History Quizzes

Question 1

Which nation was credited with working with kites?

Answer 1

China

Question 2

Who was a great artist and architect who experimented with aviation in 1500

Answer 2

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 3

First use of balloons by the U.S. military?

Answer 3

During the Civil War

Question 4

First person to fly untethered in a balloon?

Answer 4

Pilatre de Rozier

Question 5

The Montgolfier Balloon was constructed of…?

Answer 5

Paper lined linen

Question 6

Lift in the first balloon was created by?

Answer 6

Heat

Question 7

In 1785, who was the first person to fly across the English Channel?

Answer 7

Jean Pierre Blanchard

Question 8

The person credited with developing the Hydrogen Balloon was…?

Answer 8

JAC Charles

Question 9

The longest balloon flight record in 1859 lasted until what year?

Answer 9

1900

John Wise, 809 miles

Question 10

First woman to die in aviation?

Answer 10

Madeleine Blanchard

Question 11

Which explorer left Sweden in a balloon to fly to the North Pole?

Answer 11

SA Andree

Question 12

The term dirigible means…?

Answer 12

Steerable, directable

Question 13

The first engine used on a dirigible was a…?

Answer 13

Steam powered engine

steam, coal, electric, internal combustion engine?

Question 14

The premier airships of the time were associated with…?

Answer 14

Count von Zeppelin

Question 15

Name a military application of balloons.

Answer 15

Reconnaissance

Question 16

Who was the Brazilian aviation pioneer who built and flew dirigibles and airplanes?

Answer 16

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Question 17

The most important year for ballooning and aviation was…?

Answer 17

1783

Question 18

How did the Charles Balloon differ from the Montgolfier Balloon?

Answer 18

1. Montgolfier used hot air, while Charles used hydrogen gas.
2. Montgolfier leaked air, Charles used a rubber sealant to prevent hydrogen gas leaks.

Question 19

What inventor experimented with kite and kite design?

Answer 19

Alexander Graham Bell (he also invented the telephone)

Question 20

The first person to die as a result of a balloon accident was…?

Answer 20

Pilatre de Rozier - June 1785

Question 21

Sir George Cayley developed what type of craft?

Answer 21

Glider

Question 22

Who died while experimenting with gliders and flight?

Answer 22

Lilienthal

Question 23

The Wright Bros. began work in aviation on a glider in what year?

Answer 23

1899

Question 24

The Wright Bros. first successful heavier-than-air flight took place on…?

Answer 24

December 17, 1903

Question 25

The first heavier-than-air flight lasted how long?

Answer 25

12 seconds

Question 26

The developer of the Wright Bros. engine was who?

Answer 26

Charles Taylor

Question 27

The first person to die in an aircraft accident was?

Answer 27

Thomas Selfridge (during demonstration flight with one of the Wright Brothers)

Question 28

The person who utilized Ailerons as opposed to wing warping was?

Answer 28

Glenn Curtiss

Question 29

Holder of Pilot License #1?

Answer 29

Glenn Curtiss

Question 30

The first flight of a heavier-than-air machine in Europe occurred in France in December of 1906. The pilot of the plane?

Answer 30

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Question 31

Gustave Whitehead claimed to have made the first successful heavier-than-air flight prior to the Wright Bros. T/F?

Answer 31

True

Question 32

The first licensed female, American pilot?

Answer 32

Harriet Quimby

Question 33

The first pilot to fly an a/c across the English Channel was...?

Answer 33

Louis Bleroit

Question 34

The engine powering the 1903 Wright Flyer was how many horsepower?

Answer 34

12 HP

Question 35

Glenn Curtiss designed and flew an a/c named...?

Answer 35

"June Bug"

Question 36

The Wright Brothers patent was granted for what?

Answer 36

A flying machine

Question 37

What was the distance covered in the 1st powered flight?

Answer 37

120 feet

Question 38

What year did first lighter-than-air take place?

Answer 38

1783

Question 39

The first pilot of heavier-than-air flight was...?

Answer 39

Orville Wright

Question 40

When was the Wright Bros. first attempt at heavier-than-air flight? Who piloted it?

Answer 40

December 14, 1903 | Wilbur Wright

Question 41

The means to turn the Wright Bros. airplane was with what?

Answer 41

Wing warping

Question 42

America's top ace in WWI?

Answer 42

Eddie Rickenbacker

Question 43

January 1st, 1914 the world's 1st scheduled airline service was started in which city?

Answer 43

St. Petersburg, FL. | to Tampa?

Question 44

Who placed steel deflector plates on the prop in order to shoot through the propeller?

Answer 44

Roland Garros

Question 45

What did Anthony Fokker do?

Answer 45

He added a timing device to Roland Garros' design of steel deflector plates, in order to shoot through the propeller. "Fokker Scourge"

Question 46

George Cayley developed which type of a/c?

Answer 46

Gliders Four forces of flight Round disc w/ a design

Question 47

The first Gordon Bennett Speed race was won by who?

Answer 47

Glenn Curtiss

Question 48

How did Billy Mitchell demonstrate that air power could play a dominant part in future warfare?

Answer 48

By sinking the Battleship Ostfriesland (the German, "unsinkable" ship offered to us after WWI)

Question 49

The NC Flying Boats crossed the Atlantic and landed at which European city?

Answer 49

Plymouth, England

Question 50

Who contributed to the Wright Brothers' flying?

Answer 50

Otto Lilienthal

Question 51

Military leader of the American Aviation unit in Europe during WWI?

Answer 51

Billy Mitchell

Question 52

This inventor was paid thousands of dollars (by the U.S.) to develop the first heavier-than-air machine.

Answer 52

Samuel Pierpont Langley

Question 53

Eugene Ely flew a Curtiss biplane off a naval ship. T/F?

Answer 53

True

Question 54

Igor Sikorsky developed the first flying boat. T/F?

Answer 54

False

Question 55

During WWI, the first aerial bombing of London was from a fixed wing biplane bomber. T/F?

Answer 55

Fasle

Question 56

Two planes engaged in combat for the 1st time in which conflict?

Answer 56

WWI

Question 57

The first female pilot to fly across the English Channel?

Answer 57

Harriet Quimby

Question 58

This pilot was credited with downing Manfred von Ricthofen?

Answer 58

Roy Brown

Question 59

The first African American fighter pilot?

Answer 59

Eugene Bullard

Question 60

German pilot that wrote the first rules of a fighter pilot was?

Answer 60

Oswald Boelcke

Question 61

Robert Goddard

Answer 61

Developed liquid fuel rockets