Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who made the first telephone call to moon?

  1. John F. Kennedy

  2. Lyndon B.Johnson

  3. Richard Nixon

  4. Gerald Ford

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

President Richard Nixon made a historic radiotelephone call to Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin while they were on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.

AI explanation

To answer this question, we need to understand the timeline of the moon landing and the individuals involved.

Option A) John F. Kennedy - This option is incorrect because John F. Kennedy was the President of the United States from 1961 to 1963, and the first moon landing took place in 1969. Therefore, Kennedy could not have made the first telephone call to the moon.

Option B) Lyndon B. Johnson - This option is incorrect because Lyndon B. Johnson succeeded John F. Kennedy as President after Kennedy's assassination in 1963. However, Johnson was not directly involved in the moon landing or the first phone call to the moon.

Option C) Richard Nixon - This option is correct because Richard Nixon was the President of the United States during the time of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission in 1969. He made a phone call to the astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin while they were on the moon, making him the first person to make a telephone call to the moon.

Option D) Gerald Ford - This option is incorrect because Gerald Ford was not the President of the United States during the time of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission. Ford became President in 1974 after Richard Nixon resigned.

The correct answer is C) Richard Nixon. This option is correct because Richard Nixon made the first telephone call to the moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.