Quiz  /  Human Exploration: From Earth to Space Quiz

  • 1. 
    Who was the first woman in space?

  • Valentina V. Tereshkova
  • Sally Ride
  • Amelia Earhart
  • Olga Korbut

  • 2. 
    Who was the first human to orbit Earth?

  • Virgil Grissom
  • John Glenn
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Yury Gagarin

  • 3. 
    Which was the last continent to be discovered?

  • Australia
  • North America
  • Europe
  • Antarctica

  • 4. 
    Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?

  • Richard Byrd
  • Richard Peary
  • Sir Walter Scott
  • Roald Amundsen

  • 5. 
    Which one of these was not one of Christopher Columbus’s ships?

  • Golden Hind
  • Niña
  • Santa Maria
  • Pinta

  • 6. 
    Where was Ferdinand de Magellan from?

  • Mexico
  • Italy
  • Portugal
  • Ecuador

  • 7. 
    Who was the first American astronaut to orbit Earth?

  • Neil Armstrong
  • John Glenn
  • Scott Carpenter
  • Virgil Grissom

  • 8. 
    Who was the first human on the Moon?

  • Neil Diamond
  • Buzz Aldrin
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Buzz Lightyear

  • 9. 
    What famous traveler was known as Il Milione?

  • Meriwether Lewis
  • Mark Twain
  • Ibn Khaldun
  • Marco Polo

  • 10. 
    Who was the first European to visit the Bahamas?

  • Christopher Plummer
  • Christopher Columbus
  • Hernán Cortés
  • Henry Hudson
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