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History Quiz: Quiz #1
 
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1) Who was the first woman in the world to earn her pilot's license in 1910?
Harriet Quimby
Amelia Earhart
Baroness Raymonde de la Roche

2) Who was the first American woman to earn her pilot's license in 1911?
Harriet Quimby
Amelia Earhart
Baroness Raymonde de la Roche

3) When did Amelia Earhart fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
May 20, 1932
September 9, 1934
July 5, 1936
February 18, 1936

4) Who was the first woman to earn a glider pilot license in 1930?
Amelia Earhart
Helen Richey
Jackie Cochran
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

5) Who was the first American woman to travel in space, and when?
Jackie Cochran 1963
Sally Ride 1983
Katherine Sullivan 1987

6) Which two women perished on the Challenger mission?
Sally Ride/Judith Resnick
Judith Resnick/Christa McAullife
Valentina Tereskova/Christa McAullife

7) What woman pilot won the 1929 Women's Derby of the Cleveland Air Races?
Amelia Earhart
Louise Thaden
Jackie Cochran
Marvell Crossen

8) Who was the first African American to earn a pilot's license in 1921?
Bessie Coleman
Willa Brown
Janet Harmon Bragg

9) Which aviatrix earned her pilot's license after only 32 minutes of instruction?
Harriet Quimby
Matilde Moisant
Bessie Coleman
Katharine Wright

10) Who was the first woman to be licensed as a helicopter pilot and when?
Jean Ross Howard 1955
Hanna Reitsch 1938
Jackie Cochran 1950
Nancy Love 1947

 


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