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WorksheetsNAQT Practice Questions
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 26mins
Who is often considered the greatest of the Greek heroes?
Heracles
Theseus
Perseus
Jason
Which Greek hero completed twelve labors as penance?
Heracles
Theseus
Perseus
Jason
Who killed the Nemean Lion and the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra?
Heracles
Theseus
Perseus
Jason
Who successfully slew the Minotaur in the Labyrinth?
Heracles
Theseus
Perseus
Jason
Who used the head of Medusa to rescue Andromeda?
Heracles
Theseus
Perseus
Jason
Who completed a quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece?
Heracles
Theseus
Perseus
Jason
Who was the greatest Greek warrior during the Trojan War?
Achilles
Odysseus
Perseus
Jason
Odysseus was the king of _?
Troy
Ithica
Thebes
Argos
When he returned home, he found his wife Penelope was being harassed by rowdy suitors who believed him to be dead. So he disguised himself as a beggar, and when Penelope proposed an archery contest among the suitors, he revealed his identity and killed them.
Odysseus
Diomedes
Ajax the Great
Bellerophon
Who was a great Greek warrior, second only to Achilles in martial prowess during the Trojan War?
Odysseus
Diomedes
Ajax the Great
Bellerophon
He was a massive and powerful Greek warrior during the Trojan War who fought with a massive shield made of cowhide and bronze, which he used to protect his half-brother Teucer, a potent archer.
Odysseus
Diomedes
Ajax the Great
Bellerophon
Who was a demigod son of Poseidon known for defeating the Chimera?
Odysseus
Diomedes
Ajax the Great
Bellerophon
Who was abandoned on a mountain as a baby and became one of the greatest hunters?
Odysseus
Diomedes
Ajax the Great
Atalanta
Who proposed the idea for the Trojan Horse during the Trojan War?
Odysseus
Diomedes
Ajax the Great
Bellerophon
Who was the only mortal other than Heracles to fight and injure gods during the Trojan War?
Odysseus
Diomedes
Ajax the Great
Bellerophon
Who were the astronauts that first landed on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong and Chris Kraft
Buzz Aldrin and Chris Kraft
Which mission transported the first human into space?
Vostok 1
Vostok 6
Apollo 11
Sputnik 1
Who was the first woman in space?
Valentina Tereshkova
Yuri Gagarin
Laika
Alexey Leonov
What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 2
Vostok 1
Vostok 6
Which mission was the platform for the first spacewalk?
Voskhod 1
Voskhod 2
Apollo 13
Apollo 1
Which two Space Shuttle launches, officially STS-51-l and STS-107, are known for their accidents and loss of life, including a former science teacher named Christa McAuliffe on the first one?
Challenger and Columbia
Explorer and Discovery
Enterprise and Atlantis
Endeavor and Voyager
This mission was intended to be a test of the Command/Service Module in low-Earth orbit (LEO). However, a fire on the launchpad during a test killed the three astronauts aboard, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Roger Chaffee, and Ed White.
Challenger 4
Gemini 2
Apollo 1
Mercury 6
What replicated the functionality of the Hubble Space Telescope and in replaced it 2021?
James Webb Space Telescope
McDonald Observatory
Hobby-Eberly Telescope
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
What caused the destruction of the Columbia during re-entry?
Poor performance of the solid rocket booster O-rings
Structural failure in one of the Merlin engines
A piece of foam hitting the left wing of the Orbiter
Failure to redesign the SRB joint
What was the first commercial mission to resupply the International Space Station?
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
SpaceX CRS-1
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Missions
Challenger disaster
What was the purpose of the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 1?
To correct Hubble's flawed optics
To replace the Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph
To repair failed gyroscope systems
To install the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
What did the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 2 replace?
The High-Speed Photometer
The Wide Field and Planetary Camera
The Faint Object Spectrograph
The Faint Object Camera
Who cancelled the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4?
Deke Slayton
Tom Stafford
Sean O'Keefe
Michael Griffin
Which city-state is often called the birthplace of democracy?
Argos
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
Which city-state is often called the birthplace of democracy?
Argos
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
Which city-state was a major trade center due to its strategic location?
Argos
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
Which sacred site was believed to be the center of the world?
Delphi
Knossos
Olympia
Syracuse
Which city-state had two kings and a council of elected elders?
Argos
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Which city-state defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War?
Argos
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Which major Greek colony on Sicily was founded by colonists from Corinth and Tenea?
Syracuse
Delphi
Knossos
Olympia
Which city-state established the elite force of 300 soldiers known as the Sacred Band?
Argos
Thebes
Corinth
Sparta
Which city-state lost its position as the leading military power in Greece to Thebes?
Argos
Athens
Sparta
Thebes
Which city-state was destroyed by Alexander the Great following an unsuccessful revolt?
Syracuse
Delphi
Knossos
Thebes
Which city-state was led by King Pheidon and developed the use of hoplites in rectangular phalanx formations?
Argos
Athens
Corinth
Sparta
This river is the longest or second-longest in North America,
Referred to by Abraham Lincoln as the "the father of waters", this river begins at Lake Itasca, Minnesota and flows 2, 340 miles to a vast delta on the Gulf of Mexico
Colorado River
Mississippi River
Missouri River
This river flows 981 miles through a significant industrial region of the central United States
Seen as the border between the northern and southern United States, this is formed in downtown Pittsburgh by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers
Colorado River
Ohio River
Missouri River
This is the most significant river in southwestern United States, This river runs southwest from the Rocky Mountains National Park 1,450 miles to the Gulf of California...
The Colorado
The St. Lawrence
The Missouri
This is a vital waterway of the Pacific Northwest, rising in the Rockies of British Columbia, flows through Lake Revelstoke before entering Washington sate
The Hudson
The Columbia
The St. Lawrence
This river was first explored by Jacque Cartier in the 16th century, this river emerges from the northeastern corner of Lake Ontario in the Thousand Islands archipelago, forming the border between Ontario and New York
The Hudson
St. Lawrence
The Missouri
This river is one of most historic in the United States, rising at Fairfax Stone, WV, this river runs 405 miles forming the border between Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D. C.,
The Delaware
The Hudson
The Potomac
This river forms a natural border between Texas and 4 Mexican states since 1848
It flows south out of the Colorado through New Mexico reaching the international boundary of El Paso, TX
The Río Grande
The Amazona
The Snake River
This river is historically significant river of the eastern United States, its source in the Catskills, this river flows 301 miles, this flows past Trenton, New Jersey and Philadelphia
George Washington crossed this river on Christmas night in 1776
The Delaware
The Potomac
The Hudson
This river is formed in western Montana by the confluence of the Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers
It flows past Bismarck, North Dakota, and Kansas City before emptying into the Mississippi
The Snake River
The Missouri
The Hudson
This river has been a historically significant American river since the early 17th century.
This river flows 315 miles through eastern New York state
This river flows past New York's capital Albany and West Point
The Hudson
The Delaware
The Potomac
This is a major river of the northwestern United Sates, rising in Yellowstone National Park
This river bisects southern Idaho along its 1,078 mile route
Flowing through Pocatello and Boise this river forms much of the border between Idaho and Oregon
The Snake
Río Grande
The Hudson
This river is the longest in Canada, flowing 1, 800 miles out of the Great Slave Lake the river flows past Fort Providence and Fort Simpson
This river was named for a Scottish explorer...
The Mackenzie River
The Missouri River
The Snake River
This is a major river of the southern Great Plains, this forms most of the border between Oklahoma and Texas along its 1,360 mile
The border formed part of the border between Mexico and the United States after the 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty
The Río Grande
The Snake
The Red River of the South
