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  • 1. 
    What was the first manned flight around the moon?

  • Apollo 7
  • Gemini 2
  • Apollo 11
  • Apollo 8

  • 2. 
    The Viking who discovered Greenland was named:

  • Erik the Red
  • Lothar of the Hill People
  • Sven the Bold
  • Dane Cook

  • 3. 
    Who was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean?

  • Vasco Núñez de Balboa
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Vasco da Gama
  • Hernando Cortez

  • 4. 
    Whose tomb was discovered in 1922?

  • Mumtaz Mahal
  • King Tutankhamen
  • V.I. Lenin
  • Ulysses S. Grant

  • 5. 
    Which spacecraft was first to land on the moon?

  • Gemini 3
  • Gemini 8
  • Apollo 11
  • Apollo 8

  • 6. 
    What was the first satellite?

  • Apollo 8
  • Sputnik
  • Soyuz
  • Voyager

  • 7. 
    Which Michigan city was founded by a French explorer named Cadillac?

  • Cadillac
  • Lansing
  • Detroit
  • Dearborn

  • 8. 
    Who was the first European to sail to India?

  • Ferdinand Magellan
  • Sebastian Cabot
  • Vasco da Gama
  • Christopher Columbus
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