Quiz  /  Aviation and Aircraft

  • 1. 
    How were planes first used during World War I at the First Battle of the Marne?

  • Reconnaissance of enemy forces
  • To move troops around the battlefield
  • To drop bombs on enemy fortifications
  • All of the above

  • 2. 
    What were fights between planes in the air called?

  • Dogfights
  • Birdfights
  • Catfights
  • Hawkfights

  • 3. 
    What nickname was given to the top fighter pilots?

  • Dogs
  • Kings
  • Hawks
  • Aces

  • 4. 
    What invention allowed the bullets of a mounted machine gun to be synchronized with the propeller?

  • Bulletpeller
  • Interrupter
  • Supergun
  • Synchronizer

  • 5. 
    Why did countries start marking their planes under the wings?

  • To warn the enemy that they were coming
  • All of the above
  • To strike terror into the enemy
  • So they would not get shot down by their own soldiers

  • 6. 
    Which of the following planes was a German fighter plane?

  • Fokker Eindecker
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  • Gotha G V
  • Sopwith Camel

  • 7. 
    Which of the following planes was a British fighter plane?

  • Fokker Eindecker
  • Gotha G V
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  • Sopwith Camel

  • 8. 
    Which country marked their planes with a black cross?

  • United States
  • Germany
  • France
  • Britain

  • 9. 
    What was the nickname of the most famous German fighter pilot?

  • Red Baron
  • Hawkeye
  • Lucky Breeze
  • Cowboy

  • 10. 
    What were 'Zeppelins'?

  • German Airships
  • British bombers
  • American fighter planes
  • German fighter pilots
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