Q 01/05

In which Ontario city was Chris Hadfield born?

A) Sudbury

B) Sarnia

C) Kingston

D) Oakville

Answer · why

B) Sarnia

Sarnia was only his birthplace: he grew up on a farm in Milton, near Toronto, yet it is Sarnia's airport that now carries his name.

Q 02/05

Which televised event at age nine made Chris Hadfield decide to become an astronaut?

A) Yuri Gagarin's flight

B) The first Space Shuttle launch

C) The Apollo 13 rescue

D) The Apollo 11 Moon landing

Answer · why

D) The Apollo 11 Moon landing

The Apollo 11 Moon landing gave the nine-year-old farm boy an ambition that looked impossible: Canada had no astronaut programme and did not choose it...

Q 03/05

Through which organisation did Chris Hadfield earn his glider pilot's licence at 15?

A) Royal Canadian Air Cadets

B) Royal Canadian Sea Cadets

C) Soaring Association of Canada

D) Scouts Canada

Answer · why

A) Royal Canadian Air Cadets

The Royal Canadian Air Cadets, which he joined at 13, taught him to fly: a glider licence at 15 and powered flight at 16, years before the air force p...

Q 04/05

In which branch of engineering did Chris Hadfield take his honours degree at the Royal Military College?

A) Electrical

B) Aerospace

C) Civil

D) Mechanical

Answer · why

D) Mechanical

Mechanical engineering: the armed forces he joined out of high school put him through military college, two years at Royal Roads and two at Kingston, ...

Q 05/05

Which fighter jet did Chris Hadfield fly on NORAD intercept missions?

A) CF-5 Freedom Fighter

B) CF-104 Starfighter

C) CF-18 Hornet

D) CF-101 Voodoo

Answer · why

C) CF-18 Hornet

The CF-18 Hornet was his aircraft with 425 Squadron in Quebec; in 1985 he flew the type's first intercept of a Soviet bomber nearing Canadian airspace...