Rockets Quiz: questions and answers

1. Where did the first gunpowder-powered rockets evolve?

Japan

China

Korea

2. What is the name of the multiple rocket launcher developed by Korea in the 1590s?

Che Diang Chong

Dao

Hwacha

3. Who developed the first iron-cased rockets?

Korean mlitary

British military

Indian military

4. The first mathematical treatment of the dynamics of rocket propulsion is due to:

Tipu Sultan

William Congreve

William Moore

5. When did William Leitch first propose the concept of using rockets to enable human spaceflight?

1863

1861

1865

6. Where was Wernher von Braun born?

The Netherlands

Germany

Belgium

7. What is the minimum range of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)?

5,000 km

5,250 km

5,500 km

8. What type of liquid propellant was used for the first stages of the Saturn V?

Liquid oxygen (LOX)

LOX and liquid hydrogen

Dinitrogen tetroxide

9. How loud is the space shuttle?

150 db (A)

210 db(A)

180 db(A)

10. Which company built the M51 SLBM (submarine-launched ballistic missile)?

Airbus

Lockheed Martin

Boeing

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