High Flyers - Reading Quiz

When was the first hot air balloon invented?

• 1783

• 1873

• 1387

• 1738

Where were Orville and Wilbur Wring born?

• Australia

• England

• America

• Armenia

True or False:

Orville and Wilbur were born in spain.

• True

• False

True or False:

Their interest in flight began when their father bought them a toy 'helicopter'.

• True

• False

True or False:

They made and sold helmets buy then began to experiment with creating their own flying machine.

• True

• False

True or False:

Their first aeroplane was called Wright Flyer.

• True

• False

True or False:

They successfully flew in front of 20 people in 1903.

• True

• False

What is the biggest passenger plane today?

• Airliners

• Wright Flyer

• Jet

• Airbus A-380

Airlines in the past could carry _____ passengers.

• 5

• 10

• Hundreds

• 380

Look at the "First Helicopter" story. Which word means the same as 'designed'?

• Called

• Created

• Regularly

• Using