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From the Earth to the Moon Trivia Quiz

Jules Verne had an idea how to travel to Earth's satellite over 100 years before Neil Armstrong became the first man on the Moon. What do you know about "From the Earth to the Moon"?

A multiple-choice quiz by Shiraste. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Shiraste

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
342,163

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
338

Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Where was the Gun Club located that came up with the idea to shoot a projectile from the Earth to the Moon? Hint

Pittsburgh

Boston

Baltimore

New York

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Question 2 of 10

2. Since gunpowder had too much mass and volume to fit into the cannon, with which propellant did the members of the Gun Club decide to load the gun? Hint

Guncotton

Nitroglycerin

Dynamite

Cordite

3. President Impey Barbicane had a personal enemy, whose occupation was a designer for armor plates. He declared that the whole endeavor was impossible and attacked the president of the Gun Club through newspaper articles and letters to the editor. Who was this man? Hint

Captain Grant

Captain Kidd

Captain Nemo

Captain Nicholl

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Question 4 of 10

4. Barbicane and the other members of the Gun Club raised $1,446,675 from foreign nations to realize their project. But one country that, according to Jules Verne, shares just one soul among the twenty-six millions of inhabitants on their island didn't give a single farthing. "They hinted that the enterprise of the Gun Club was contrary to the 'principle of non-intervention.'" Which country did Jules Verne write about? Hint

Denmark

Cyprus

Japan

England

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Question 5 of 10

5. The members of the Gun Club decided on a spherical projectile for the cannon but it was later changed to which form? Hint

cylindrical

cylindro-conical

octagonal

prismatic

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Question 6 of 10

6. Why were areas in Florida or Texas the only feasible locations in the United States for building the cannon? Hint

latitude

weather concerns

longitude

economical reasons

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of the French adventurer who wanted to travel to the Moon inside the projectile shot from the giant cannon? Hint

Michel Ardan

Passepartout

Alcide Jolivet

Palmyrin Rosette

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Question 8 of 10

8. James T. Maston, the secretary of the Gun Club, was not allowed to join the others on their journey to the Moon because he didn't possess all of his limbs anymore. Therefore he volunteered to test if you could survive locked within the projectile. What happened to Maston during the 8 day experiment? Hint

Nothing at all happened.

He asphyxiated.

He grew fat.

He became mad.

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Question 9 of 10

9. In order to see the projectile on its course to the Moon they had to build a stronger observatory. It was decided to build it on a mountain so there was less atmosphere to pierce which decreased visibility. Which mountain range was chosen? Hint

Appalachian Mountains

Rocky Mountains

The Alps

The Himalayas

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Question 10 of 10

10. Did the projectile from the cannon hit its target, the Moon? Hint

No, it missed the moon but was retained by the lunar attraction.

No, it bypassed the moon and was lost in space.

No, it barely made it out of the muzzle.

Yes, it hit the moon squarely.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was the Gun Club located that came up with the idea to shoot a projectile from the Earth to the Moon?

Answer: Baltimore

In the first line of his novel Jules Verne states: "During the War of the Rebellion, a new and influential club was established in the city of Baltimore in the State of Maryland."

2. Since gunpowder had too much mass and volume to fit into the cannon, with which propellant did the members of the Gun Club decide to load the gun?

Answer: Guncotton

It is guncotton, also known as nitrocellulose.
Dynamite, invented by Alfred Nobel, is an explosive based on nitroglycerin.
Nitroglycerin is an oily explosive, first synthesized in Turin by chemist Ascanio Sobrero.
Cordites are propellants developed in the late 19th century in Great Britain.

Answer: Captain Nicholl

Captain Nicholl from Philadelphia was the opponent of Impey Barbicane, the president of the Baltimore Gun Club.
Captain Grant features in another Jules Verne novel "In Search of the Castaways".
Captain Nemo was the master of the submarine "Nautilus" in "20000 Leagues Under The Sea".
Captain Kidd was a Scottish privateer executed for piracy in 1701.

Answer: England

"There remained but England; and we know the contemptuous antipathy with which she received Barbicane's proposition. The English have but one soul for the whole twenty-six millions of inhabitants which Great Britain contains. They hinted that the enterprise of the Gun Club was contrary to the "principle of non-intervention." And they did not subscribe a single farthing." Jules Verne - From the Earth to the Moon.

5. The members of the Gun Club decided on a spherical projectile for the cannon but it was later changed to which form?

Answer: cylindro-conical

The projectile was changed into a cylindro-conical form so that humans could travel aboard it. The spherical projectile would roll wildly.

6. Why were areas in Florida or Texas the only feasible locations in the United States for building the cannon?

Answer: latitude

It was a question of geographical latitude. According to a letter from the director of Cambridge Observatory the location had to be between 0 and 28 degrees latitude north or south of the equator.

7. What was the name of the French adventurer who wanted to travel to the Moon inside the projectile shot from the giant cannon?

Answer: Michel Ardan

His name is Michel Ardan.
Alcide Jolivet is a character from "Michael Strogoff".
Passepartout is Phileas Fogg's servant in "Around the World in Eighty Days".
Palmyrin Rosette is Hector Servadac's former teacher in "Off on a Comet".

Answer: He grew fat.

"Presently afterward the secretary of the Gun Club appeared at the top of the cone in a triumphant attitude. He had grown fat!" Jules Verne - From the Earth to the Moon

Answer: Rocky Mountains

It was built in the Rocky Mountains because the Appalachian Mountains were not high enough and the Baltimore Gun Club wanted to build it "within the Union".

10. Did the projectile from the cannon hit its target, the Moon?

Answer: No, it missed the moon but was retained by the lunar attraction.

"LONG'S PEAK, December 12. To the Officers of the Observatory of Cambridge. The projectile discharged by the Columbiad at Stones Hill has been detected by Messrs. Belfast and J. T. Maston, 12th of December, at 8:47 P.M., the moon having entered her last quarter. This projectile has not arrived at its destination. It has passed by the side; but sufficiently near to be retained by the lunar attraction.

The rectilinear movement has thus become changed into a circular motion of extreme velocity, and it is now pursuing an elliptical orbit round the moon, of which it has become a true satellite." Jules Verne - From the Earth to the Moon

Source: Author Shiraste

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