Q 01/05

In which Ontario city was he born?

A) Sudbury

B) Sarnia

C) Kingston

D) Oakville

Answer · why

B) Sarnia

The city's airport was renamed Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport in 1997.

Q 02/05

Which televised event at age nine made him 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

He watched it from a corn farm in southern Ontario.

Q 03/05

Through which youth organisation did he earn his glider pilot licence?

A) Royal Canadian Air Cadets

B) Royal Canadian Sea Cadets

C) Civil Air Patrol Canada

D) Scouts Canada Ventures

Answer · why

A) Royal Canadian Air Cadets

He won the glider scholarship at 15 and a powered-flight scholarship at 16.

Q 04/05

In which discipline did he take his honours degree at the Royal Military College in 1982?

A) Electrical

B) Aerospace

C) Civil

D) Mechanical

Answer · why

D) Mechanical

He spent two years at Royal Roads first and graduated with honours.

Q 05/05

Which fighter jet did he 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

He was the first CF-18 pilot to intercept a Soviet Tu-95 bomber in the Canadian Arctic.