Moon Landings

Quiz

1. How many men have walked on the Moon?
2. Can you name the last person to walk on the Moon?
3. What were Buzz Aldrin's first two words after he set foot on the Moon?
4. Which astronaut has hit two golf balls on the lunar surface?








5. Which nation was the very first to reach the surface of the moon?
6. What was the name of the mission that landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon?
7. Who commanded the aborted Apollo 13 mission?
8. Which country became the first to land on the "dark side" of the Moon?
9. The first American manned moon landing took place in which month and year?
10. Can you name the third person to walk on the Moon?
11. What was the name of the lunar module which landed the first men on the Moon?
12. Can you name the landing site that the first manned mission landed on?
13. In 2019 which country's first moon lander, Beresheet, crashed into the moon's surface?
14. In August 2023, which country was the first to land a spacecraft near the Moon's south pole?

Answers

1. Twelve men
2. Gene Cernan
3. "Beautiful view"
4. Alan Shepard
5. U.S.S.R. (Luna 2 impacted the moon's surface on 12 September 1959)
6. Apollo 11
7. Jim Lovell
8. China
9. July 1969 (21 July 1969)
10. Charles "Pete" Conrad
11. Eagle
12. Sea of Tranquillity
13. Israel
14. India