Wright Brothers Trivia Challenge

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Challenge 3, April 2001, "Sun 'n Fun Edition"

The Beginner Challenge

Wilbur and Orville Wright

1. The Wright brothers had a printing business, and one other type of business, before their work on the airplane. What was this other business?

a. bicycle shop

b. candy factory

c. manufacturing cash registers

d. real estate

2. How many Wright brothers were there?

a. 2

b. 4

c. 6

d. 8

The Invention of the Airplane -- 1899 to 1905

3. Who constructed the engine for the 1903 Flyer?

a. Charlie Chaplin

b. Octave Chanute

c. Charlie Taylor

d. Reuchlin Wright

4. How many trips to the Outer Banks for experiments and testing did it take for Wilbur and Orville to make the first flight in 1903? (including the 1903 trip)

a. two

b. three

c. four

c. five

The First Flight, December 17, 1903

5. What was the length of the fourth and longest flight on December 17, 1903?

a. 852 feet

b. 925 feet

c. 1,066 feet

d. 1,252 feet

 

6. Over what type of terrain was the 1903 Flyer launched and flown?

a. across low shrubbery

b. down the sand dune

c. over the ocean

d. over the flat sand

 

Into the Air:  The Wright Brothers, 1906 to 1912

7. What magazine first published an account of the Wright brothers' flights?

a. Scientific American

b. Gleanings in Bee Culture

c. The Smithsonian Magazine

d. Harpers Weekly

 

8. What can be described as the world's first practical airplane - a machine that could complete a circle, bank, turn and perform figure-eights?

a. 1903 Flyer

b. 1903 Aerodrome

c. 1904 Flyer

d. 1905 Flyer

 

About the Wright Brothers Trivia Challenge

The Challenge changes monthly, so come visit us again. 

The Wright Brothers Trivia Challenge is an initiative of the First Flight Centennial Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization formed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of powered flight.

We are grateful to our friends for help with the questions, and more importantly, the answers:  Dr. Tom Crouch, senior curator for aeronautics at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; and Mr. Darrell Collins, historian at Wright Brothers National Memorial.

The Foundation permits and encourages reproduction and distribution of the Wright Brothers Trivia Challenge, provided recognition is given to First Flight Centennial Foundation, Dr. Tom Crouch and Mr. Darrell Collins.

 

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