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Apollo_space_trivia.sPubDate = "7/15/2009 3:20:03 AM GMT";
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Apollo_space_trivia.appHeader = "Test your knowledge of Apollo history";
Apollo_space_trivia.appDeck = new Array("<img src=http://www.msnbc.com/modules/quizzes/images/990715apollosig.jpg align=left>Do you know who played golf on the moon? Or how fast the lunar rover went? If you think you're up on your Apollo knowledge - or if you just want to learn some interesting facts on the space program - take our quiz.","<img src=http://www.msnbc.com/modules/quizzes/images/990715apollosig.jpg align=left>Do you know who played golf on the moon? Or how fast the lunar rover went? Here's how your answers matched the realities of the Apollo space program: <SCORE>");
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Apollo_space_trivia[1] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[1][0] = new Array("Actor Tom Hanks played which astronaut in the 1995 film \"Apollo 13\"?");
Apollo_space_trivia[1].answer = "Jim Lovell, played by Tom Hanks in the movie, was the commander of Apollo 13 in his final space mission.  He was also the lunar module pilot in Apollo 8.";
Apollo_space_trivia[1][1] = new Array("John Glenn",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[1][2] = new Array("Jim Lovell",'',1);
Apollo_space_trivia[1][3] = new Array("Jack Swigert",'',0);

Apollo_space_trivia[2] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[2][0] = new Array("Which Apollo mission ended before the spacecraft left the ground, burning up on the launch pad during a routine countdown test and killing the three astronauts on board?");
Apollo_space_trivia[2].answer = "Apollo 1 burned up on the launch pad in Cape Canaveral on Jan. 27, 1967.  The investigation into the accident revealed poorly insulated wiring as well as other potentially fatal shortcomings.  The disaster delayed the Apollo program by 18 months.";
Apollo_space_trivia[2][1] = new Array("Apollo 1",'',1);
Apollo_space_trivia[2][2] = new Array("Apollo 7",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[2][3] = new Array("Apollo 13",'',0);

Apollo_space_trivia[3] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[3][0] = new Array("Who was the command module pilot for Apollo 11 - the only crew member who never set foot on the moon?");
Apollo_space_trivia[3].answer = "Michael Collins, in his final space flight, piloted Apollo 11's command module Columbia in lunar orbit while his crewmates Neil Armstrong and \"Buzz\" Aldrin made history as the first men on the moon.";
Apollo_space_trivia[3][1] = new Array("Alan Bean",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[3][2] = new Array("Fred Haise",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[3][3] = new Array("Michael Collins",'',1);

Apollo_space_trivia[4] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[4][0] = new Array("Neil Armstrong piloted the lunar module to what region of the moon?");
Apollo_space_trivia[4].answer = "Armstong landed the lunar module onto a cratered plain in the Sea of Tranquillity and uttered the famous words, \"Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.'";
Apollo_space_trivia[4][1] = new Array("Sea of Serenity",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[4][2] = new Array("Sea of Tranquillity",'',1);
Apollo_space_trivia[4][3] = new Array("Sea of Rains",'',0);

Apollo_space_trivia[5] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[5][0] = new Array("What was the top speed reached by the lunar rover?");
Apollo_space_trivia[5].answer = "The top speed reached by the lunar rover, used in the final three Apollo missions to allow the astronauts to travel farther and carry more supplies, was 11 miles per hour.  This speed record was set by Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt.";
Apollo_space_trivia[5][1] = new Array("18 miles per hour",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[5][2] = new Array("15 miles per hour",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[5][3] = new Array("11 miles per hour",'',1);

Apollo_space_trivia[6] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[6][0] = new Array("Who was the first American in space and the first (and last) lunar golfer?");
Apollo_space_trivia[6].answer = "Alan Shepard became the first American in space in a 15-minute suborbital flight in a Mercury capsule in 1961.  A decade later, he commanded the Apollo 14 mission and became the fifth man on the moon.  But before getting back in the lunar module after his moonwalk, Shepard demonstrated his golf swing for the TV audience, sending a golf ball sailing in slow motion into the sky.  He said he got the idea when he saw Bob Hope carrying a golf club on a tour of the space center.";
Apollo_space_trivia[6][1] = new Array("Neil Armstrong",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[6][2] = new Array("Alan Shepard",'',1);
Apollo_space_trivia[6][3] = new Array("Frank Borman",'',0);

Apollo_space_trivia[7] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[7][0] = new Array("Why was Thomas \"Ken\" Mattingly replaced by Jack Swigert as Apollo 13's command module pilot the day before launch?");
Apollo_space_trivia[7].answer = "\"Ken\" Mattingly, Jim Lovell and Fred Haise were all exposed to the measles virus less than a week before the flight's scheduled launch when a backup lunar module pilot came down with a case of German measles.  Blood tests showed that Lovell and Haise were probably immune from the virus, but doctors were not sure about Mattingly.  He was replaced by Jack Swigert the day before launch.  Mattingly never did come down with the measles and ended up going to the moon two years later on Apollo 16.";
Apollo_space_trivia[7][1] = new Array("He had been exposed to measles",'',1);
Apollo_space_trivia[7][2] = new Array("He had a heart attack",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[7][3] = new Array("He broke his finger",'',0);

Apollo_space_trivia[8] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[8][0] = new Array("Which Apollo 12 astronaut became a celebrity not after his walk on the moon but when he appeared in an American Express television advertisement in the mid-1970s?");
Apollo_space_trivia[8].answer = "Charles \"Pete\" Conrad was the commander of Apollo 12 and the third person on the moon in 1969, but his face was not widely recognized until he appeared in an American Express TV spot saying, \"Do you know me? I walked on the moon.\"  Conrad was killed in a motorcycle accident on July 8, 1999.";
Apollo_space_trivia[8][1] = new Array("Charles \"Pete\" Conrad",'',1);
Apollo_space_trivia[8][2] = new Array("Edwin \"Buzz\" Aldrin",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[8][3] = new Array("Edgar Mitchell",'',0);

Apollo_space_trivia[9] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[9][0] = new Array("Who was the only professional scientist to walk on the moon?");
Apollo_space_trivia[9].answer = "Harrison \"Jack\" Schmitt, a geologist-astronaut, became the first scientist to practice his profession on another world in the final Apollo mission to the moon.  He later served one term as a U.S. senator.";
Apollo_space_trivia[9][1] = new Array("Eugene Cernan",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[9][2] = new Array("Harrison \"Jack\" Schmitt",'',1);
Apollo_space_trivia[9][3] = new Array("Neil Armstrong",'',0);

Apollo_space_trivia[10] = new Array();
Apollo_space_trivia[10][0] = new Array("Apollo 10's command module and lunar module were named, respectively:");
Apollo_space_trivia[10].answer = "Charlie Brown and Snoopy were the command and lunar modules in the Apollo 10 mission.  Columbia and Eagle were in Apollo 11, and Odyssey and Aquarius were in Apollo 13.";
Apollo_space_trivia[10][1] = new Array("Columbia and Eagle",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[10][2] = new Array("Odyssey and Aquarius",'',0);
Apollo_space_trivia[10][3] = new Array("Charlie Brown and Snoopy",'',1);


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