People of The Final Frontier Trivia Quiz

Answer: Extreme

Goddard was the first person in the world to launch a liquid-fueled rocket. He did this in 1926, but was so nervous about someone stealing his ideas that he did not even reveal this fact for 10 years! In his paper, "A Method for Reaching Extreme Altitudes", he was able to pen down just about all of the needed information on math and physical theory that the science of Rocketry would ever need.

Answer: True

"On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres" claimed that the bodies in our solar system revolved around the Sun. Ptolemy had stated MUCH earlier (in the second century A.D.) that the Sun and planets all revolved around the Earth. In my opinion, I would say that attests to the arrogance of mankind. Copernicus was so afraid to challenge that theory that he withheld publication of the book for 30 years.

He died shortly after it was released, on May 24, 1543, of a brain hemorrhage.

Answer: 1962

The exact date was February 20, 1962. He was aboard the Mercury 6, and while he WAS the first American to orbit the Earth, he was the 5th person in space. John Glenn went on to become a Senator for Ohio in 1974, and set a record in 1992 when he was elected for the 4th time in a row.

Answer: Valentina

It was on June 16, 1963 aboard the space vehicle Vostok 6. She was almost killed in 1969, when she and two fellow Cosmonauts were in a limousine procession with General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev. An Army officer opened fire on them, trying to assassinate Brezhnev, and did succeed in killing Valentina's limo driver.

Answer: Yes

He came up with this terminology during a radio debate about the nature of the way our universe began. An Astrophysicist named Gamow had published a paper in 1946 stating that he believed the reason the universe was always expanding was due to a huge explosion at the beginning of time.

It was this paper to which Hoyle was referring in his 1950 radio broadcast debate, thus calling that explosion the "big bang". Hoyle went on to publish a few Science Fiction novels, including "The Black Cloud", "Diseases From Space", "October The First is Too Late", and "Fifth Planet".

Answer: Chuck Yeager

He did it in a Bell X-1 42,000 feet above the ground in California. He was only 24 years old at the time, and less than a year later in May 1948 he took the X-1 to a record altitude of 64,000 feet.

Answer: The Comet Ferret

He is best known in our time for a catalog of nebulous objects. In fact, it was the Crab Nebula that inspired Messier to start the catalog. He believed that it so resembled a comet that he wanted to make sure he formed a catalog for future astronomers to differentiate between true comets and nebulae.

This catalog was first published in 1771. He made his last sole discovery of a comet in 1798.

Answer: Jim Lovell

Jim Lovell was the Commander of the Apollo 13 lunar mission. He was portrayed by actor Tom Hanks in the movie "Apollo 13". The movie was based on Lovell's book "Lost Moon". Jim had his first turn as Commander on Gemini 12 in 1966. Buzz Aldrin was also aboard Gemini 12.

Answer: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

It was in 1960 that he lead a project known as Project Ozma. Ozma was the very first radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Drake united with Carl Sagan in 1971 to create a message for alien life. It turned out to be a plaque and they had it placed on the side of the Pioneer 10 and 11 spacecraft.

Answer: False

Albert died in 1955, but years later in 1999, it was borrowed for a study at McMaster University. The team discovered that the area believed to be used for mathematical processing was actually 15% larger than the average. This area of the brain is known as the Inferior Parietal Region. Einstein first published his "Special Theory of Relativity" in one of four articles in 1905.