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The Moon

Can you guess these facts related to the Earth's moon?
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First submittedMay 19, 2019
Times taken33,129
Average score70.6%
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First person to walk on the moon
Neil Armstrong
Second person to walk on the moon
Buzz Aldrin
The first word uttered on the surface of the moon
(Hint: the name of an American city)
Houston
Name of the U.S. program to land a person on the moon
Apollo
Greek goddess of the moon (and also hunting)
Artemis
Name of the moon in Latin
Luna
Code name of the lunar module used in the first moon landing
Eagle
Fill in the blank: That's one small step for man, one _____ ____ for mankind
Giant Leap
"Sea" where the first moon landing took place
Sea of Tranquility
There are 4 moons in the solar system that are larger than our moon.
Name any one of them.
Ganymede, Titan,
Callisto, or Io
Oceanic phenomenon caused mostly by the gravitational pull of the moon
Tides
James Bond movie with "moon" in the title
Moonraker
Band that recorded the album "The Dark Side of the Moon"
Pink Floyd
Term that refers to the second full moon in a calendar month
Blue Moon
Phase of the moon which comes after the new moon
Waxing Crescent
Phase of the moon which comes after the full moon
Waning Gibbous
Person who popularized the "moonwalk" dance
Michael Jackson
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65 Comments
sillie
+7
Level 76
May 20, 2019
You ask for a Greek goddess, then you don't really want to accept Diana (Roman).
Quizmaster
+35
Level ∞
May 20, 2019
You typed an answer you knew to be incorrect just to see if I would accept it?
sillie
+13
Level 76
May 21, 2019
I was guessing answers and after I'd typed it and saw the real answer I realised I typed a wrong one and was surprised at being accepted.
kalbahamut
+12
Level 81
Jul 18, 2019
I do this sometimes
ReyFer
+4
Level 64
Jul 18, 2019
yes
Walacama
+2
Level 82
Jul 18, 2019
Yes. I did the same, knowing it was incorrect, but also knowing that you excel at type-ins. Just testing you quizmaster, you passed. Not sure why sillie doesn't want it accepted.
Stef2
+2
Level 62
Jul 18, 2019
Thank god I'm not alone, Kalbahamut
nobrain
+17
Level 55
May 20, 2019
Please change the moonwalk question to “popularised” from “invented”. MJ was many things but a time traveller to the 1930s wasn’t one of them.
Quizmaster
+6
Level ∞
May 20, 2019
Fixed
PrinceEric
+10
Level 56
Jul 18, 2019
Today I learned Michael Jackson didn't invent the moonwalk. Dang.
ConradBrunstrom
+2
Level 80
Oct 15, 2020
Cab Calloway was tremendously popular when he moonwalked in the 1930s.
brandybuck96
+3
Level 83
May 20, 2019
Maybe accept "tranquillity" with two Ls?
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
May 20, 2019
Okay
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 60
Sep 27, 2024
Maybe also "tranquilitea"? Or maybe"...coffee"?
halpie
+4
Level 78
May 20, 2019
Neil Armstrong was actually supposed to say "That's one small step for a man..." but he missed the "a". NASA then tried to save face and claimed that "static" obscured the "a".
jm
+4
Level 85
May 21, 2019
I thought that modern technology proved NASA correct? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5398560.stm
kalbahamut
+16
Level 81
May 21, 2019
Save face? Was it that embarrassing? It seems to me like the quote can be understood with or without the article.
stylus
+3
Level 77
May 21, 2019
It can be understood, but it doesn't mean anything. If being understood was all they wanted, they could just release it as the slogan for the moon landing campaign, and Neil didn't need to say it at all. The point is, you want the very first words spoken on the moon to be perfect or it's a bad omen, and as it is, the fact that he messed it up was clearly very embarrassing or they wouldn't have covered it up.
samiamco
+17
Level 69
May 22, 2019
That seems a bit dramatic, Pen.
Sifhraven
+7
Level 72
Jul 18, 2019
So there allready was this tradition that it is considered to be a bad omen if the first words spoken on the moon arent perfect?? how can that be when noone had been there yet..
PrinceEric
+2
Level 56
Jul 18, 2019
I think it was just a PR standpoint that made it embarrassing. I remember wondering why everyone was making such a giant deal about a possibly skipped article, but Pen does make a good point. It's kind of like an inaugural address with a typo in it.
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 60
Sep 27, 2024
Now imagine if he had stumbled and the very first words on the moon were "oh shit..."

