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The Wright Brothers' First Flight
1. What year did the Wright Brothers pilot the first airplane?
1890
1900
1903
1910
1920
2. Prior to designed flying machines, the Wright Brothers worked on what?
Bicycles
Boats
Balloons
Parachutes
Skateboards
3. What did the Wright Brothers name their first plane?
Airplane
Winged Victory
Lucky Ace
Wright Flyer
Wrong Flyer
4. How did they determine who would fly first?
Rock, paper, scissors
Coin toss
Wrestling match
Pie eating contest
Drawing sticks
5. The Wrights built what in order to figure out how to control a plane?
Hot air balloon
Parachute
Kite
Small scale model
Wheel
6. In 1904, the Wrights flew the first what?
Transatlantic flight
Bi-plane
Tri-plane
Night flight
Complete circle
7. The first eyewitness account of the Wrights' flight appeared in what kind of journal?
Aviation
Bird watching
Kite flying
Bee keeping
Nautical
8. The first Wright airplane made it all the way to where?
Moon
Canada
Ohio
Marianas Trench
Florida Keys
9. The Wright Monument was the largest monument built for what?
A machine
A living person
A scientist
A college graduate
An idea
10. Where was the kite invented?
India
England
Australia
China
Greece
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