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Challenge #6, July 2001
The Oshkosh Edition

The Adult Challenge

Wilbur and Orville Wright

1. In what year did the Wright brothers return to Kitty Hawk for the last time together?

a. 1903

b. 1906

c. 1907

d. 1908

2. Neither Wilbur nor Orville ever married. What reason for this did Wilbur give?

a. that he didn’t have time for both a wife and an airplane

b. that both brothers were extremely shy

c. that no one accepted their proposal for marriage

d. that both brothers were extremely bad dressers

The Invention of the Airplane -- 1899 to 1905

3. The Wright brothers applied for a patent on their flying machine in 1903. What machine was the patent based on?

a. 1903 Flyer

b. 1902 glider

c. 1901 glider

d. 1900 glider

4. In what year did the Wright brothers conduct their wind tunnel experiments for wing design?

a. 1899

b. 1900

c. 1901

c. 1902

The First Flight, December 17, 1903

5. What major national news event over shadowed the first flight on the morning of December 17, 1903?

a. Presidential election

b. ocean liner accident

c. great train wreck

d. submarine running aground

 

6. Who took the picture of the first flight?

a. John T. Daniels

b. Bob Wescott

c. William Tate

d. Will Dough

 

Into the Air:  The Wright Brothers, 1906 to 1912

7. What year was the first Aircraft Company in America, the Wright Company incorporated?

a. 1908

b.1909

c.1907

d.1910

 

8. How much money did the Wright’s receive from the U.S. War Department to deliver a heavier-than-air flying machine meeting the U.S. Signal Corps specifications?

a.$30,000

b. $50,000

c. $100,000

d. $250,00

 

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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