Q 01/05

Which two crewmates flew to the Moon with Armstrong on his second and last spaceflight?

A) Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins

B) Jim Lovell and Fred Haise

C) David Scott and John Young

D) Pete Conrad and Alan Bean

Answer · why

A) Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins

Aldrin landed with him; Collins stayed in lunar orbit in the command module Columbia.

Q 02/05

Near which Ohio town was Armstrong born and raised?

A) Dayton

B) Wapakoneta

C) Toledo

D) Cincinnati

Answer · why

B) Wapakoneta

His father was a state auditor and the family lived in 16 towns in 14 years before settling back there in 1944.

Q 03/05

How old was Armstrong when his father first took him to the Cleveland Air Races?

A) Eight

B) Five

C) Two

D) Twelve

Answer · why

C) Two

He had his first flight in a Ford Trimotor, the 'Tin Goose', at five or six.

Q 04/05

What did Armstrong earn on his 16th birthday, before he had a driver's licence?

A) An amateur radio licence

B) A glider licence

C) A student flight certificate

D) His Eagle Scout badge

Answer · why

C) A student flight certificate

He soloed that August; he was also an Eagle Scout and carried a World Scout Badge to the Moon.

Q 05/05

At which university did Armstrong study aeronautical engineering from 1947?

A) Ohio State

B) Purdue

C) MIT

D) Caltech

Answer · why

B) Purdue

He turned down MIT after watching Purdue beat Ohio State in 1945; the Navy paid his tuition under the Holloway Plan.