Quiz  /  All About The Wright Brothers Quiz

  • 1. 
    Where was Wilbur Wright born?

  • Kentucky
  • Indiana
  • Illinois
  • Ohio

  • 2. 
    Where was Orville Wright born?

  • Kentucky
  • Ohio
  • Illinois
  • Indiana

  • 3. 
    What was Wilbur and Orville Wright’s first trade?

  • building
  • printing
  • woodworking
  • welding

  • 4. 
    What did the Wright brothers sell at the shop they opened in 1892?

  • carriages
  • books
  • bicycles
  • furniture

  • 5. 
    When did the Wright brothers begin seriously conducting aeronautical experiments?

  • 1915
  • 1920
  • 1905
  • 1899

  • 6. 
    Which glider pioneer inspired the Wright brothers to study aeronautics themselves?

  • Otto Lilienthal
  • Samuel Langley
  • Octave Chanute
  • George Cayley

  • 7. 
    When did the Wright brothers first experiment with “wing warping,” or inducing a helical twist across a kite’s wings in either direction to gain control over its flight?

  • 1908
  • 1910
  • 1895
  • 1899

  • 8. 
    Where did the Wright brothers test their first glider?

  • Gary, Indiana
  • Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
  • Dayton, Ohio
  • Kansas City, Missouri

  • 9. 
    When did the Wright brothers make the first (unsuccessful) attempt at powered flight?

  • 1900
  • 1903
  • 1905
  • 1901

  • 10. 
    When did the Wright brothers make the first successful powered flight?

  • December 17, 1910
  • December 17, 1908
  • December 17, 1903
  • December 17, 1904

  • 11. 
    How long could the Wright brothers remain aloft in one of their planes by October 1905?

  • 39 minutes
  • 1 hour 20 minutes
  • 48 minutes
  • 27 minutes
Report Question
warning
access_time
  Time