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rOcket facts
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What is the only group of students that get scholarships to college?
Jocks or football players
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What inspired Homer to make rockets?
Sputnik
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Name 3 of the 4 rocket boys' names
Quentin, Homer, O'Dell, Roy Lee
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Who said, "Well, just don't blow yourself up."
Homer's mother
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What did homer put into his first rocket?
powder from 30 sky rockets
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What town was the setting for October Sky
Coalwood, West Virginia
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Who was Homer's hero?
His Dad
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Befriending which rocket boy would "kiss your social life goodbye"
Quentin
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When Homer said the odds of winning the national science fair was "a million to one," what did O'Dell say in reply?
"That good? Why didn't you say so?"
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What did the boys need to prevent the washer from malting during ignition
Better grade of steel- SAE 10-20 bar stock
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What decade was the film set in?
50's
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Why did Homer's mom threaten to leave his dad?
He wouldn't help the boys by ending the strike and getting the men back into the machine shop.
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What was the name of Homer's teacher
Miss Riley
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What is the word that Quentin uses repeatedly in the movie to express happiness?
Prodigeous
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What did the boys add to the fuel to prevent air pockets from forming in the propellant?
100 Proof alcohol
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What was the major industry in Coalwood in 1957?
Mining coal
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Why was Homer's rocket dream so important to Ms. Riley?
Because she wanted to get the kids out of the coal mine and leave behind a legacy.
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Ike Bykovski- what was his contribution to the rocket boys dream?
He welded the washers onto the rockets for the boys until Homer's dad found out.
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What did Wernher VanBraum say to Homer when he won first prize?
"Congratulations, son. Good luck to you."
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What was stolen from Homer at the National Science Fair?
A Delaval Nozzle
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How far did the rocket boys have to walk to get off company property?
8 miles
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Why did Homer drop out of school in the middle of the school year?
Dad was injured in a mining accident
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Who is Dorothy?
Homer's crush
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Complete Homer's quote-
"No, coal mining may be your life, but it's not mine. I'm never going down there again. ______ ______ _____ _____ ____ ______."
I want to go into space.
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How far did the missing rocket travel towards Welch?
1.2 miles