Q 01/05

On what date did Apollo 11's lunar module land on the Moon?

A) July 20, 1969

B) July 16, 1969

C) July 4, 1969

D) July 24, 1969

Answer · why

A) July 20, 1969

The mission launched on July 16 and splashed down on July 24; touchdown came at 20:17 UTC.

Q 02/05

Which crew member stayed in lunar orbit aboard the command module while the other two landed?

A) Fred Haise

B) Buzz Aldrin

C) Jim Lovell

D) Michael Collins

Answer · why

D) Michael Collins

He was the second person to orbit the Moon alone, after John Young on Apollo 10.

Q 03/05

What was the call sign of the Apollo 11 lunar module?

A) Eagle

B) Spider

C) Snoopy

D) Falcon

Answer · why

A) Eagle

The name came from the bald eagle on the mission patch; the command module was Columbia.

Q 04/05

The command module was named Columbia after Columbiad, a giant cannon in a novel by which author?

A) H. G. Wells

B) Jules Verne

C) Edgar Rice Burroughs

D) Arthur C. Clarke

Answer · why

B) Jules Verne

In From the Earth to the Moon (1865) the cannon fires a spacecraft from Florida, of all places.

Q 05/05

The Apollo 11 mission patch was designed by which crew member?

A) Neil Armstrong

B) Buzz Aldrin

C) Deke Slayton

D) Michael Collins

Answer · why

D) Michael Collins

The crew left their names off it so it would represent everyone who had worked on the landing; the eagle later appeared on the Eisenhower dollar.