I think the missing "a" is not so much of a problem compared to that.

Ferbin
+2
Level 77
Sep 27, 2024
The problem is the "a" changes the meaning of the sentence. "A man" is one man, whereas just "man" is every man, or indeed every person, since "man" can be used as equivalent of "mankind". So basically, without the "a", he's saying "one small step for mankind, one giant leap for mankind".
h4rv3y
+1
Level 36
Sep 27, 2024
yes
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
May 21, 2019
Gibbous? hm. 46% got that right? okay. The rest were easy for me but missed that one.
sillie
+3
Level 76
May 21, 2019
I got that one, but missed crescent.
Freestatebear
+4
Level 86
May 21, 2019
Me too. I guess "gibbous" is such an unusual word, it's memorable!
Sifhraven
+6
Level 72
May 21, 2019
Reminds me of gibbon
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 60
Sep 27, 2024
Thought the same. Never heard that word before...
MayaB
+4
Level 73
May 21, 2019
This is the first time I heard / read this word at all. It's nice to learn something new.
Algernon
+2
Level 73
May 31, 2019
I got it too but missed the Greek Godess.
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
Jul 18, 2019
I remember that word from learning the phases of the moon in like fifth grade. I thought it sounded so funny and it has always stuck with me.
Ferbin
+2
Level 77
Jul 18, 2019
H. P. Lovecraft to the rescue.
Hugh2000
+3
Level 68
May 21, 2019
can you just accept Tide please
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 21, 2019
Yes
xyzzy
+3
Level 71
May 28, 2019
Gibbus for gibbous?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Apr 26, 2022
Okay
kinjapan
+6
Level 72
Jul 18, 2019
I feel like asking for Artemis instead of Selena is a bit of a miss. She was the goddess of the moon who drove the moon chariot across the night sky. Artemis is the goddess of the hunt, and also a goddess of the moon. The moon association is more of a side dish with her. (Double checked both Wikipedia and Greek Mythology.com to make sure I wasn't talking out of my butt.) And, while Artemis is the only correct answer to this question as it is worded, as far as I can tell, just seems like the not the best choice for moon goddesses.
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 89
Jul 18, 2019
I think Artemis is the more well-known goddess, and the bit about hunting makes it obvious which one is intended.
jmellor13
+4
Level 67
Jul 18, 2019
We've landed on the moon!
PrinceEric
+1
Level 56
Jul 18, 2019
WOOO!
Nachtschicht
+1
Level 60
Sep 27, 2024
I haven't :(
MCMLXXXII
+7
Level 72
Jul 18, 2019
The first words on the moon was actually "Contact light", uttered by Buzz Aldrin as the instrument light turned on once the eagle had made contact with the lunar surface.

Aldrin: Contact Light. Armstrong (on-board): Shutdown. Aldrin: Okay. Engine Stop. Aldrin: ACA out of Detent. Armstrong: Out of Detent. Auto. Aldrin: Mode Control, both Auto. Descent Engine Command Override, Off. Engine Arm, Off. 413 is in. Armstrong: Engine arm is off. (Pause) Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed. Aldrin: Thank you.

HarleenQuinzel
+2
Level 30
Oct 14, 2020
You are correct, the first words on the moon were, "contact light." But technically Aldrin was not on the surface of the moon. The real first-word on the surface is technically "That's" so quizmaster got it wrong. But, when Aldrin said "contact light," he believed the task wasn't completed. So when Armstrong said, "Houston," it was the first word after they thought they had finished landing.
triviawayne
+2
Level 66
Jul 20, 2022
If you really want to get technical, and it seems like you do, no words have been spoken from the surface as nobody has been there barefoot. However, with what you have posted, Armstrong said his words from the ladder before putting his boots on the surface. Aldrin's "Contact" is the first word spoken from the surface inside the LM, and the quiz needs fixing.
partdavid
+1
Level 72
Jul 20, 2022
Even without being technical, the "contact light" people are just plain wrong. The light didn't illuminate when the lander landed, it illuminated when the three probes touched the surface (they break off, by the way). At that moment, the lander was still flying--still under power, the landing gear on which it rests still above the surface. This explanation includes a diagram showing the difference between "contact" and "on the moon". Touching something below you doesn't mean you're "on" it.

