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NAQT Practice Questions

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is often considered the greatest of the Greek heroes?

a)

Heracles

b)

Theseus

c)

Perseus

d)

Jason

2.

Which Greek hero completed twelve labors as penance?

a)

Heracles

b)

Theseus

c)

Perseus

d)

Jason

3.

Who killed the Nemean Lion and the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra?

a)

Heracles

b)

Theseus

c)

Perseus

d)

Jason

4.

Who successfully slew the Minotaur in the Labyrinth?

a)

Heracles

b)

Theseus

c)

Perseus

d)

Jason

5.

Who used the head of Medusa to rescue Andromeda?

a)

Heracles

b)

Theseus

c)

Perseus

d)

Jason

6.

Who completed a quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece?

a)

Heracles

b)

Theseus

c)

Perseus

d)

Jason

7.

Who was the greatest Greek warrior during the Trojan War?

a)

Achilles

b)

Odysseus

c)

Perseus

d)

Jason

8.

Odysseus was the king of _?

a)

Troy

b)

Ithica

c)

Thebes

d)

Argos

9.

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.

a)

Odysseus

b)

Diomedes

c)

Ajax the Great

d)

Bellerophon

10.

Who was a great Greek warrior, second only to Achilles in martial prowess during the Trojan War?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Diomedes

c)

Ajax the Great

d)

Bellerophon

11.

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.

a)

Odysseus

b)

Diomedes

c)

Ajax the Great

d)

Bellerophon

12.

Who was a demigod son of Poseidon known for defeating the Chimera?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Diomedes

c)

Ajax the Great

d)

Bellerophon

13.

Who was abandoned on a mountain as a baby and became one of the greatest hunters?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Diomedes

c)

Ajax the Great

d)

Atalanta

14.

Who proposed the idea for the Trojan Horse during the Trojan War?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Diomedes

c)

Ajax the Great

d)

Bellerophon

15.

Who was the only mortal other than Heracles to fight and injure gods during the Trojan War?

a)

Odysseus

b)

Diomedes

c)

Ajax the Great

d)

Bellerophon

16.

Who were the astronauts that first landed on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission?

a)

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

b)

Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin

c)

Neil Armstrong and Chris Kraft

d)

Buzz Aldrin and Chris Kraft

17.

Which mission transported the first human into space?

a)

Vostok 1

b)

Vostok 6

c)

Apollo 11

d)

Sputnik 1

18.

Who was the first woman in space?

a)

Valentina Tereshkova

b)

Yuri Gagarin

c)

Laika

d)

Alexey Leonov

19.

What was the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?

a)

Sputnik 1

b)

Sputnik 2

c)

Vostok 1

d)

Vostok 6

20.

Which mission was the platform for the first spacewalk?

a)

Voskhod 1

b)

Voskhod 2

c)

Apollo 13

d)

Apollo 1

21.

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?

a)

Challenger and Columbia

b)

Explorer and Discovery

c)

Enterprise and Atlantis

d)

Endeavor and Voyager

22.

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.

a)

Challenger 4

b)

Gemini 2

c)

Apollo 1

d)

Mercury 6

23.

What replicated the functionality of the Hubble Space Telescope and in replaced it 2021?

a)

James Webb Space Telescope

b)

McDonald Observatory

c)

Hobby-Eberly Telescope

d)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

24.

What caused the destruction of the Columbia during re-entry?

a)

Poor performance of the solid rocket booster O-rings

b)

Structural failure in one of the Merlin engines

c)

A piece of foam hitting the left wing of the Orbiter

d)

Failure to redesign the SRB joint

25.

What was the first commercial mission to resupply the International Space Station?

a)

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

b)

SpaceX CRS-1

c)

Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Missions

d)

Challenger disaster

26.

What was the purpose of the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 1?

a)

To correct Hubble's flawed optics

b)

To replace the Goddard High-Resolution Spectrograph

c)

To repair failed gyroscope systems

d)

To install the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph

27.

What did the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 2 replace?

a)

The High-Speed Photometer

b)

The Wide Field and Planetary Camera

c)

The Faint Object Spectrograph

d)

The Faint Object Camera

28.

Who cancelled the Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4?

a)

Deke Slayton

b)

Tom Stafford

c)

Sean O'Keefe

d)

Michael Griffin

29.

Which city-state is often called the birthplace of democracy?

a)

Argos

b)

Athens

c)

Corinth

d)

Sparta

30.

Which city-state is often called the birthplace of democracy?

a)

Argos

b)

Athens

c)

Corinth

d)

Sparta

31.

Which city-state was a major trade center due to its strategic location?

a)

Argos

b)

Athens

c)

Corinth

d)

Sparta

32.

Which sacred site was believed to be the center of the world?

a)

Delphi

b)

Knossos

c)

Olympia

d)

Syracuse

33.

Which city-state had two kings and a council of elected elders?

a)

Argos

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Thebes

34.

Which city-state defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Argos

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Thebes

35.

Which major Greek colony on Sicily was founded by colonists from Corinth and Tenea?

a)

Syracuse

b)

Delphi

c)

Knossos

d)

Olympia

36.

Which city-state established the elite force of 300 soldiers known as the Sacred Band?

a)

Argos

b)

Thebes

c)

Corinth

d)

Sparta

37.

Which city-state lost its position as the leading military power in Greece to Thebes?

a)

Argos

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Thebes

38.

Which city-state was destroyed by Alexander the Great following an unsuccessful revolt?

a)

Syracuse

b)

Delphi

c)

Knossos

d)

Thebes

39.

Which city-state was led by King Pheidon and developed the use of hoplites in rectangular phalanx formations?

a)

Argos

b)

Athens

c)

Corinth

d)

Sparta

40.

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

a)

Colorado River

b)

Mississippi River

c)

Missouri River

41.

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

a)

Colorado River

b)

Ohio River

c)

Missouri River

42.

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...

a)

The Colorado

b)

The St. Lawrence

c)

The Missouri

43.

This is a vital waterway of the Pacific Northwest, rising in the Rockies of British Columbia, flows through Lake Revelstoke before entering Washington sate

a)

The Hudson

b)

The Columbia

c)

The St. Lawrence

44.

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

a)

The Hudson

b)

St. Lawrence

c)

The Missouri

45.

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.,

a)

The Delaware

b)

The Hudson

c)

The Potomac

46.

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

a)

The Río Grande

b)

The Amazona

c)

The Snake River

47.

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

a)

The Delaware

b)

The Potomac

c)

The Hudson

48.

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

a)

The Snake River

b)

The Missouri

c)

The Hudson

49.

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

a)

The Hudson

b)

The Delaware

c)

The Potomac

50.

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

a)

The Snake

b)

Río Grande

c)

The Hudson

51.

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...

a)

The Mackenzie River

b)

The Missouri River

c)

The Snake River

52.

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

a)

The Río Grande

b)

The Snake

c)

The Red River of the South