Can you name the original NASA Mercury astronauts?

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Mercury Astronauts Quiz

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Created by: GeoExpert -
Published: June 8th, 2009
Category: Science
Plays: 7,969

Tags: Astronomy Quizzes, astronaut, space, mercury, nasa, NASA Mercury

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	davidr:	Jun 8th, 2009 at 17:52 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz. Difficult but good.

	WVUIE97:	Jun 8th, 2009 at 18:24 GMT	11 points
	thank goodness for "The Right Stuff"

	shnubby:	Jun 8th, 2009 at 18:56 GMT	7 points
	next up, obviously, should be gemini or apollo astronauts.

	BigSwitz98:	Jun 8th, 2009 at 19:45 GMT	2 points
	Could not remember Carpenter or Cooper to save my skin.

	egon14:	Jun 8th, 2009 at 20:16 GMT	3 points
	Excellent quiz! More like this, please!

	GeoExpert:	Jun 8th, 2009 at 20:18 GMT	2 points
	Gemini and Apollo quiz is not a bad idea! And by the way, did anyone here get the bonus answers?

	Moo:	Jun 8th, 2009 at 20:20 GMT	2 points
	Yes, that movie helped me remember these

	springmom:	Jun 9th, 2009 at 03:31 GMT	3 points
	The Right Stuff was a great movie! And it definitely helped.

	MaccaForever:	Jun 9th, 2009 at 03:46 GMT	3 points
	Amazing quiz! Please please please do the Gemini and Apollo astronauts next!! Oh, bonus answers? I didn't even think to try any, I must go back and do so now! And I agree, The Right Stuff's a fantastic movie!

	allurbass:	Jun 9th, 2009 at 23:13 GMT	3 points
	I'm thanking Thunderbirds. The Tracy sons were named after 5 of these astronauts. :)

	debbiedoesnothin:	Jun 9th, 2009 at 23:29 GMT	2 points
	Between The Right Stuff and Apollo 13, I should've known them all. Alas, no.

	davidr:	Jun 10th, 2009 at 18:29 GMT	0 points
	For those craving Apollo quizzitude, there's one on the men who've walked on the moon at http://www.sporcle.com/games/moonwalkers.php .

	davidr:	Jun 10th, 2009 at 18:42 GMT	1 point
	I don't see why this quiz is under science rather than history. It's a quiz about a series of historical facts and it makes no mention at all of the great scientific and technological advances that got them there. A quiz about rocket design would be science; a quiz about who flew the things is history. To me, this is no more a quiz about science than a quiz about horse racing is biology.

	GeoExpert:	Jun 10th, 2009 at 20:04 GMT	2 points
	@davidr: There are some quizzes that would blend in in more than one category, this would be an example. I can see why you think it should be under history, but would make sense under science as well. You could say the same for games such as "World Population 1900," which is under History because of the historical aspect of being from 1900, but would fit in under geography because it is about countries' populations.

	davidr:	Jun 11th, 2009 at 14:59 GMT	1 point
	@GeoExpert: I agree absolutely that `World Population 1900' can be classed equally as geography and history — it's a quiz about historical geography or, if you prefer, geographic history. But I really don't see any science in this quiz. Sure, there's science in building the rockets but this quiz isn't about any of that. None of the people named in the quiz are scientists and no knowledge of any scientific concept is required to answer it.

	Dutch:	Jun 21st, 2009 at 05:54 GMT	2 points
	Two bonuses...if you saw "The Right Stuff" you should have no problem remembering them...names might be difficult however

	GeoExpert:	Jul 4th, 2009 at 16:41 GMT	2 points
	Davidr. This quiz is about space exploration. It is not much different from "Space Shuttles," which by the way, is classified under science. The only difference between that quiz and this one and why you think Mercury Astro should be History is that this quiz is about something that happened in the past, and Space Shuttles is current. But think about it, after 2010, the shuttle will be retired as well. Even if you ask the Space Camp people about space exploration, they would say it is science. (not history)

	rdreidjr:	Jan 15th, 2010 at 20:55 GMT	1 point
	The descriptions of the bonus answers are not quite right -- can't say more without giving big hints. Check the literature, and you'll see what I mean.

	featherfish81:	Aug 21st, 2010 at 05:11 GMT	2 points
	I've seen The Right Stuff, and have no idea what the bonuses could be. Any more hints?

	will101:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 22:07 GMT	1 point
	My reference materials listed four 'bonuses', but I could only get the game to accept two.