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Buzz Aldrin on the moon, this day 55 years ago. Alamy Stock Photo
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Quiz: How much do you know about the first moon landing?
Today marks 55 years since the first moon landing.
TODAY MARKS 55 years since astronaut Neil Armstrong emerged from Apollo 11′s lunar module The Eagle, set foot on the moon, and uttered his famous line: “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
On 20 July, 1969, Armstrong became the first man on the moon, quickly followed by his fellow astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin.
It was the culmination of the so-called ‘Space Race’ during the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union, as both sides competed to prove that they were technologically superior.
So: how much do you know about the first moon landing?
Along with Armstrong and Aldrin, there was a lesser-known third astronaut on the Apollo 11 mission who did not set foot on the moon. What was his name?
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Eamon De Valera
Joseph Plunkett
Thomas Clarke
Michael Collins
Who was president of the US when the mission occurred?
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Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What year was the last year humans stepped foot on the moon?
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1972
1969
2005
1986
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during the moon landing?
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Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Vladmir Lenin
The Eagle made a risky landing to the moon's surface. Why was this?
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It wasn't prepared for the lack of gravity
Its radio to the NASA control room had cut out
It was landing in a crater on the moon
It ran out of fuel
How many men have walked on the moon?
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6
8
10
12
How many countries were given moon rocks by US President Richard Nixon after the Apollo 11 mission?
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8
135
124
Just the Soviet Union
At the peak of the Apollo programme, how many people did it employ?
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4,000
32,000
144,000
400,000
What was the name of the area in which the lunar module the Eagle made its landing on the moon?
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Sea of Doubt
Sea of Nobility
Sea of Unrest
Sea of Tranquility
Which ocean did the astronauts land in on their way back to earth?
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Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Southern Ocean
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