Personally, to be "technical", I wouldn't consider them "on" the surface until the gear is taking the weight of the lander. That happened sometime during this exchange--unambiguously before the call to Houston, and equally unambiguously after engine stop.

Personally I think the question would be more clear if it used the preposition "from". It has connotations that more closely match our intuition about the first words spoken.

BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Jul 19, 2019
Movie starring Don Ameche and Betty Grable: Moon over _____
BlackLab
+2
Level 66
Jul 19, 2019
Who was the guy that stayed up in the capsule and never made it to the moon?
Blaidd
+2
Level 51
Feb 2, 2020
Michael collins
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Sep 16, 2020
Jethro Tull actually has 2 different songs about this guy :-)
mrsguyliner
+4
Level 21
Aug 6, 2019
Sorry to be Queen Pedant, but technically the first words uttered on the moon were "contact light".
SmartDude123
+1
Level 44
Oct 22, 2021
the first word on the moon is actually "contact" aldrin said contact light 7 seconds before armstrong said houston so can you fix this please
Charliezard
+3
Level 66
Oct 26, 2021
It's actually "That's one small step for *a* man, one giant leap for mankind." Niel Armstrong was from Ohio, so his accent, paired with the audio equipment used, made the "a" fade into for, to sound kinda like "...step fra man, one..."
Jacktheguy
+1
Level 91
Jul 20, 2022
"If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon..."
Devadatta
+2
Level 71
Jul 21, 2022
Five questions about Apollo, and not a single one about the Soviet space program?

Also, the first moon landing was Luna 2. Eagle was used in the first manned moon landing.

Ferbin
+2
Level 77
Sep 27, 2024
Because Murica.
Salz
+1
Level 59
Jan 19, 2023
If you consider the contact probes touching the moon (5 feet below the landing pads) to be landing, then the first words on the moon were "contact light". If you don't consider them to have landed until the pads were resting on the surface the first words were "ACA out of detent" (the first item on the post landing checklist). However "the Eagle has landed" were not the first words spoken on the moon.
RobNobody
+1
Level 78
May 12, 2023
It disappoints me on a conceptual level that "gibbous" doesn't get more than 50% (though still less than 100%).
Goggynoggler
+4
Level 56
Jan 29, 2024
Michael Collins made the journey to the moon on Apollo 11 and flew the command module alone while Aldrin and Armstrong went to the surface. It was absolutely necessary for someone to pilot the module in orbit or it would've been a one way trip. Collins did all the training, risked his life, contributed to one of the defining moments in human history, and most people have no idea who he is! There's even a comment on this very quiz asking "who was the guy that stayed up in the capsule?" He was just as integral to the mission as the other two but since he didn't actually step foot on the moon he is often left as a footnote or worse completely omitted! When we look back on that fateful day in history, standing tall alongside Neil and Buzz is Michael. When we teach our children to reach for the stars, there is no better inspiration than Michael. When we speak of the indomitable human spirit, Michael's name should be right there. Without Michael there is no moon landing! Put him on the quiz!
B23
+3
Level 21
Sep 27, 2024
I was really hoping one of the questions would be who successfully stole the moon and the answer would be Gru.
ColinShadow
+1
Level 51
Sep 27, 2024
I got all the questions related to music wrong... but everything else right :/
souzagustavo16
+1
Level 64
Sep 27, 2024
The Artemis question is really debatable... The greeks believed in Selene as the moon goddess (and Helius as the sun god). The romans later merged these two brothers with Artemis and Apollo, hence the misconception
Salz
+1
Level 59
Sep 27, 2024
The first word on the moon was ACA as Aldrin went through the post landing checklist. "Houston..." was only said after completing it.
amgine
+1
Level 66
Sep 29, 2024
Los Alamos, we have a problem
Bengus
+1
Level 59
Sep 30, 2024
Very good quiz. Shame it is spoilt by reference to the predatory monster in the final question.
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