Apollo 13 Mission
Number of days before launch the crew was split.
What is 2 days? (Represented in the movie)
The Apollo 13 crew was split 2 days before launch.
Who Jack Swigert replaced.
Who is Ken Mattingly? (Represented in the movie)
Mattingly was believed to get German measles two days before launch, thus he was replaced with Jack Swigert.
The real color of Jim Lovell's 1968 Silverstone Corvette.
What is Silver? (Not represented in the movie)
While the movie depicts Jim's Corvette being red, the real Jim's Corvette was silver.
Launch date of the Apollo 13 Mission.
What is April 11, 1970? (Represented in the movie)
Where they recorded zero gravity scenes.
What is NASA's KC-135 aircraft (Vomit Comet)?
This aircraft is used to train astronauts to experience zero gravity without having to send anyone into outer space.
Solution around breathing.
What is the Mailbox? (Represented in the movie)
The Mailbox was a makeshift CO2 scrubber created so the Apollo 13 astronauts could breathe.
Replacement for Ken Mattingly.
Who is Jack Swigert? (Represented in the movie)
Mattingly was believed to get German measles two days before launch, thus he was replaced with Jack Swigert.
True or False: Marilyn Lovell lost her ring in the shower.
What is True? (Represented in the movie)
Marilyn Lovell actually did lose her ring while showering, causing her to believe it was a bad omen for what was coming for her husband.
Return date of the Apollo 13 Mission.
What is April 17, 1970? (Represented in the movie)
The director of this Apollo 13.
Who is Ron Howard?
This was believed to cause the issue on the Apollo 13 shuttle.
What are the Stirring tanks? (Represented in the movie)
The Stirring tanks are believed to be what caused the issue of the Apollo 13 Mission.
Marilyn Lovell showed up to the launch despite ___ _______ __.
What is not wanting to? (Represented in the movie)
Marilyn did not want to go to the Apollo 13 for fear of losing her husband, Jim.
True or False: The Apollo 13 crew accidently played "Spirit in the Sky" instead of the 2001: A Space Odyssey.
What is False? (Not represented in the movie)
The song came out in 1969, but that is not enough to make this true.
Original Launch date of the Apollo 13 Mission.
What is March 12, 1970? (Represented in the movie)
The owner of the uniform Jim Lovell was wearing during his cameo at the end. (BONUS 200 pts if you can name the rank.)
Who is Jim Lovell? (BONUS: Captain)
Jim Lovell was asked to cameo as the Admiral of the ship, but Jim wanted to be the rank he retired as (that being Captain) and brought his old uniform onto set.
This person was pulled from the Apollo 13 Mission two days before launch.
Who is Ken Mattingly? (Represented in the movie)
Mattingly was believed to get German measles two days before launch, thus he was replaced with Jack Swigert.
Other Missions Jim Lovell went on before Apollo 13. (100 pts for every one named.)
What are the Gemini 7 Mission, the Gemini 12 Mission, and the Apollo 8 Mission? (Represented in the movie)
Jim Lovell went on all of these missions before going on the Apollo 13 Mission.
True or False: There was a TIME Magazine featuring Jim Lovell and his crew.
What is True? (Represented in the movie)
There was actually a TIME Magazine featuring Lovell and his crew.
Launch time for the Apollo 13 Mission.
What is 19:13:00? (Represented in the movie)
Good luck with that.
Name a real life quote that appears in Apollo 13. (BONUS 100 pts for every one named.)
"Give me a lever long enough and I'll move the world."
"Let’s not make things worse by guessing"
"We've never lost an American in space, we're sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch!"
"She sure was a good ship."
This quote was said while disparting the Aquarius (BONUS 250 pts is named who said it.)
What is "She sure was a good ship"? (BONUS: Fred Haise) (Represented in the movie)
Fred Haise said the quote "She sure was a good ship."
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died on this mission.
What is the Apollo 1 Mission? (Represented in the movie)
Grissom, White, and Chaffee died on the Apollo 1 Mission.
True or False: Marilyn Lovell had a nightmare 2 weeks before launch.
What is False? (Represented in the movie)
Marilyn had a nightmare 3 weeks before launch.
Return time for the Apollo 13 Mission.
What is 18:07:41? (Represented in the movie)
Good luck with that.
Does any of this actually matter?
What is Yes or No?
The crew making this film wanted it to be as historically accurate as possible, while also being an entertaining story on its own. So yes, it does matter when their goal is to be as close to real life as possible while also no, it does not matter when their goal is to be making a good movie.