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  • 1. On what date was Gagarin honoured with a 12-mile parade that concluded at the Red Square?
A) 14 April 1961
B) 2 August 1961
C) 15 April 1961
D) 29 April 1961
  • 2. Which award was bestowed upon Gagarin immediately after his parade speech, alongside the Order of Lenin?
A) Hero of Socialist Labour
B) Hero of the Soviet Union
C) Order of the Nile
D) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal
  • 3. Who awarded Gagarin the Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal on 15 April 1961?
A) Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
B) President Osvaldo Dorticos
C) British Interplanetary Society
D) Soviet Academy of Sciences
  • 4. How many Soviet commemorative medals had Gagarin been awarded over the course of his career?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Two
D) Three
  • 5. Which country honoured Gagarin as a Hero of Socialist Labour on 29 April 1961?
A) Bulgaria
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Cuba
D) Poland
  • 6. Which medal, including the Order of Georgi Dimitrov, was awarded to Gagarin by Bulgaria?
A) Order of Playa Girón
B) Gold Air Medal
C) Hero of Socialist Labour
D) Order of Lenin
  • 7. Who presented Gagarin with the first Order of Playa Girón in Cuba?
A) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
B) President Osvaldo Dorticos
C) President Jânio Quadros
D) Valentina Tereshkova
  • 8. On what occasion was the Order of Playa Girón presented to Gagarin?
A) New Year's Day
B) Anniversary of his space flight
C) Columbus Day
D) Eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Cuban Revolution
  • 9. Which organization in Switzerland awarded Gagarin the 1960 Gold Air Medal and the 1961 De la Vaulx Medal?
A) Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
B) British Interplanetary Society
C) Soviet Academy of Sciences
D) British Union of Foundry Workers
  • 10. What class of the Star of the Republic of Indonesia was awarded to Gagarin?
A) 2nd Class
B) Commander grade
C) 1st Class
D) 3rd Class
  • 11. Which Polish order was awarded to Gagarin in the 1st Degree?
A) Order of Aeronautical Merit
B) Order of Lenin
C) Order of the Cross of Grunwald
D) Order of the Nile
  • 12. What was included with the Order of the Flag of the People's Republic of Hungary (1st Class) awarded to Gagarin?
A) Gold keys
B) A ribbon of honor
C) A gold medal
D) Diamonds
  • 13. Which country presented Gagarin with the Hero of Labour award?
A) Democratic Republic of Vietnam
B) German Democratic Republic
C) Cuba
D) Poland
  • 14. Which Italian medal was awarded to Gagarin?
A) De la Vaulx Medal
B) Gold Air Medal
C) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Gold Medal
D) Columbus Day Medal
  • 15. Which British organization awarded Gagarin a Gold Medal alongside the British Union of Foundry Workers?
A) The Royal Society
B) Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
C) Soviet Academy of Sciences
D) British Interplanetary Society
  • 16. Who decorated Gagarin with the Order of Aeronautical Merit on 2 August 1961?
A) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
B) President Jânio Quadros
C) Valentina Tereshkova
D) President Osvaldo Dorticos
  • 17. What grade of the Order of Aeronautical Merit was given to Gagarin by Brazil?
A) Commander grade
B) 1st Degree
C) Grand Cross
D) 2nd Class
  • 18. During his tour of Egypt in late January 1962, what physical items representing the city did Gagarin receive?
A) Golden keys to the gates of Cairo
B) Silver keys to the capital
C) A gold medal and ribbon
D) A model of a pyramid
  • 19. Who was honoured alongside Gagarin with the Order of Karl Marx from the German Democratic Republic on 22 October 1963?
A) Valentina Tereshkova
B) Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
C) Jânio Quadros
D) Osvaldo Dorticos
  • 20. On what date were Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova honoured with the Order of Karl Marx?
A) 29 April 1961
B) 2 August 1961
C) 14 April 1961
D) 22 October 1963
  • 21. In what year did Gagarin's family move to Gzhatsk?
A) 1946
B) 1955
C) 1950
D) 1957
  • 22. What were Yuri's favourite subjects taught by the former Soviet airman?
A) Literature and art
B) Maths and science
C) Physics and chemistry
D) History and geography
  • 23. What event energised Yuri's interest in aeroplanes from a young age?
A) Building a large glider with his brother
B) Reading a book about flight
C) An air show in Moscow
D) A Yakovlev fighter plane crash-landed in Klushino during the war
  • 24. At what age did Gagarin begin an apprenticeship as a foundryman at a steel plant in Lyubertsy?
