Daily Quiz | On the moon landing
Picture taken 20 July, 1969, of astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, walking on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). File.
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Name the site on the Moon where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in July 1969 and walked on a celestial body other than Earth for the first time.
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The launch of this Soviet satellite in 1957 led to a period of public anxiety in Western nations about the perceived technological gap between the U.S. and Soviet Union. The crisis was a significant event in the Cold War and triggered the creation of NASA. What was the crisis, named after the Soviet satellite?
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Name the U.S. President who in 1961, at the peak of the Space Race, made the following proposal: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade [1960s] is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth.”
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Pantone 185 and Pantone 286 are colours found in the logo of which space agency?
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If Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet national, is known for accomplishing this feat in April 1961, name his American counterpart, who accomplished the same feat in May 1961.
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This phrase is used to convey that someone has arrived, or that something has been done. It was first made popular when Neil Armstrong landed on the moon with Buzz Aldrin, and referenced their lunar lander to tell the NASA Mission Control Centre that the pair had made a safe trip to the moon. Name the phrase.
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Identify the Toy Story character named in honour of Buzz Aldrin.
