How it works
Four rounds on our nearest neighbor: what the Moon is made of, how it moves and why it changes shape, how people studied and reached it, and the flight of Apollo 11.
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Apollo 11 trivia questions and answers
The last round has the trivia questions about Apollo 11: the emblem, the cannon behind the name Columbia, the words from Tranquility Base, the mineral named for the crew and the Soviet probe that was circling at the same time. These moon landing trivia questions and answers stop at splashdown.
Full moon trivia questions and answers
Orbit, phases and the full moon asks the order of the phases, what a supermoon is, why an eclipsed Moon is called a blood moon and how bright earthshine is beside a full moon. Tap a choice to check it; the reason and the article it was read in appear with the answer.
Tips
- The Moon as a world and Apollo 11 have the most hard questions; start families on the phases round.
Questions and answers
What are some easy Moon trivia questions?
What does maria, the name of the dark plains, mean? What is the far side often wrongly called? In which ocean did Apollo 11 splash down? The answers are seas, the dark side and the Pacific.
How long does the Moon take to go around the Earth?
About 27.3 days measured against the fixed stars. Because the Earth is moving around the Sun at the same time, the cycle of phases, the lunar month, takes slightly longer.
What did Armstrong say when Apollo 11 landed?
"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed." About six hours later, stepping onto the surface, he said: "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article Moon or Apollo 11, whichever the question links. Missions still to come are not asked, and no living person is an answer or a choice.