Help me write 25 Aviation Trivia Questions!

Q: Who flew the first loop-the-loop in the USA?

A: Lincoln Beachey, on November 18, 1913. (Adolphe Pegoud of France
flew the first loop on September 21, in a Bleriot XI-2. He had been
inspired the previoius month by watching from his parachute the aerial
death-dance of a plane he had just bailed out of.)


Q: Who made the first non-stop transcontinental flight in the Western
Hemisphere?

A: Robert Fowler, in a Gage Biplane, on April 27 1913. (That's
right, five months before the first loop.) According to

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero...aft/fowler.htm

"Robert Fowler started his Isthmus of Pamana crossing with a takeoff
from the Atlantic side at 9:45 a.m. on April 27. It was an
extraordinarily dangerous flight, with no open areas available for
emergency landings between the takeoff point and the final
destination. Treacherous winds over the rough terrain and the
ever-present possibility of a sudden change in the weather compounded
the difficulties. Nevertheless, he completed the 83 km (52 mi) flight
in one hour and 45 minutes, landing with his passenger/cameraman, R.E.
Duhem, in the shallow water at Cristobal at 11:30. "

Don

Q - What country built the largest aircraft ever built? (Heavier than
air)

A - Russia (Former Soviet Union) TU-225

Almost... it's the An-225, not Tu-. Mryia is the Russian (or is it
Ukrainian?) name for it, meaning "Dream". The NATO codename is "Cossack."

"James Robinson" wrote in message
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Q - What country built the largest aircraft ever built? (Heavier than
air)

A - Russia (Former Soviet Union) TU-225


Antonov An-225



Q - Where is the Air Force museum located?

A - Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson Air Force Base)


Near Dayton, but not in Dayton.



Q - Actor Jimmy Stewart was drafted into the military in 1941. What
rank did he hold when he retired from the Air Force reserve?

A - Brigadier General


Jimmy Stewart was not drafted, he enlisted in March 1941.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

James Robinson wrote:

Q - What country built the largest aircraft ever built? (Heavier than
air)

A - Russia (Former Soviet Union) TU-225


Antonov An-225

Ooops, brain fart. I had the TUs on my mind with the SST questions. It
this point, I suppose one could also argue if it is Russian or
Ukrainian.

Q - Where is the Air Force museum located?

A - Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson Air Force Base)


Near Dayton, but not in Dayton.

I'm not sure what you are getting at - military bases not being a part
of a city, or that the museum isn't within city limits. Actually, old
Wright field, where the museum is located, is within Montgomery County,
which is Dayton. The rest of Wright Patterson is in adjacent Greene
County. Since it's within the county limits, and well within the
built-up area of Dayton, I would argue that my answer is correct.

Q - Actor Jimmy Stewart was drafted into the military in 1941. What
rank did he hold when he retired from the Air Force reserve?

A - Brigadier General


Jimmy Stewart was not drafted, he enlisted in March 1941.

He was drafted, according to information on the Air Force Museum web
site:

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/js.htm

and according to the Jimmy Stewart museum:

http://www.jimmy.org/memories/passing.html

When he was called for service, he was declared underweight in the
medical exam, and initially rejected. He insisted that he be allowed in,
and his medical was overlooked. Therefore, the military considers him
legally as having been drafted. Because of his insistence in being
allowed to join in spite of his medical, I suppose one could consider
that he enlisted.

Actually, old
Wright field, where the museum is located, is within Montgomery County,
which is Dayton. The rest of Wright Patterson is in adjacent Greene
County. Since it's within the

Well there is some truth to all the above. The active part, Patterson, is
located in Fairborn. Or as we called it on layovers, Stillborn.

Walt

"James Robinson" wrote in message
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I'm not sure what you are getting at - military bases not being a part
of a city, or that the museum isn't within city limits. Actually, old
Wright field, where the museum is located, is within Montgomery County,
which is Dayton. The rest of Wright Patterson is in adjacent Greene
County. Since it's within the county limits, and well within the
built-up area of Dayton, I would argue that my answer is correct.


Actually, the Montgomery/Greene County line cuts across old Wright Field.
The Montgomery County line and the Dayton city limits are not coincident,
old Wright Field lies outside the Dayton City limits.



He was drafted, according to information on the Air Force Museum web
site:

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/js.htm

and according to the Jimmy Stewart museum:

http://www.jimmy.org/memories/passing.html

When he was called for service, he was declared underweight in the
medical exam, and initially rejected. He insisted that he be allowed in,
and his medical was overlooked. Therefore, the military considers him
legally as having been drafted. Because of his insistence in being
allowed to join in spite of his medical, I suppose one could consider
that he enlisted.


Stewart was called before the draft board in February 1941 but was rejected
because he was underweight. He went on a banana binge to add the necessary
weight and enlisted the following month.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

James Robinson wrote:

Jimmy Stewart was drafted, according to information on the
Air Force Museum web site:

http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/history/wwii/js.htm

and according to the Jimmy Stewart museum:

http://www.jimmy.org/memories/passing.html

When he was called for service, he was declared underweight in the
medical exam, and initially rejected. He insisted that he be allowed in,
and his medical was overlooked. Therefore, the military considers him
legally as having been drafted. Because of his insistence in being
allowed to join in spite of his medical, I suppose one could consider
that he enlisted.


Stewart was called before the draft board in February 1941 but was rejected
because he was underweight. He went on a banana binge to add the necessary
weight and enlisted the following month.

He did not enlist. He appealed his rejection to the draft board, and
was accepted.

For the average Joe listener, I think your going to have to mix in some
questions that are a bit....easier.

The easy one's like:

Which brother flew the first successful flight of the Wright Flyer?
First person to break the sound barrier (intentionally).
First person to fly the Atlantic Solo.
First woman to fly the Atlantic Solo.
What year did the Wright brothers fly (from the theme of your show, they can
do the math).
Who led a squadron of B-25's on the first bombing of Tokyo?

Most of the questions given so far are great questions, but anyone
non-aviation related would qualify for Jeopardy if they got them right

Jeff



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:QL0Bb.269543$Dw6.917079@attbi_s02...
I need some suggestions for aviation trivia questions, pronto! Who better
but you guys and gals to ask, no? :-)

Why? We've decided to do a month-long radio contest in January, on our
most
popular local radio station, promoting our aviation theme inn. It's going
to be called "the '100th Anniversary of Flight Trivia Contest', sponsored
by
the Alexis Park Inn & Suites", and will run every day at prime "drive
time".
Daily winners will each receive a FREE night in one of our aviation theme
suites. (It'll be something along the lines of "the tenth correct caller
wins...)

Thus, every day, for 25 days, the announcer will ask a different aviation
trivia question that must be (a) interesting to the non-flying public, (b)
hard enough to weed out the riff-raff, and (c) easy enough so that someone
can actually win! Ideally, the questions should relate to the theme of
our suites in some way...

So, have at it! No one knows aviation trivia like you guys, so fling some
questions at me! (And answers would be good, too? :-)

Thanks!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jeff Franks" wrote in message
...
For the average Joe listener, I think your going to have to mix in some
questions that are a bit....easier.

The easy one's like:

Which brother flew the first successful flight of the Wright Flyer?
First person to break the sound barrier (intentionally).
First person to fly the Atlantic Solo.
First woman to fly the Atlantic Solo.
What year did the Wright brothers fly (from the theme of your show, they
can
do the math).

Given that the show will be in 2004, they'd be wrong :-)

Jay, shouldn't the show be "The second century of flight trivia contest"?

-- David Brooks

What's the most number of propeller (reciprocating) engines every mounted
on one airplane?