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Rocket Trivia Quizizz - The Vostok Program

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Vostok Program was developed by what country?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

United States

c)

China

d)

United Kingdom

2.

The Vostok Program was an analogue to what other program?

a)

Voskhod Program

b)

Mercury Program

c)

Gemini Program

d)

Ariane Program

3.

Which one of these Vostok cosmonauts never flew to space?

a)

Gherman Titov

b)

Pavel Popovich

c)

Anatoli Kartashov

d)

Valery Bykovsky

4.

The Vostok launch vehicle used in the Vostok Program was part of which rocket family?

a)

Proton

b)

Soyuz

c)

N-1

d)

R-7

5.

The Vostok launch vehicle was the first in the R-7 family of rockets to have what component?

a)

Upper Stage

b)

Block A Core Stage

c)

RD-108 Sustainer Engine

d)

Non-Pressure Stabilized Propellant Tanks

6.

How many crewed flights made up the Vostok program?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

7.

What orbit was achieved by all Vostok spacecraft in the Vostok program?

a)

Geosynchronus Orbit

b)

Medium Earth Orbit

c)

Low Earth Orbit

d)

Polar Orbit

8.

Which other spacecraft was MOST directly derived from the Vostok spacecraft?

a)

Neitron satellites

b)

Object D

c)

Voskhod spacecraft

d)

Zenit satellites

9.

Which Vostok flight flew Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space?

a)

Vostok 6

b)

Vostok 5

c)

Vostok 4

d)

Vostok 3

10.

Which one of these Vostok cosmonauts was involved with either Vostok 3 or Vostok 4, the first simultaneous flight of two spacecraft?

a)

Gherman Titov

b)

Pavel Popovich

c)

Valery Bykovsky

d)

Viktor Gorbatko

11.

Which one of these Vostok cosmonauts did not actually fly on a Vostok mission?

a)

Andriyan Nikolayev

b)

Gherman Titov

c)

Vladimir Komarov

d)

Pavel Popovich

12.

Which one of these characteristics caused a high G-load during re-entry of a Vostok mission?

a)

Ballistic Re-Entry

b)

Ejection Seat

c)

Primitive Heatshield

d)

Capsule Shape

13.

In terms of capabilities during the time period, which one of these American launch vehicles was the analogue to the Soviet Vostok launch vehicle?

a)

Mercury-Atlas

b)

Mercury-Redstone

c)

Titan II GLV

d)

Delta 1000

14.

While NASA's First Astronaut Group was made of seven people (The Mercury Seven), how many people made up the original Vostok Cosmonaut Group?

a)

15

b)

20

c)

25

d)

30

15.

Which person was the primary manager of the Vostok program?

a)

Konstantin Vershinin

b)

Valentin Glushko

c)

Sergei Korolev

d)

Ivan Ivanovich

16.

True or False: The very first mission of the Vostok program was crewed.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which Korabl-Sputnik mission was the first to send humans into orbit?

a)

Korabl-Sputnik 2

b)

Korabl-Sputnik 3

c)

Korabl-Sputnik 4

d)

Korabl-Sputnik 5

18.

The Vostok program led to the very first fatality of an astronaut or cosmonaut. Who was this person?

a)

Mikhail Yangel

b)

Valentin Bondarenko

c)

Mitrofan Nedelin

d)

Leonid Chernushka

19.

On what date was the launch of Vostok 1?

a)

March 28th, 1961

b)

April 10th, 1961

c)

April 12th, 1961

d)

April 14th, 1961

20.

On what date was the launch of the last crewed launch of the Vostok program, Vostok 6?

a)

June 7th, 1963

b)

June 10th, 1963

c)

June 13th, 1963

d)

June 16th, 1963