A) 14
B) 16
C) 18
D) 20
  • 25. In which town was the steel plant where Gagarin began his apprenticeship located?
A) Gzhatsk
B) Lyubertsy
C) Saratov
D) Orenburg
  • 26. With what honours did Gagarin graduate in 1951 from the vocational school?
A) Aircraft mechanics and design
B) Tractor manufacturing and repair
C) Military strategy and tactics
D) Mouldmaking and foundry work
  • 27. At which technical school was Gagarin selected for further training after graduating in 1951?
A) Lyubertsy Steel Institute
B) Moscow State Technical University
C) First Chkalov Higher Air Force Pilots School
D) Industrial Technical School in Saratov
  • 28. What subject did Gagarin study at the Industrial Technical School in Saratov?
A) Marine engineering
B) Tractors
C) Aviation
D) Steel production
  • 29. How did Gagarin earn extra money while living in Saratov?
A) As a part-time dock labourer on the River Volga
B) As a teaching assistant at the technical school
C) By repairing bicycles
D) By working at a local foundry
  • 30. Which aircraft did Gagarin train to fly at the local flying club in Saratov?
A) A Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis
B) A MiG-15
C) A biplane, and later a Yakovlev Yak-18
D) A Yakovlev fighter plane
  • 31. In what year was Gagarin accepted to the First Chkalov Higher Air Force Pilots School in Orenburg?
A) 1959
B) 1957
C) 1955
D) 1950
  • 32. In what month and year did Gagarin graduate to training on the MiG-15?
A) July 1957
B) February 1956
C) October 1959
D) November 1955
  • 33. In what year did Gagarin begin flying solo after completing his evaluation in a trainer aircraft?
A) 1956
B) 1957
C) 1955
D) 1959
  • 34. On what specific date was Gagarin commissioned a lieutenant in the Soviet Air Forces?
A) 5 November 1957
B) 6 November 1959
C) 6 November 1957
D) 7 July 1959
  • 35. How much flight time had Gagarin accumulated when he was commissioned as a lieutenant?
A) 200 hours and 30 minutes
B) 150 hours
C) 265 hours
D) 166 hours and 47 minutes
  • 36. To which air base was Gagarin posted for his two-year assignment with the Northern Fleet?
A) Orenburg Air Base
B) Luostari Air Base
C) Saratov Air Base
D) Gzhatsk Airfield
  • 37. In which oblast was the Luostari Air Base located?
A) Orenburg Oblast
B) Moscow Oblast
C) Saratov Oblast
D) Murmansk Oblast
  • 38. Which aircraft was Gagarin assigned to fly with the 769th Fighter Aviation Regiment?
A) Biplane trainer
B) Yakovlev Yak-18
C) Yakovlev fighter plane
D) Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis aircraft
  • 39. How many total hours had Gagarin flown by October 1959?
A) 166 hours and 47 minutes
B) 300 hours
C) 265 hours
D) 220 hours
  • 40. On what date was Gagarin rated Military Pilot 3rd Class?
A) 6 November 1959
B) 7 July 1959
C) 6 November 1957
D) 5 November 1957
  • 41. Which space launch sparked Gagarin's expressed interest in space exploration?
A) Sputnik 1
B) Vostok 1
C) Luna 3
D) Sputnik 2
  • 42. Who endorsed and forwarded Gagarin's recommendation to the Soviet space programme?
A) The commander of the regiment
B) Lieutenant Colonel Babushkin
C) The head of the medical commission
D) His flight instructor in Saratov
  • 43. When was Gagarin promoted to the rank of senior lieutenant?
A) 5 November 1957
B) 6 November 1957
C) 6 November 1959
D) 7 July 1959
  • 44. How long after being interviewed by a medical commission was Gagarin promoted to senior lieutenant?
A) Two months
B) Six months
C) Three weeks
D) One week
  • 45. When was Yuri Gagarin born?
A) 27 March 1968
B) 12 April 1961
C) 9 March 1934
D) 18 October 1941
  • 46. When did Yuri Gagarin die?
A) 27 March 1968
B) 12 April 1961
C) 9 March 1934
D) 1945
  • 47. What was the name of the spacecraft Gagarin used to journey into space?
A) Vostok 1
B) MiG-15
C) Soyuz 1
D) Baikonur 1
  • 48. From which launch site was Gagarin launched into space?
A) Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
B) Baikonur Cosmodrome
C) Luostari Air Base
D) Cosmodrome 1
  • 49. In which Soviet republic was the Baikonur Cosmodrome located?
A) Ukraine SSR
B) Kazakh SSR
C) Russian SFSR
D) Western Oblast
  • 50. How many orbits of Earth did Gagarin complete during his flight?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Zero
D) One
  • 51. What was Gagarin's occupation as a youth in Lyubertsy?
A) Flight instructor
B) Dairy farmer
C) Foundryman at a steel plant
D) Carpenter
  • 52. Which spacecraft mission did Gagarin serve as a backup crew for, which ended in a fatal crash?
A) Vostok 1
B) Vostok 2
C) MiG-15
D) Soyuz 1
  • 53. Which fellow cosmonaut and friend died in the crash of Soyuz 1?
A) Aleksey Ivanovich Gagarin
B) Valentin Gagarin
C) Vladimir Seryogin
D) Vladimir Komarov
  • 54. What type of aircraft was Gagarin piloting when he died?
A) Sukhoi Su-7
B) Vostok 1
C) MiG-15
D) Soyuz 1
  • 55. Who was piloting the aircraft with Gagarin when it crashed?
A) Aleksey Ivanovich Gagarin
B) Vladimir Komarov
C) Valentin Gagarin
D) Vladimir Seryogin
  • 56. Near which town did Gagarin's fatal plane crash occur?
A) Kirzhach
B) Gzhatsk
C) Lyubertsy
D) Klushino
  • 57. What was the name of Gagarin's father?
A) Vladimir Seryogin
B) Boris Gagarin
C) Aleksey Ivanovich Gagarin
D) Vladimir Komarov
  • 58. What was the name of Gagarin's mother?
A) Elena Gagarina
B) Anna Timofeyevna Gagarina
C) Maria Timofeyevna
D) Zoya Gagarina
  • 59. What was the name of Yuri's elder brother?
A) Boris
B) Vladimir
C) Aleksey
D) Valentin
  • 60. What was the name of Yuri's sister?
A) Elena
B) Tatiana
C) Zoya
D) Anna
  • 61. What was the name of Yuri's youngest brother?
A) Vladimir
B) Valentin
C) Aleksey
D) Boris
  • 62. When was Gzhatsk renamed Gagarin in honour of Yuri?
A) 1968
B) 1961
C) 1945
D) 1934
  • 63. How many houses did the Germans burn down in Klushino?
A) 3 houses
B) 27 houses
C) 10 houses
D) 50 houses
  • 64. What type of temporary dwelling did the Gagarin family build behind their house?
A) A wooden cabin
B) A tent
C) A brick bunker
D) A mud hut
  • 65. How many months did the Gagarin family spend living in the mud hut?
A) 6 months
B) 108 months
C) 12 months
D) 21 months
  • 66. What nickname did the children give to the German soldier who tried to hang Boris?
A) The Sergeant
B) The Devil
C) The Captain
D) The Nazi Officer
  • 67. Where were Yuri's two elder siblings deported by the Germans in early 1943?
A) Norway
B) Germany
C) Kazakhstan
D) Poland
  • 68. In what year did Yuri's elder siblings finally return home after the war?
A) 1941
B) 1968
C) 1961
D) 1945
  • 69. What injury did Yuri's mother sustain from a German soldier during the war?
A) Gashed her leg with a scythe
B) Injured by a mine
C) Burned hand
D) Broken arm from a beating
  • 70. Who led the Central Flight Medical Commission that oversaw Gagarin's selection?
A) Colonel A.S. Usanov
B) Sergei Korolev
C) Lieutenant-General Nikolai Kamanin
D) Major General Konstantin Fyodorovich Borodin
  • 71. What was the maximum weight limit specified by chief engineer Sergei Korolev for Vostok candidates?
A) Less than 72 kg (159 lb)
B) Less than 65 kg (143 lb)
C) Less than 80 kg (176 lb)
D) Less than 75 kg (165 lb)
  • 72. How many qualified pilots were initially short-listed by their Air Force units?
A) 154
B) 29
C) 12
D) 20
  • 73. How many cosmonaut candidates were chosen by military physicians from the initial pool?
A) 12
B) 20
C) 29
D) 154
  • 74. How many candidates were approved by the Credential Committee of the Soviet government?
A) 29
B) 12
C) 20
D) 6
  • 75. Who described the rigorous physical training as akin to training for the Olympic Games?
