First Flight Centennial
Women Aviators Trivia Challenge

How to Participate
To receive your score and the answer page in your e-mail, enter a name and your e-mail address below. 

You may participate anonymously -- you will see your score, but no e-mail and no chance to win the monthly prize.

Before you start, you can check out the latest Quiz Statistics

Name:	(Optional)
E-mail:	(Optional)

Challenge 13, March  2003

Women Aviators

1. Betty Skelton holds more combined aviation and automotive records than anyone in history. What rank did she hold in the Civil Air Patrol?

a. Admiral

b. Captain

c. Major

d. Master Chief

2. This woman was the first to drive across the United States and in 1910 became the first American woman to solo in a fixed wing, heavier than air machine.

a. Blanche Stuart Scott

b. Amelia Earhart

c. Bessie Coleman

d. Geraldine Hayes

3. The highest ranking woman in America’s airline industry is a Captain for what major carrier?

a. American Airlines

b. Southwest Airlines

c. Continental Airlines

d. United Airlines

4. In 1990, Edna Gardner Whyte became the first woman elected an Honorary Member of what previously all-male organization of military pilots?

a. Order of Daedalians

b. Augusta National

c. Fraternal Order of the Phoenix

d. Distinguished Gentlemen

5. Jacqueline Cochran was the first woman to break the sound barrier on May 18, 1953. On that same day, flying an F86 Sabre jet, she established the world speed record for women at what speed?

a. 730 MPH

b. 652 MPH

c. 315 MPH

d. 807 MPH

 

6. This first woman to operate a commercial aviation field also taught Amelia Earhart to fly.

a. Mary Neta Snook

b. Edna Gardner Whyte

c. Harriet Quimbey

d. Bessica Raiche

 

7. Which branch of the U.S. military was the first to award women wings?

a. Army

b. Navy

c. Air Force

d. Coast Guard

 

8. Which president signed the bill to allow women to fly US military combat missions?

a. Jimmy Carter

b. George H.W. Bush

c. Ronald Reagan

d. Bill Clinton