JEOPARDY 100 200 300 400 INTRO TO AIR POWER ADOLESCENCE OF AIR POWER THE GOLDEN AGE 1919-39 AIR POWER GOES TO WAR FROM THE COLD WAR TO DESERT STORM ADVANCES IN AERONAUTICS 100 200 300 400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY 200 400 600 800 INTRO TO AIR POWER ADOLESCENCE OF AIR POWER THE GOLDEN AGE 1919-39 AIR POWER GOES TO WAR FROM THE COLD WAR TO DESERT STORM ADVANCES IN AERONAUTICS 200 400 600 800

THEY INVENTED GUNPOWDER THE CHINESE RETURN

THE U.S. MILITARY FIRST USED BALLOONS DURING THIS WAR THE CIVIL WAR RETURN

HE BUILT AND FLEW THE WORLD’S FIRST SUCCESSFUL RIGID DIRIGIBLE FERDINAND VON ZEPPELIN RETURN

HE WAS A GREAT ARTIST AND CONDUCTED THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS IN THE FIELD OF AVIATION LEONARDO DA VINCI RETURN

IN 1911 SHE BECAME AMERICA’S FIRST LICENSED FEMALE PILOT HARRIET QUIMBY RETURN

HE BUILT THE FIRST POWERED MONOPLANE LOUIS BLERIOT RETURN

HE DESIGNED AND FLEW THE FIRST FOUR-ENGINE AIRCRAFT IGOR SIKORSKY RETURN

THIS GROUP OF AMERICANS FLEW FOR FRANCE DURING WORLD WAR I LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE RETURN

HE WAS A VOCAL ADVOCATE FOR A SEPARATE AIR SERVICE, EQUAL TO THE ARMY AND NAVY GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL RETURN

THESE WERE THE NAMES OF THE FOUR AIRCRAFT USED BY THE U. S THESE WERE THE NAMES OF THE FOUR AIRCRAFT USED BY THE U.S. ARMY FOR THE FIRST ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT IN 1924 BOSTON, CHICAGO, SEATTLE, AND NEW ORLEANS RETURN

THIS TRANSCONTINENTAL RACE WAS ADDED TO THE NATIONAL AIR RACES IN 1931 BENDIX TROPHY RACE RETURN

THE FIRST U.S. AIR MAIL ROUTE WAS BETWEEN THESE CITIES NEW YORK CITY AND WASHINGTON, DC RETURN

THESE TWO BATTLES IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WERE FOUGHT ENTIRELY BY AIRCRAFT WITHOUT THE OPPOSING SURFACE SHIPS SEEING EACH OTHER MIDWAY AND CORAL SEA RETURN

A U.S. B-29 WITH THIS NICKNAME DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON THIS JAPANESE CITY ENOLA GAY … HIROSHIMA RETURN

THIS BATTLE WAS FOUGHT BETWEEN THE LUFTWAFFE’S BOMBER FORCES AND THE RAF FIGHTER FORCES BATTLE OF BRITAIN RETURN

THE GERMANS GAVE THIS NAME TO THEIR CONCEPT OF COMBINED ARMS OPERATIONS BLITZKRIEG (LIGHTNING WAR) RETURN

THESE COUNTRIES WERE THE TWO MAJOR POWERS IN THE COLD WAR THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION RETURN

THE USAF CAME INTO BEING IN 1947 WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS ACT NATIONAL SECURITY ACT RETURN

HE DESIGNED THE WORLD’S FIRST TURBOJET ENGINE FOR USE IN AN AIRPLANE FRANK WHITTLE RETURN

THIS WAS AMERICA’S FIRST PRIORITY IN THE KOREAN WAR STOP THE ADVANCE OF THE NORTH KOREAN TROOPS RETURN

THIS BOMBER IS A “STEALTH” AIRCRAFT DESIGNED TO BE INVISIBLE TO ENEMY RADAR B-2 “SPIRIT” RETURN

THIS JET REVOLUTIONIZED THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION INDUSTRY AND BECAME THE STANDARD LONG-RANGE JET OF THE 1960s BOEING 707 RETURN

