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Questions about the movie October Sky
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1
What was the name of the high school Homer attended?
Big Creek
Little Big Creek
Very Big Creek
Little Creek
2
Who asked Homer to sign her newspaper?
Martha May
Ms. Karkuff
Dorothy
Toto
3
Which rocket boy wore glasses?
O'Dell
Quientin
Homer
Roy Lee
4
What rocket couldn't they account for that they eventually found?
Auk 12
Auk 10
Auk 11
Auk 13
5
What were the rocket boys accused of doing that led to them destroying their launchpad?
stealing materials
hurting someone
missing too much school
starting a fire
6
How far did the rocket boys have to travel to set off their rockets?
12 miles
15 miles
4 miles
8 miles
7
Where does Homer end up going to college?
West Virginia
Harvard
Virginia Tech
North Carolina
8
What was the name of the coal mining company that Homer's dad worked for?
Auk
Snakeroot
Zinn Mining Co.
Olga
9
What country was Homer's idol, Wernher Von Braun, from?
Russia
USA
Iceland
Germany
10
How often did Sputnik orbit the Earth?
60 min
112 min
5 hrs
96 min
11
What was Homer's career later on in life?
chemical engineer
car salesman
NASA engineer
teacher
12
What does Homer get for his birthday from his Aunt?
sweater
autograph picture
iPhone 14
socks
13
Where did Elsie and John Hickam spend their honeymoon?
Disneyworld
Myrtle Beach
Coalwood
Ocean City
14
What university does his brother get a scholarship to play football at?
Virginia Tech
West Virginia
Shippensburg
Virginia
15
When Homer's first rockets were exploding, heat from the exhaust was melting the.....
body tube
nosecone
fins
nozzle
16
What did the boys name their launching area?
No Man's Land
Rocket Central
Cape Coalwood
Slack Dump
17
What does John Hickam eventually die from?
cancer
car accident
mine collapse
black lung disease
18
Miss Riley was quoted as saying "Science requires _______".
history
hard work
practice
math
19
Who does Homer meet after winning the science fair?
Wernher Von Braun
Neil Armstrong
Elvis
Mr. Strausbaugh
20
What city is the National Science Fair held in?
Boston
Minneapolis
Hanover
Indianapolis
21
What was the name of the principal in the movie?
Mr. Turner
Mr. Smith
Dr. Himes
Mr. Schaffer
22
Rocketry was invented by the __________, as early as 1000 A.D.
Germans
Americans
Russians
Chinese
23
What movie does Homer see while at the Science Fair?
Wolfman meets Frankenstein
Incredible Shrinking Man
Avengers: Infinity War
Apollo 13
24
What disease does Miss Riley get during the movie?
Hodgkins
COVID
the flu
Cancer
25
Who gets to go to the National Science Fair competition?
none of them
Quentin and Homer
only Homer
all the rocket boys
26
What happens to Homer's science fair exhibit at the National Fair?
destroyed by fire
forgets it at home
parts are stolen
throws it away
27
What state does the story take place in?
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
28
According to Quentin, what school always wins the science fairs?
New Oxford MS
Little Big Creek
Big Creek
Welch
29
What skill does Homer have to learn in order to construct his rockets?
how to Minecraft
Welding
model building
carpentry
30
What word does Quentin like to use to show excitement?
prodigious
awesome
holy cow
skibidi
31
Name the first artificial satellite launched into space
Vanguard
Apollo 1
Sputnik
Explorer 1
32
Who shows up at the last launch unexpectantly?
Homer's Mom
Miss Riley
Homer's Dad
Mr. Zinn
33
What was the name of the last rocket the boys launched in the movie?
Auk 14
Miss Riley
Mr. Fett
Auk 15