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JEOPARDY

JEOPARDY. DOUBLE JEOPARDY. THEY INVENTED GUNPOWDER. THE CHINESE. RETURN. THE U.S. MILITARY FIRST USED BALLOONS DURING THIS WAR. THE CIVIL WAR. RETURN. HE BUILT AND FLEW THE WORLD’S FIRST SUCCESSFUL RIGID DIRIGIBLE. FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN. RETURN.

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JEOPARDY

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  1. JEOPARDY

  2. DOUBLE JEOPARDY

  3. THEY INVENTED GUNPOWDER THE CHINESE RETURN

  4. THE U.S. MILITARY FIRST USED BALLOONS DURING THIS WAR THE CIVIL WAR RETURN

  5. HE BUILT AND FLEW THE WORLD’S FIRST SUCCESSFUL RIGID DIRIGIBLE FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN RETURN

  6. HE WAS A GREAT ARTIST AND CONDUCTED THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION LEONARDO DA VINCI RETURN

  7. IN 1911 SHE BECAME AMERICA’S FIRST LICENSED FEMALE PILOT HARRIET QUIMBY RETURN

  8. HE BUILT THE FIRST POWERED MONOPLANE LOUIS BLERIOT RETURN

  9. HE DESIGNED AND FLEW THE FIRST FOUR-ENGINE AIRCRAFT IGOR SIKORSKY RETURN

  10. THIS GROUP OF AMERICANS FLEW FOR FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR I LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE RETURN

  11. HE WAS A VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR A SEPARATE AIR SERVICE, EQUAL TO THE ARMY AND NAVY GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL RETURN

  12. THESE WERE THE NAMES OF THE FOUR AIRCRAFT USED BY THE U.S. ARMY FOR THE FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT IN 1924 BOSTON, CHICAGO, SEATTLE, AND NEW ORLEANS RETURN

  13. THIS TRANSCONTINENTAL RACE WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL AIR RACES IN 1931 BENDIX TROPHY RACE RETURN

  14. THE FIRST U.S. AIR MAIL ROUTE WAS BETWEEN THESE CITIES NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, DC RETURN

  15. THESE TWO BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WERE FOUGHT ENTIRELY BY AIRCRAFT WITHOUT THE OPPOSING SURFACE SHIPS SEEING EACH OTHER MIDWAY AND CORAL SEA RETURN

  16. A U.S. B-29 WITH THIS NICKNAME DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON THIS JAPANESE CITY ENOLA GAY … HIROSHIMA RETURN

  17. THIS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE LUFTWAFFE’S BOMBER FORCES AND THE RAF FIGHTER FORCES BATTLE OF BRITAIN RETURN

  18. THE GERMANS GAVE THIS NAME TO THEIR CONCEPT OF COMBINED ARMS OPERATIONS BLITZKRIEG (LIGHTNING WAR) RETURN

  19. THESE COUNTRIES WERE THE TWO MAJOR POWERS IN THE COLD WAR THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION RETURN

  20. THE USAF CAME INTO BEING IN 1947 WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS ACT NATIONAL SECURITY ACT RETURN

  21. HE DESIGNED THE WORLD’S FIRST TURBOJET ENGINE FOR USE IN AN AIRPLANE FRANK WHITTLE RETURN

  22. THIS WAS AMERICA’S FIRST PRIORITY IN THE KOREAN WAR STOP THE ADVANCE OF THE NORTH KOREAN TROOPS RETURN

  23. THIS BOMBER IS A “STEALTH” AIRCRAFT DESIGNED TO BE INVISIBLE TO ENEMY RADAR B-2 “SPIRIT” RETURN

  24. THIS JET REVOLUTIONIZED THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION INDUSTRY AND BECAME THE STANDARD LONG-RANGE JET OF THE 1960s BOEING 707 RETURN

  25. THESE TWO X-SERIES AIRCRAFT WERE FLOWN DURING THE 1950s AND 1960s X-15 AND XB-70 RETURN

  26. THE X-29A WAS BUILT TO DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS DESIGN CONFIGURATION FORWARD SWEPT WING RETURN

  27. HE HAS BEEN CALLED THE FATHER OF MODERN AVIATION OTTO LILIENTHAL RETURN

  28. ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THEY ESCAPED FROM PRISON BY FLYING WITH WINGS MADE OF FEATHERS AND WAX ICARUS AND DAEDALUS RETURN

  29. THESE BROTHERS DEMONSTRATED FLIGHT IN A HOT AIR BALLOON IN 1783 MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS RETURN

  30. HE DESIGNED THE FIRST POWERED AIRPLANE, CALLED THE “AERODROME,” BUT IT CRASHED INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER TWICE. SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY RETURN

  31. HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO LOSE HIS LIFE IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH ARMY LT THOMAS SELFRIDGE RETURN

  32. IN 1908 HE WON THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY IN A PLANE CALLED THE “JUNE BUG” GLENN CURTISS RETURN

  33. IN 1906 HE FLEW THE FIRST POWERED AIRPLANE IN EUROPE ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT RETURN

  34. HE WAS THE LEADING AMERICAN ACE OF WORLD WAR I AND WAS AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR EDDIE RICKENBACKER RETURN

  35. HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CHARLES LINDBERGH RETURN

  36. IN 1915 PRESIDENT WILSON FORMED THIS ORGANIZATION TO SUPERVISE AND DIRECT THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF FLIGHT NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS (NACA) RETURN

  37. THIS GROUP OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN PILOTS FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS IN WORLD WAR II TUSKEGEE AIRMEN RETURN

  38. THE WOMEN’S AIR DERBY LED TO THE FORMATION OF THIS ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN FLIERS NINETY-NINES RETURN

  39. GERMANY MARCHED INTO AND OCCUPIED THESE COUNTRIES IN 1938 AND 1939 AUSTRIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA RETURN

  40. BY 1941 THIS COUNTRY WAS THE ONLY MAJOR POWER OF WORLD WAR II TO USE WOMEN PILOTS IN COMBAT SOVIET UNION RETURN

  41. HE LED THE FIRST AERIAL BOMBING ATTACK ON JAPAN IN 1942 JIMMY DOOLITTLE RETURN

  42. HE WAS GENERAL MacARTHUR’S AIR COMMANDER IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER MAJ GEN KENNEY RETURN

  43. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST AIRLINER POWERED BY PURE TURBOJETS DeHAVILLAND COMET RETURN

  44. HE WAS THE FIRST PILOT TO FLY FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND CHUCK YEAGER RETURN

  45. THIS WAS THE ONLY TRUE STRATEGIC BOMBING CAMPAIGN OF THE VIETNAM WAR, AND IT RESULTED IN NORTH VIETNAM RETURNING TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE LINEBACKER II RETURN

  46. ENTERING PRODUCTION IN 1953, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST FIGHTER THAT COULD EXCEED MACH I IN LEVEL FLIGHT F-100 “SUPER SABRE” RETURN

  47. THE CIA USED THIS LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT FOR HIGH-ALTITUDE SPY MISSIONS OVER THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1950s AND 1960s U-2 RETURN

  48. HE PILOTED THE FIRST EIGHT FLIGHTS OF THE X-15 SCOTT CROSSFIELD RETURN

  49. THIS SPY PLANE COULD FLY AT SPEEDS EXCEEDING MACH 3 AND ALTITUDES MORE THAN 80,000 FEET SR-71 RETURN

  50. THESE THREE COMPANIES ENTERED THE JUMBO JET FIELD IN 1966 BOEING (747), LOCKEED (L-1011), AND DOUGLAS (DC-10) RETURN

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