October Sky Worksheet Answers
Question: Dwight Eisenhower
Answer: Who was the president of the United States during the time period of the movie?
Question: Coalwood, West Virginia
Answer: Where does this movie take place?
Question: Coal Mining
Answer: What is major industry of this place?
Question: Launching of Sputnik 1
Answer: What event prompts the main character to build rockets?
Question: 21097
Answer: What date does the event take place?
Question: 18,000 mph
Answer: What is the speed of this man-made satellite?
Question: 96 minutes
Answer: How long did it take the man-made satellite to orbit the Earth?
Question: 559 miles
Answer: How far up was this artificial satellite?
Question: The Space Race
Answer: What "race" does the event prompt?
Question: The Cold War
Answer: What "war" occurs during this time period?
Question: US and The Soviet Union
Answer: This "war" involved which two superpowers?
Question: Miss Riley
Answer: What is the name of the influential teacher in the film?
Question: Wernher von Braun
Answer: With what scientist and/or rocket engineer does the main character correspond?
Question: Vanguard
Answer: What is the name of the rocket that failed to launch on TV?
Question: AUK 1
Answer: What is the first named rocket launched by this group of students?
Question: Rocket Boys
Answer: The group of the students that collectively pursue rocketry is called what?
Question: Homer, Quentin, Roy Lee, Sherman
Answer: Name all the members in the group.
Question: Mr. Bykovsky and Mr. Bolden
Answer: What two company shop workers assist the main character in building rockets?
Question: Potassium Chlorate, Sulfur, Ethyl Alcohol
Answer: List the three chemicals used as propellant.
Question: Indianapolis, Indiana
Answer: Where does the national science fair take place?
Question: de Laval nozzle and autographed picture of Wernher von Braun
Answer: What two items are stolen from the national science fair?