Trivia Quiz #192 - Space Trivia

Trivia quiz questions about space, space craft, movies about space, space time, outer space and more!

1. What was the name of the space craft that Valencia Tereshkova made her historic space flight?
    
2. 200 years before Jules Verne, what Frenchman wrote about two fantastic space odysseys, one to the moon and one to the sun?
    
3. What was the first name of the first man to reach space from the earth?
    
4. Which 1968 movie was based on the book The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke?
    
5. In 1983, what country shot down a Korean jet over its own air space?
    
6. John who travelled in space over 35 years after his first visit to space?
    
7. What actor who starred in Lost in Space was a regular member of the cast of Friends?
    
8. In 1972 which space craft set off for Jupiter?
    
9. What happened to the space shuttle Challenger on takeoff in 1986?
    
10. Which two Gemini spacecraft had the first rendezvous in space?
     
11.  What was the name of the first American astronaut to walk in space?
     
12. What keeps the earth's atmosphere from just dissipating into space?
     
13. Bruce Willis led a team to confront a deadly threat from outer space in a 1998 film. What was the title?
     
14. The ancient souped-up spacecraft flown by Han Solo in the Star Wars movie was named what?
     
15. Before breaking into the movies as an outer space sex siren, what actress performed topless in Las Vegas?
     
16. In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, what restaurant chain had a branch in the space station?
     
17. What movie had the line "In space no one can hear you scream" on the cinema posters?
     
18. Who had to wait in the spacecraft while Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon?
     
19. Eileen Collins was the first female to hold what position on a space shuttle mission?
     
20. What did John F Kennedy refer to in noting: "This is a new ocean and I believe the U.S. should sail it"?
     
21. What did NASA purchase in a wal-mart in 1995 to protect the space shuttle from woodpeckers?
     
22. What is the name of the first space probe to leave our solar system?
     
23. What are the names of the US space shuttles?
     
24. What was the name of the space craft that Valencia Tereshkova made her historic space flight?
     
25. 200 years before Jules Verne, what Frenchman wrote about two fantastic space odysseys, one to the moon and one to the sun?
     
26. What was the first name of the first man to reach space from the earth?
     
27. Which 1968 movie was based on the book The Sentinel by Arthur C. Clarke?
     
28. In 1983, what country shot down a Korean jet over its own air space?
     
29. John who travelled in space over 35 years after his first visit to space?
     
30. What actor who starred in Lost in Space was a regular member of the cast of Friends?
     
31. In 1972 which space craft set off for Jupiter?
     
32. What happened to the space shuttle Challenger on takeoff in 1986?
     
33. Which two Gemini spacecraft had the first rendezvous in space?
     
34.  What was the name of the first American astronaut to walk in space?
     
35. What keeps the earth's atmosphere from just dissipating into space?
     
36. Bruce Willis led a team to confront a deadly threat from outer space in a 1998 film. What was the title?
     
37. The ancient souped-up spacecraft flown by Han Solo in the Star Wars movie was named what?
     
38. Before breaking into the movies as an outer space sex siren, what actress performed topless in Las Vegas?
    Valerie Perrine. Her movie debut was as Montana Wildback in Slaughterhouse
39. In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, what restaurant chain had a branch in the space station?
     
40. What movie had the line "In space no one can hear you scream" on the cinema posters?
     
41. Who had to wait in the spacecraft while Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong walked on the moon?
     
42. Eileen Collins was the first female to hold what position on a space shuttle mission?
     
43. In January 1986, a space shuttle blew up in mid-air, what was the name of that shuttle?
     

Answers to Trivia Quiz #192 - Space Trivia Answers

1. Vostok 6.
2. Cyrano de Bergerac.
3. Yuri.
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey.
5. Russia.
6. John Glenn
7. Matt LeBlanc.
8. Pioneer 10.
9. It exploded.
10. Gemini 6 and Gemini 7.
11. Edward White.
12. Gravity.
13. Armageddon.
14. The Millennium Falcon.
15. Valerie Perrine. Her movie debut was as Montana Wildback in Slaughterhouse Five.
16. Howard Johnson.
17. Alien.
18. Michael Collins.
19. Captain.
20. Space.
21. Six plastic owls.
22. Pioneer 10.
23. Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavour, Columbia.
24. Vostok 6.
25. Cyrano de Bergerac.
26. Yuri.
27. 2001: A Space Odyssey.
28. Russia.
29. John Glenn
30. Matt LeBlanc.
31. Pioneer 10.
32. It exploded.
33. Gemini 6 and Gemini 7.
34. Edward White.
35. Gravity.
36. Armageddon.
37. The Millennium Falcon.
38. Valerie Perrine. Her movie debut was as Montana Wildback in Slaughterhouse Five.
39. Howard Johnson.
40. Alien.
41. Michael Collins.
42. Captain.
43. Challenger.