The Wright Brothers

Where was Wilbur Wright born?

• Kentucky

• Illinois

• Ohio

• Indiana

Where was Orville Wright born?

• Ohio

• Indiana

• Illinois

• Kentucky

What was Wilbur and Orville Wright’s first trade?

• woodworking

• welding

• printing

• building

What did the Wright brothers sell at the shop they opened in 1892?

• books

• furniture

• bicycles

• carriages

When did the Wright brothers begin seriously conducting aeronautical experiments?

• 1920

• 1899

• 1905

• 1915

Which glider pioneer inspired the Wright brothers to study aeronautics themselves?

• Otto Lilienthal

• George Cayley

• Samuel Langley

• Octave Chanute

When did the Wright brothers first experiment with “wing warping,” or inducing a helical twist across a kite’s wings in either direction to gain control over its flight?

• 1899

• 1895

• 1908

• 1910

Where did the Wright brothers test their first glider?

• Dayton, Ohio

• Gary, Indiana

• Kansas City, Missouri

• Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

When did the Wright brothers make the first (unsuccessful) attempt at powered flight?

• 1901

• 1903

• 1900

• 1905

  
  

When did the Wright brothers make the first successful powered flight?

• December 17, 1910

• December 17, 1904

• December 17, 1908

• December 17, 1903