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