Engineering & Aviation Quiz
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This quiz is about two of my personal favorite subjects. Engineering & Aviation.
- 1.What was the name of the first Very Heavy Bomber?
- A.
B-17 Flying Fortress
- B.
B-52 Stratofortress
- C.
B-29 Superfortress
- D.
Boeing 747
- E.
Grumman F4F Wildcat
- 2.The name of the world's tallest building is...
- 3.There were three different fighters that Grumman made during World War II. What were they?
- A.
F4F Wildcat, F6F Hellcat, F8F Bearcat
- B.
Me 109, Me 163, Me 110
- 4.The B-17 Flying Fortress was the first
- 5.The world's largest buildings go in order-from early 20th century to now-are?
- A.
Taipei 101, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Burj Dubai, Freedom Tower
- B.
Singer Building, Woolworth Building, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, Sears Tower, Petronas Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Taipei 101, Burj Dubai
- C.
Seattle Space Needle, Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, Petronas Twin Towers
- 6.The Acronym, NASA, stands for what?
- A.
National Astronomical and Space Age
- B.
National Aviation and Space Administration
- C.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- D.
International Aeronautics and Spaceship Administrator
- 7.The German aeronautics campany, Junkers, is pronounced on which way listed below?
- A.
Junkers
- B.
_ Yunkers
- C.
Punkey
- D.
Pumpers
- 8.Which aeronautics company back in WWII was known as the 'General Motors of the aviation industry'?
- A.
Grumman
- B.
Lockheed
- C.
Martin
- D.
DeHavilland
- 9.What is the name of the world's fastest airplane?
- A.
X-15
- B.
SR-71 Blackbird
- C.
X-43A
- D.
Bell X-1
- 10.What was the Red Baron's name?
- A.
Adolf Hitler
- B.
Jabba the Hut
- C.
Manfred von Richthofen
- D.
Johannas Sabastien Bach
- E.
Millard Filmore
- 11.What is the name of the world's largest passenger airliner?
- A.
Boeing 747
- B.
Airbus A380
- C.
B-52 Statofortress
- D.
Bell Huey
- 12.The world's most powerful vehicle was developed by
- 13.Which building was the tallest building in the world from 1931-1972?
- A.
The Chrysler Building
- B.
Taipei 101
- C.
Empire State Building
- D.
Eiffel Tower
- 14.Khufu's Pyramid is what kind of geometrical shape?
- A.
Rectangular based pyramid
- B.
Square based pyramid
- C.
Triangular based pyramid
- D.
Rhombus based pyramid
- 15.Khufu's Pyramid was built by the Egyptians during the Old Kingdom. The pyramid had two uses other than being a tomb for the pharaoh. What were they?
- A.
Studying space and telling the future
- B.
Telling time and eroding
- C.
Take up space and be the tallest structure for 4000 years
- D.
Be the pharaoh's tomb and be massive
- 16.The Great Pyramids of Giza were once had a smooth texture. Based on your knowledge, why has the smooth texture of the now rough pyramids disappeared?
- 17.What is the world's tallest obelisk?
- A.
Obelisk de Triomphe
- B.
The leaning tower of Giza
- C.
Washinton Monument
- D.
Big Ben
- 18.Other than the Leaning tower of Pisa, what other European construction is leaning?
- A.
Eiffle Tower
- B.
Big Ben
- C.
Arc de Triomphe
- D.
Taj Mahal
- E.
Taipei 101
- 19.Explain why Arc de Triomphe was created and who ordered its construction?
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