THESE TWO X-SERIES AIRCRAFT WERE FLOWN DURING THE 1950s AND 1960s X-15 AND XB-70 RETURN

THE X-29A WAS BUILT TO DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITIES OF THIS DESIGN CONFIGURATION FORWARD SWEPT WING RETURN

HE HAS BEEN CALLED THE FATHER OF MODERN AVIATION OTTO LILIENTHAL RETURN

ACCORDING TO LEGEND, THEY ESCAPED FROM PRISON BY FLYING WITH WINGS MADE OF FEATHERS AND WAX ICARUS AND DAEDALUS RETURN

THESE BROTHERS DEMONSTRATED FLIGHT IN A HOT AIR BALLOON IN 1783 MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS RETURN

HE DESIGNED THE FIRST POWERED AIRPLANE, CALLED THE “AERODROME,” BUT IT CRASHED INTO THE POTOMAC RIVER TWICE. SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY RETURN

HE WAS THE FIRST MAN TO LOSE HIS LIFE IN AN AIRPLANE CRASH ARMY LT THOMAS SELFRIDGE RETURN

IN 1908 HE WON THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY IN A PLANE CALLED THE “JUNE BUG” GLENN CURTISS RETURN

IN 1906 HE FLEW THE FIRST POWERED AIRPLANE IN EUROPE ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT RETURN

HE WAS THE LEADING AMERICAN ACE OF WORLD WAR I AND WAS AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR EDDIE RICKENBACKER RETURN

HE WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN CHARLES LINDBERGH RETURN

IN 1915 PRESIDENT WILSON FORMED THIS ORGANIZATION TO SUPERVISE AND DIRECT THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS OF FLIGHT NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS (NACA) RETURN

THIS GROUP OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN PILOTS FLEW COMBAT MISSIONS IN WORLD WAR II TUSKEGEE AIRMEN RETURN

THE WOMEN’S AIR DERBY LED TO THE FORMATION OF THIS ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN FLIERS NINETY-NINES RETURN

GERMANY MARCHED INTO AND OCCUPIED THESE COUNTRIES IN 1938 AND 1939 AUSTRIA AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA RETURN

BY 1941 THIS COUNTRY WAS THE ONLY MAJOR POWER OF WORLD WAR II TO USE WOMEN PILOTS IN COMBAT SOVIET UNION RETURN

HE LED THE FIRST AERIAL BOMBING ATTACK ON JAPAN IN 1942 JIMMY DOOLITTLE RETURN

HE WAS GENERAL MacARTHUR’S AIR COMMANDER IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER MAJ GEN KENNEY RETURN

THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST AIRLINER POWERED BY PURE TURBOJETS DeHAVILLAND COMET RETURN

HE WAS THE FIRST PILOT TO FLY FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF SOUND CHUCK YEAGER RETURN

THIS WAS THE ONLY TRUE STRATEGIC BOMBING CAMPAIGN OF THE VIETNAM WAR, AND IT RESULTED IN NORTH VIETNAM RETURNING TO THE NEGOTIATING TABLE LINEBACKER II RETURN

ENTERING PRODUCTION IN 1953, THIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE WORLD’S FIRST FIGHTER THAT COULD EXCEED MACH I IN LEVEL FLIGHT F-100 “SUPER SABRE” RETURN

THE CIA USED THIS LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT FOR HIGH-ALTITUDE SPY MISSIONS OVER THE SOVIET UNION IN THE 1950s AND 1960s U-2 RETURN

HE PILOTED THE FIRST EIGHT FLIGHTS OF THE X-15 SCOTT CROSSFIELD RETURN

THIS SPY PLANE COULD FLY AT SPEEDS EXCEEDING MACH 3 AND ALTITUDES MORE THAN 80,000 FEET SR-71 RETURN

THESE THREE COMPANIES ENTERED THE JUMBO JET FIELD IN 1966 BOEING (747), LOCKEED (L-1011), AND DOUGLAS (DC-10) RETURN