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