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Questions about the movie October Sky
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1
Miss Riley was quoted as saying "Science requires _______".
practice
math
history
hard work
2
Who shows up at the last launch unexpectantly?
Homer's Mom
Quentin
Homer's Dad
Miss Riley
3
What was the name of the coal mining company that Homer's dad worked for?
Snakeroot
Zinn Mining Co.
Olga
Auk
4
How far did the rocket boys have to travel to set off their rockets?
12 miles
8 miles
15 miles
4 miles
5
What skill does Homer have to learn in order to construct his rockets?
Welding
how to Minecraft
carpentry
model building
6
What university does his brother get a scholarship to play football at?
West Virginia
Virginia
Shippensburg
Virginia Tech
7
Name the first artificial satellite launched into space
Explorer 1
Vanguard
Sputnik
Apollo 1
8
What did the boys name their launching area?
Cape Coalwood
Rocket Central
Slack Dump
No Man's Land
9
What was the name of the last rocket the boys launched in the movie?
Miss Riley
Mr. Fett
Auk 15
Auk 14
10
What city is the National Science Fair held in?
Indianapolis
Boston
Denver
Hanover
11
How often did Sputnik orbit the Earth?
60 min
5 hrs
112 min
96 min
12
What happens to Homer's science fair exhibit at the National Fair?
forgets it at home
throws it away
parts are stolen
destroyed by fire
13
What were the rocket boys accused of doing that led to them destroying their launchpad?
starting a fire
hurting someone
missing too much school
stealing materials
14
Rocketry was invented by the __________, as early as 1000 A.D.
Russians
Chinese
Germans
Americans
15
What country was Homer's idol, Wernher Von Braun, from?
Russia
Germany
Iceland
USA
16
What movie does Homer see while at the Science Fair?
Sputnik vs. the World
Incredible Shrinking Man
Wolfman meets Frankenstein
Apollo 13
17
What rocket couldn't they account for that they eventually found?
Auk 10
Auk 12
Auk 13
Auk 11
18
Who does Homer meet after winning the science fair?
Mr. Wagner
Elvis
Neil Armstrong
Wernher Von Braun
19
Who gets to go to the National Science Fair competition?
Quentin and Homer
none of them
only Homer
all the rocket boys
20
What was Homer's career later on in life?
NASA engineer
teacher
car salesman
chemical engineer
21
What state does the story take place in?
South Carolina
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
22
Where does Homer end up going to college?
MIT
Harvard
North Carolina
Virginia Tech
23
What disease does Miss Riley get during the movie?
the flu
Cancer
COVID
Hodgkins
24
When Homer's first rockets were exploding, heat from the exhaust was melting the.....
fins
nozzle
body tube
nosecone
25
What does John Hickam eventually die from?
car accident
black lung disease
cancer
mine collapse
26
What was the name of the high school Homer attended?
Welch
Little Big Creek
Big Creek
Little Creek