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Movie: October Sky
Movie: October Sky
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1
What place did Homer and the Rocket Boys win in the National Science Fair?
2nd place
1st runner-up
1st place
2nd runner-up
2
What was the name of the Rocket Boys' launch site?
Cape October
Cape Coalwood
Cape Homer
Cape Canaveral
3
Which war just ended during the time period of this movie?
World War II
the French and Indian War
the Revolutionary War
the Civil War
4
What subject did Quinton assist Homer with to determine if they started the forest fire?
trigonometry
forensic science
algebra
rocket science
5
Where did Homer's mom want to retire?
Myrtle Beach
New York
Orlando
Dallas
6
What fuel did the "rocket boys" switch to?
Gasoline
Moonshine alcohol
Corn fuel
Biofuel
7
What was the name of the rocket scientist admired by Homer?
Niels Bohr
Wernher von Braun
Stephen Hawking
Albert Einstein
8
What country developed the first orbiting satellite?
Soviet Union
England
USA
Canada
9
What did Homer originally try out for but failed?
Football
Basketball
Academic bowl
Science team
10
Why does Homer go to work at the coal mines?
He needed money for rocket supplies
His father was injured and couldn't work
His father hired him
He flunked out of school
11
What was the name of the first satellite that orbited in space?
Sputnik
International Space Station
Refusenik
Hubble
12
Why did the rocket boys steal the railroad ties?
to melt the material for the rocket
that's what poor people did back then
to sabotage the train system
to sell the material for money
13
Where did the Rocket Boys live?
West Virginia
Alabama
Texas
New Mexico
14
What was the name of the last rocket the Rocket Boys launched?
the Rocket
October Sky
Miss Riley
Dr. Von Braun
15
Homer's dream was to--
be a coal miner
go into space
build an atomic bomb
be an experimental physicist
16
How did the rocket boys adjust the model of the rocket?
added paint
made the body longer
used titanium steel
made the body of molded plastic
17
Why did the Rocket Boys get arrested?
blamed for starting a fire
taking supplies from the mine
for building a rocket
caught stealing railroad tracks
18
The Rocket Boys named their rocket the
Auk
, which is ---.
another word for "hawk"
Homer's nickname
a flightless bird
a parakeet
19
What type of scholarship did Homer's brother receive?
academic
baseball
science
football
20
What other subject did Mrs. Riley
(science teacher)
say was required for the science fair?
Math
History
Physics
English
