Thursday 11th May 2023
Difficulty: Easy
Animals in space I (Quiz #174)
A wide variety of animals has been launched into space, including monkeys, apes, dogs, cats, tortoises, mice, rats, rabbits, fish, frogs, spiders, bird eggs, and insects.
1. The first animal to orbit the Earth was Laika, a Russian dog, in 1957. What is a literal translation of "Laika"?
2. What type of creature was the first to produce young that had been conceived in space?
3. On 31st January 1961, Ham, a chimpanzee, was launched into sub-orbital space in a Mercury capsule to demonstrate the ability to perform tasks during spaceflight. He had been trained to pull levers; if he pulled the correct lever, he was rewarded with banana pellets. What happened if he pulled the wrong lever?
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