Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - This Week in History: A Giant Leap for Mankind

1. On July 20, 1969, which two astronauts made a "giant leap for mankind" by walking on the Moon?

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

Neil Armstrong and Alan Shepard

Buzz Aldrin and Jim Lovell

John Glenn and Gus Grissom

Deke Slayton and Michael Collins

2. What was the name of the mission that flew to the Moon in 1969?

Saturn 1

Apollo 17

Apollo 13

Apollo 8

Apollo 11

3. What was the name of the lunar module that landed on the Moon in 1969?

The Hawk

The Eagle

The Sparrow

The Cheetah

The Bear

4. Three astronauts flew to the Moon that July. Which one stayed behind to man the command module, Columbia?

Jim Lovell

Gordon Cooper

John Glenn

Michael Collins

Alan Shepard

5. Before leaving the lunar module, Buzz Aldrin did what?

Called his wife

Read a poem

Ate a sandwich

Washed his face

Took communion

6. Along with approximately 500 million people (many more followed along via radio), which president watched from the White House as Americans landed on the Moon?

Spiro Agnew

Dwight Eisenhower

Richard Nixon

Jimmy Carter

John F. Kennedy

7. Two countries banned the moon landing broadcast, which two?

China and Russia

China and Brazil

Russia and Kenya

France and Italy

Mexico and Canada

8. In total, how many Americans have walked on the Moon?

10

6

15

12

2

9. President Kennedy challenged Americans to successfully land a man on the moon by when?

Before his next birthday

The bicentennial

In five years

The end of the century

The end of the decade

10. Seven years later, on July 20, 1976, Viking 1 landed where?

Jupiter

Mars

Pluto

Venus

Mercury