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