Help me write 25 Aviation Trivia Questions!

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"

How about sampling a few from the "test pilot" section o the AOPA pilot
section? There are always a few questions that are interesting to the
non-flying public.



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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"

How about sampling a few from the "test pilot" section o the AOPA pilot
section? There are always a few questions that are interesting to the
non-flying public.


That's AOPA Pilot, as in the magazine...

Bill Lear invented the 8 track tape and the car radio as well as the Lear
Jet.
Alexander Graham Bell not only invented the telephone, but the modern day
aircraft bank control surfaces called ailerons as well as the hydrofoil type
of boat.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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"

You can learn to fly for less than:
A)the price of a new car
B)the price of a new house
C)the price of a new snomobile or 4 wheeler
D)all of the above
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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"

Q: Who wrote "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight"?

A: Red River Dave McEnery.

About Red River Dave:
http://www.texasmonthly.com/ranch/so...9446627770.php

Listen he

http://www.kroesnest.com/Kroes_Nest/...ia_earhart.htm

The performance above is by the web poster, so it isn't copyright.
Red River Dave used "Wabash Cannonball" for the music, so that's
public domain. The lyrics themselves are (c) Red River Dave, who only
died two years ago (the song was written in 1937) so they're still in
copyright, but the radio station's BMI contract may cover that.

Q: What was the Doolittle Raid?

A: See:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/e...-42/dooltl.htm

An amazing story of military audacity: Using the Navy to launch heavy
Army bombers (B-25s) against Tokyo on April 18, 1942, the immediate
effect was the destruction of the city's tinderbox slums, with great
loss of civilian life, but it precipitated the battle of Midway, a
month and a half later, in which four Japanese carriers were lost,
permanently crippling the Japanese Navy.


Q: Who was the first test pilot to roll a civilian jetliner?

A: Tex Johnson, August 7, 1955. I think you must have that on your
site. But if not, see:
http://www.historylink.org/output.cfm?file_id=390

Don

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

How are runways numbered ?

What's the first letter in the aircraft tail number for all US aircraft ?
(wish I had been on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire that day)

Fastest aircraft in history that's not a spacecraft also ?

First guy to break the speed of sound in an aircraft ?

Q: What was the Doolittle Raid?

A: See:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/e...-42/dooltl.htm

An amazing story of military audacity: Using the Navy to launch heavy
Army bombers (B-25s) against Tokyo on April 18, 1942, the immediate
effect was the destruction of the city's tinderbox slums, with great
loss of civilian life, but it precipitated the battle of Midway, a
month and a half later, in which four Japanese carriers were lost,
permanently crippling the Japanese Navy.

Wasn't the B-25 a medium bomber?

I know there was a joke among B-24 pilots about B-17's being termed
"heavy" bombers.

The commercial freight business has become one of the airlines main sources
of income in recent years. This freight can include every thing imaginable
including animals. At any given moment, there is at least one of these
animals in the air somewhere around the world.

A horse.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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"

No propeller driven airplane is capable of breaking the sound barrier (in
level flight). The fastest propeller airplane is the Russian TU-95 Bear
which has a maximum level speed of Mach 0.82 or 575mph.
--
Jim Burns III

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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"