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Question 1

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET YOUR PICTURE ON THE WALL IN THE PILOTS' TAVERN?

Accepted Answer

CRASH & BURN

Question 2

WHO MADE THE FIRST ORBITS AROUND THE EARTH?

Accepted Answer

GLENN

Question 3

WHO'S WIFE STUTTERS?

Accepted Answer

JOHN GLENN

Question 4

WHO DID THE GOVERNMENT FEAR MIGHT DROP BOMBS ON THE U.S.?

Accepted Answer

RUSSIA

Question 5

ACCORDING THE GORDON COOPER, WHO WAS THE BEST PILOT IN THE WORLD?

Accepted Answer

COOPER

Question 6

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF JOHN GLENN'S SPACECRAFT?

Accepted Answer

FRIENDSHIP 7

Question 7

WHAT DID THE ASTRONAUTS WANT TO ADD TO THE SPACE CAPSULE?

Accepted Answer

WINDOW

Question 8

WHY WASN'T YEAGER SELECTED AS A MERCURY ASTRONAUT?

Accepted Answer

NO COLLEGE DEGREE

Question 9

WHO BROKE YEAGER'S RECORD?

Accepted Answer

CROSSFIELD

Question 10

HOW MANY ORBITS DID GLENN MAKE?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 11

WHO WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN INTO SPACE?

Accepted Answer

SHEPHARD

Question 12

HOW MANY ORBITS DID COOPER MAKE?

Accepted Answer

22

Question 13

WHAT DATE WAS THE SOUND BARRIER BROKEN?

Accepted Answer

OCT 14, 1947

Question 14

WHICH PRESIDENT WANTED TEST PILOTS TO BE THE FIRST MEN IN SPACE?

Accepted Answer

EISENHOWER

Question 15

WHAT WAS THE 'FRIENDSHIP 7' ?

Accepted Answer

THE SPACECRAFT

Question 16

WHAT DOES 'ASTRONAUT' MEAN?

Accepted Answer

STAR VOYAGER

Question 17

WHEN YEAGER'S SHOULDER WAS HURT, WHAT DID HE USE TO CLOSE THE HATCH OF THE JET HE WAS TESTING?

Accepted Answer

BROOM HANDLE

Question 18

WHO WAS THE DEMON YEAGER WAS CHASING?

Accepted Answer

MACH 1/SPEED OF SOUND

Question 19

WHO WENT TO SPACE FIRST, MAN, WOMAN OR MONKEY?

Accepted Answer

MONKEY

Question 20

WHAT CUT JOHN GLENN'S VOYAGE SHORT?

Accepted Answer

LOOSE HEAT SHIELD

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