Mae Jemison Quiz

Where was Mae Jemison born?

• Texas

• Alabama

• California

• New York

What was Mae Jemison's dream as a child?

• To be a scientist

• To be a nurse

• To be a teacher

• To be a dancer

In which TV show did Mae Jemison find inspiration for her dream of going to space?

• The Simpsons

• Breaking Bad

• Friends

• Star Trek

What was one of Mae Jemison's biggest obstacles during her astronaut training?

• Fear of heights

• Fear of water

• Fear of spiders

• Fear of flying

What project does Mae Jemison lead to make travel to other star systems possible within the next hundred years?

• The 100 Year Starship

• The Mars Mission

• The Venus Project

• The Jupiter Expedition

Where did Mae Jemison work after medical school?

• Refugee camp in Thailand

• Kennedy Space Center

• NASA

• Peace Corps in Sierra Leone and Liberia

What did Mae Jemison take with her to space as reminders of people who had been excluded in the past?

• Portrait of Oprah Winfrey, Greek statue, Photo of Cleopatra

• Portrait of Neil Armstrong, Statue of Liberty, Photo of Amelia Earhart

• Portrait of Rosa Parks, Egyptian statue, Photo of Marie Curie

• Portrait of Judith Jameson, West African statue, Photo of Bessie Coleman

What did Mae Jemison study in college besides chemical engineering?

• History and literature

• Math and physics

• Music and art

• Dance and theater

What did Mae Jemison do during her mission in space?

• Fixed the space shuttle systems

• Took photographs of Earth

• Performed experiments on weightlessness and motion sickness

• Explored other planets

What languages does Mae Jemison speak?

• Korean, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish

• Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, Portuguese

• French, German, Spanish, Italian

• Swahili, Russian, Japanese, English