T198 AIRPLANE QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Which sleek airplanes name means 'harmony'?
CONCORDE
2. Which actor played the captain or pilot in each of the following films?
a. Airport
DEAN MARTIN
b. Spirit of St. Louis
JIMMY STEWART
c. Airport 75
CHARLTON HESTON
d. Firefox
CLINT EASTWOOD
e. The Blue Max
GEORGE PEPPARD
f. Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
JIMMY STEWART
g. Dr. Strangelove
SLIM PICKENS
3. Plus or minus 5 sec, how long was the first Wright Brothers flight?
59 SECONDS
4. What is the name given to a Marine Corps aircraft that carries the US vice president?
MARINE 2
5. Who wrote the best selling novel 'Airport'?
ARTHUR HAILEY
6. Complete this fighter jock expression. 'pushing the outside of the .......'
ENVELOPE
7. The following words are from which songs'?
a. I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
DANIEL
b. He flew into the sky to seek revenge, but the bloody Red Baron shot him down, curses. foiled again
SNOOPY V THE RED BARON
c. On the way the paper bag was on my knee, man I had a dreadful flight
BACK IN THE USSR
d. It's 8.15 and thats the time it's always been
ENOLA GAY
e. 737 comin out of the sky
TRAVELIN BAND
8. What is the well known term used by allied pilots in WW II to describe UFO's ?
FOO FIGHTERS
9. Which nickname was given to The Red Baron's Jagdgeschwader (fighter squadron) 1 ?
FLYING CIRCUS
10. The plot in the James Bond film Thunderball is centred around the search for which type of bomber?
VULCAN

[godoubleblues]

Q2d - Clint Eastwood
Q5 - Arthur Hailey
Q7a - Daniel
Q7c - Back in the USSR

[Kahuna]

1/ Concorde
2/ f. James Stewart
3/ 23
4/ Marine 2
6/ Envelope
7/ b. Snoopy vs The Red Baron
e. Travellin' Band
8/ Foo Fighters
9/ Flying Circus

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2d - Clint Eastwood
Q5 - Arthur Hailey
Q7a - Daniel
Q7c - Back in the USSR

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

1/ Concorde
2/ f. James Stewart
3/ 23...INCORRECT
4/ Marine 2
6/ Envelope
7/ b. Snoopy vs The Red Baron
e. Travellin' Band
8/ Foo Fighters
9/ Flying Circus

ALL OTHERS CORRECT K

[JAS]

Q2a Burt Lancaster
Q2b I'm sure that was also Jimmy Stewart
Q2g Slim Pickens

Q10 The same as my first Sqn go 50 Sqn ...Vulcan bomber

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q2a Burt Lancaster.....incorrect
Q2b I'm sure that was also Jimmy Stewart
Q2g Slim Pickens

Q10 The same as my first Sqn go 50 Sqn ...Vulcan bomber

Regards
JAS

others correct jas

[Peterxtc]

7. d. Enolore Gay

[magpie in the 80's]

7. d. Enolore Gay

CORRECT PETE

[magpie in the 80's]

1. Which sleek airplanes name means 'harmony'?
CONCORDE
2. Which actor played the captain or pilot in each of the following films?
a. Airport
DEAN MARTIN
b. Spirit of St. Louis
JIMMY STEWART
c. Airport 75
CHARLTON HESTON
d. Firefox
CLINT EASTWOOD
e. The Blue Max
GEORGE PEPPARD
f. Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
JIMMY STEWART
g. Dr. Strangelove
SLIM PICKENS
3. Plus or minus 5 sec, how long was the first Wright Brothers flight?
59 SECONDS
4. What is the name given to a Marine Corps aircraft that carries the US vice president?
MARINE 2
5. Who wrote the best selling novel 'Airport'?
ARTHUR HAILEY
6. Complete this fighter jock expression. 'pushing the outside of the .......'
ENVELOPE
7. The following words are from which songs'?
a. I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
DANIEL
b. He flew into the sky to seek revenge, but the bloody Red Baron shot him down, curses. foiled again
SNOOPY V THE RED BARON
c. On the way the paper bag was on my knee, man I had a dreadful flight
BACK IN THE USSR
d. It's 8.15 and thats the time it's always been
ENOLA GAY
e. 737 comin out of the sky
TRAVELIN BAND
8. What is the well known term used by allied pilots in WW II to describe UFO's ?
FOO FIGHTERS
9. Which nickname was given to The Red Baron's Jagdgeschwader (fighter squadron) 1 ?
FLYING CIRCUS
10. The plot in the James Bond film Thunderball is centred around the search for which type of bomber?
VULCAN

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