A) Yevgeny Khrunov
B) Sergei Korolev
C) Alexei Leonov
D) Asif Azam Siddiqi
  • 76. On what date was Gagarin selected for the accelerated training group known as the Vanguard Six?
A) 30 May 1960
B) 7 March 1960
C) 17 January 1961
D) 26 July 1960
  • 77. Who led the interdepartmental commission that conducted the two-day examination in January 1961?
A) Lieutenant-General Nikolai Kamanin
B) Major General Konstantin Fyodorovich Borodin
C) Sergei Korolev
D) Colonel A.S. Usanov
  • 78. Where was the simulator test on a full-size Vostok capsule mockup held on 17 January 1961?
A) Khodynka Airfield
B) M. M. Gromov Flight-Research Institute
C) Central Aviation Scientific-Research Hospital
D) Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy
  • 79. Who formally nominated Gagarin as the primary pilot at the State Commission meeting?
A) Kamanin
B) Korolev
C) Borodin
D) Usanov
  • 80. Who was named as Gagarin's backup pilot?
A) Nelyubov
B) Khrunov
C) Titov
D) Popovich
  • 81. Who was designated to act as the backup if Titov had to take Gagarin's place?
A) Khrunov
B) Popovich
C) Nelyubov
D) Nikolayev
  • 82. What was Gagarin's call sign during the flight?
A) Kedr
B) Sputnik
C) Soyuz
D) Vostok
  • 83. What does Kedr translate to in English?
A) Brave pioneer
B) Golden eagle
C) Siberian pine or cedar
D) Soviet star
  • 84. Who spoke the words 'Preliminary stage ... intermediate... main... LIFT-OFF!'?
A) Korolev
B) Komarov
C) Gagarin
D) Kamanin
  • 85. What informal phrase did Gagarin say at launch which means 'Off we go!'?
A) Zdravstvuyte!
B) Poyekhali!
C) Ura!
D) Davai!
  • 86. In which country did Vostok 1 return to Earth?
A) Kazakhstan
B) Russia
C) Ukraine
D) Belarus
  • 87. What tune did Gagarin write that he sang during re-entry?
A) Song of the Volga
B) March of the Cosmonauts
C) The Motherland Hears, The Motherland Knows
D) The Final Frontier
  • 88. How did Gagarin land after ejecting from the capsule?
A) In the capsule
B) Using a jetpack
C) Using a parachute
D) Gliding down
  • 89. Whose flight four months later revealed that Gagarin had not landed with his spacecraft?
A) Korolev's
B) Kamanin's
C) Komarov's
D) Titov's
  • 90. What watch brand did Gagarin wear on his wrist into space?
A) Vostok
B) Raketa
C) Sturmanskie
D) Poljot
  • 91. Who awarded Gagarin the title Hero of the Soviet Union at the Kremlin?
A) John F. Kennedy
B) Nikita Khrushchev
C) Vladimir Komarov
D) Sergei Korolev
  • 92. What did Gagarin refuse while riding in a convertible car in Manchester despite heavy rain?
A) A coat
B) A police escort
C) An umbrella
D) A closed roof
  • 93. In what year did Gagarin begin serving as a deputy to the Soviet of the Union?
A) 1961
B) 1962
C) 1966
D) 1963
  • 94. What was the name of the cosmonaut facility where Gagarin worked on reusable spacecraft designs?
A) Kremlin
B) Baikonur
C) Star City
D) Zhukovsky
  • 95. What was the subject of Gagarin's graduation thesis?
A) Reusable rocket booster design
B) Parachute deployment systems
C) Orbital mechanics and trajectory
D) Spaceplane aerodynamic configuration
  • 96. What was Valentina Goryacheva's profession?
A) Flight instructor
B) Medical technician
C) Economics professor
D) Art historian
  • 97. What is the profession of Gagarin's elder daughter, Yelena?
A) Professor of economics
B) Medical technician
C) Air traffic controller
D) Art historian
  • 98. What position did Gagarin play in ice hockey in his youth?
A) Defenseman
B) Forward
C) Coach
D) Goalkeeper
  • 99. According to Valentin Petrov, where did the quote 'Gagarin flew into space, but didn't see any god there' originate?
A) The Kamanin diaries
B) Khrushchev's speech
C) The KGB report
D) Gagarin's autobiography
  • 100. What aircraft model was Gagarin flying when he died?
A) Vostok 1
B) MiG-21
C) Sukhoi Su-15
D) MiG-15UTI
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