• 1. 
    What was the Hercules, an eight-engine wooden flying boat designed by Howard Hughes, popularly known as?

  • Memphis Belle
  • Spruce Goose
  • Little Stinker
  • B-25 Mitchell
  • 2. 
    On June 18, 1983, who became the first American woman astronaut to visit space?

  • Eileen Collins
  • Sally Ride
  • Amy Johnson
  • Emily Howell Warner
  • 3. 
    On June 12, 1979, which became the first human-powered aircraft to cross the English Channel?

  • Windfall
  • Gossamer Albatross
  • Breitling Orbiter
  • Bell X-1
  • 4. 
    What was the first supersonic passenger-carrying commercial airplane, which made its first transatlantic crossing on September 26, 1973, and entered regular service in 1976?

  • British Harker
  • Concorde
  • SonicStar
  • Gulfstream X-54
  • 5. 
    Which Soviet cosmonaut was the first woman to travel into space?

  • Svetlana Savitskaya
  • Tatyana Kuznetsova
  • Valentina Tereshkova
  • Zhanna Yorkina
  • 6. 
    Which rigid airship, powered by two 16-horsepower engines with speeds approaching 20 miles (32 km) per hour, made its initial trial flight in Germany on July 2, 1900?

  • Leviathan
  • Zephyr
  • Zeppelin
  • Marbach
  • 7. 
    Where was the first practical subway line in the United States, constructed between 1895 and 1897?

  • Boston
  • New York City
  • Philadelphia
  • Chicago
  • 8. 
    Where in the United States was the first steel arch bridge constructed, which officially opened to traffic on July 4, 1874?

  • Indianapolis, Indiana
  • St. Louis, Missouri
  • Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • 9. 
    Which inventor developed the pneumatic (air-filled) rubber tire for bicycles?

  • Edward Beard Budding
  • John Charnley
  • John Boyd Dunlop
  • William Addis
  • 10. 
    Who invented the first automobile that was actually built and operated in the United States?

  • Henry Ford
  • Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea
  • Wilbur and Orville Wright
  • Louis, Marcel, and Fernand Renault
  • 11. 
    Which French engineer designed and built the first helicopter to perform a crewed-free flight?

  • Marcel Dassault
  • Jacques Attali
  • Pierre Charles L’Enfant
  • Paul Cornu
  • 12. 
    Who was the first American woman to fly an aircraft solo?

  • Blanche Scott
  • Louise Thaden
  • Amelia Earhart
  • Katherine Stinson
  • 13. 
    Who was the first female pilot to fly across the English Channel?

  • Pancho Barnes
  • Harriet Quimby
  • Amy Johnson
  • Bessie Coleman
  • 14. 
    Which American pilot became the first woman to break the sound barrier in 1953 while flying the F-86 Sabre?

  • Elinor Smith
  • Jacqueline Cochran
  • Willa Brown
  • Ruth Elder
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