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History Quiz: Quiz #3
 
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1) What does the acronym "WASP" stand for?
Women Air and Soaring Pilots
Women Airforce Service Pilots
Women Air and Space Pioneers
None of the above

2) In what airplane did Pancho Barnes break Amelia Earhart's speed record in 1930?
Travel Air Mystery Ship
Lockheed Vega
Gee Bee Racer
Lockheed Sirius

3) How many women earned wings in the WASP?
1,074
11,092
495
10,632

4) When were the WASP disbanded?
12/20/44
VJ Day
12/20/45
None of the above

5) Which airplanes did the WASP fly?
Only training aircraft
Only fighter airplanes
Every military airplane in the U.S. inventory
Only those allowed by the General of the Army Air Force

6) When were the WASP finally recognized as military veterans?
11/23/77
12/20/44
On VJ Day
02/22/91

7) Who was the first woman to go into space (June '63)?
Sally Ride
Valentina Tereskova
Jackie Cochran
Eileen Collins

8) The Whirly-Girls International Women Helicopter Pilots were formed in what year?
1955
1960
1967
None of the above

9) Who was the first woman to pilot a space shuttle back to earth?
Major Eileen Collins, USAF
Valentina Tereskova
Jackie Cochran
It has yet to happpen!

10) Who was the first women pilot hired by a scheduled airline (12/31/34)?
Amelia Earhart
Helen Richey
Jackie Cochran
Lillian Gatlin

 


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