- 1. In which year did Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon?
A) 1985
B) 1975
C) 1969
D) 1955
- 2. Which space mission was Neil Armstrong part of when he landed on the moon?
A) Gemini 7
B) Apollo 11
C) SpaceX Falcon 9
D) Soyuz 1
- 3. Before becoming an astronaut, what branch of the military did Neil Armstrong serve in?
A) Navy
B) Air Force
C) Marines
D) Army
- 4. Which university did Neil Armstrong attend for his bachelor's degree?
A) Harvard University
B) Yale University
C) Stanford University
D) Purdue University
- 5. What was the name of the lunar module Armstrong piloted to the moon's surface?
A) Endeavour
B) Discovery
C) Voyager
D) Eagle
- 6. In which city was Neil Armstrong born?
A) Houston
B) Los Angeles
C) Wapakoneta
D) New York City
- 7. What was the name of the Apollo 11 command module that orbited the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the surface?
A) Challenger
B) Atlantis
C) Intrepid
D) Columbia
- 8. What famous phrase did Neil Armstrong say as he stepped onto the moon's surface?
A) Hello, Moon!
B) The moon is mine!
C) That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
D) I made it!
- 9. After leaving NASA, what job did Neil Armstrong take up?
A) Movie director
B) Pilot for a commercial airline
C) CEO of a tech company
D) Professor of Aerospace Engineering
- 10. Which prestigious award did Neil Armstrong receive for his role in the Apollo 11 mission?
A) Nobel Prize
B) Pulitzer Prize
C) Presidential Medal of Freedom
D) Grammy Award
- 11. Who was the second person to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission?
A) Alan Shepard
B) Buzz Aldrin
C) Michael Collins
D) John Glenn
- 12. In which state did Neil Armstrong live out his later years in a farmhouse?
A) California
B) Texas
C) Ohio
D) Florida
- 13. Which astronaut accompanied Neil Armstrong on the Gemini 8 mission?
A) Alan Shepard
B) John Young
C) Gus Grissom
D) David Scott
- 14. Which famous person presented Neil Armstrong with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969?
A) Ronald Reagan
B) Richard Nixon
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Lyndon B. Johnson
- 15. What was the name of Neil Armstrong's wife?
A) Elizabeth
B) Sally
C) Catherine
D) Janet
- 16. In which year did Neil Armstrong retire from NASA?
A) 1971
B) 2001
C) 1991
D) 1981
- 17. What was the name of the crater near the Apollo 11 landing site that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin found difficult to avoid during landing?
A) Moon crater
B) West crater
C) Apollo crater
D) Star crater
- 18. Which US president awarded Neil Armstrong the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009?
A) Barack Obama
B) Bill Clinton
C) George W. Bush
D) Ronald Reagan
- 19. In which branch did Neil Armstrong work as a test pilot before becoming an astronaut?
A) US Air Force
B) NASA
C) NACA
D) US Navy
- 20. Where did Neil Armstrong and his family live when he became an astronaut in 1962?
A) New York City, New York
B) Los Angeles, California
C) Houston, Texas
D) Miami, Florida
- 21. What was the name of the lunar crater on the moon's surface where Armstrong and Aldrin landed Apollo 11 in 1969?
A) Tycho
B) Copernicus
C) Sea of Tranquility
D) Archimedes
- 22. How old was Neil Armstrong when he made his historic moonwalk?
A) 45
B) 50
C) 55
D) 38
- 23. What was Neil Armstrong's profession before becoming an astronaut?
A) Doctor
B) Engineer
C) Pilot
D) Teacher
- 24. What was Neil Armstrong's middle name?
A) Alden
B) Eugene
C) Michael
D) James
- 25. Which space organization did Neil Armstrong serve as the Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics?
A) ISRO
B) Roscosmos
C) NASA
D) ESA
- 26. What was the first spacecraft Neil Armstrong flew in space?
A) Mercury 3
B) Shuttle Endeavour
C) Apollo 11
D) Gemini 8
- 27. What was Neil Armstrong's age when he passed away in 2012?
A) 82
B) 91
C) 69
D) 76
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