1) When did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth?
a) 5 October 1957
b) 6 June 1959
c) 4 November 1960
d) 12 April 1961
2) Which spacecraft was used by Yuri Gagarin to orbit the earth?
a) Luna 7
b) Luna 8
c) Vostok 1
d) Vostok 2
3) From where did the spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin take off?
a) Moscow
b) Leningrad
c) Vladivostok
d) Baikanour
4) What did Yuri Gagarin say when the flight began?
a) Glasnost
b) Poyekhalil
c) Chau chau
d) Au revoir
5) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s flight last?
a) 60 minutes
b) 108 minutes
c) 120 minutes
d) 148 minutes
6) When did Yuri Gagarin join the Air Force?
a) 1952
b) 1953
c) 1954
d) 1955
7) Whose death resulted in Yuri Gagarin being banned from space flights as he was considered national treasure?
a) Laika
b) Valentina Tereshkova
c) Vladimir Komarov
d) Vladimir Seryogin
8) When did Yuri Gagarin die?
a) 14 April 1982
b) 27 March 1968
c) 19 July 1969
d) 25 November 1985
9) What caused Yuri Gagarin’s death?
a) Pneumonia
b) Typhoid
c) Plane crash
d) Car crash
10) What is Yuri Gagarin called?
a) Inventor of satellite
b) The Columbus of the Cosmos
c) Father of USSR
d) Peter the Great of 20th century
Yuri Gagarin Quiz Answers
1) When did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth?
d) 12 April 1961
2) Which spacecraft was used by Yuri Gagarin to orbit the earth?
c) Vostok 1
3) From where did the spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin take off?
d) Baikanour
4) What did Yuri Gagarin say when the flight began?
b) Poyekhalil
5) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s flight last?
b) 108 minutes
6) When did Yuri Gagarin join the Air Force?
d) 1955
7) Whose death resulted in Yuri Gagarin being banned from space flights as he was considered national treasure?
c) Vladimir Komarov
8) When did Yuri Gagarin die?
b) 27 March 1968
9) What caused Yuri Gagarin’s death?
c) Plane crash
10) What is Yuri Gagarin called?
b) The Columbus of the Cosmos
