of the track because they need money for their rockets.
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