Q 01/05

Which Space Shuttle orbiter, first planned as Constitution, was renamed after a fan letter campaign?

A) Challenger

B) Enterprise

C) Discovery

D) Endeavour

Answer · why

B) Enterprise

Enterprise got its name after Star Trek fans sent the White House hundreds of thousands of letters. It flew glide tests only: NASA dropped its plan to...

Q 02/05

Which Star Wars ship did Han Solo win from Lando Calrissian in a game of sabacc?

A) Tantive IV

B) Naboo Royal Starship

C) Star Destroyer

D) Millennium Falcon

Answer · why

D) Millennium Falcon

The Millennium Falcon is said to have been shaped after a hamburger, with an olive on the side for the cockpit. Han won it from Lando several years be...

Q 03/05

The Apollo 10 command and lunar modules were named after characters from which comic strip?

A) Peanuts

B) Blondie

C) Dick Tracy

D) Popeye

Answer · why

A) Peanuts

Peanuts supplied both call signs: the command module was Charlie Brown and the lunar module was Snoopy. Creator Charles Schulz drew mission artwork fo...

Q 04/05

Which Apollo 11 lunar module carried Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin down to the Moon's surface?

A) Columbia

B) Spider

C) Eagle

D) Gumdrop

Answer · why

C) Eagle

Eagle touched down in the Sea of Tranquility on 20 July 1969 while Michael Collins circled overhead in the command module Columbia. Its descent stage ...

Q 05/05

Which animals does Kirk's crew carry through time aboard a captured Klingon ship in Star Trek IV?

A) Bottlenose dolphins

B) Humpback whales

C) Giant sea turtles

D) Polar bears

Answer · why

B) Humpback whales

Humpback whales are extinct in Kirk's century, so the crew slingshot around the Sun to 20th-century San Francisco to fetch some. Only the whales can a...