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Wright Brothers

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They designed, built, and flew the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air airplane.

a)

The Wrong brothers

b)

The Wright brothers

c)

The Everly brothers

d)

The Estaris brothers

2.

When did the Wright Flyer airplane first flew successfully?

a)

December 7, 1903

b)

December 27, 1903

c)

December 17, 1903

d)

December 17, 2020

3.

Where did the Wright Flyer airplane first flew successfully?

a)

Dayton, Ohio

b)

New York, New York

c)

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

d)

San Francisco, California

4.

The Wright brothers had a patent war with ________ _______, filing lawsuits against each other over who really invented the airplane steering system.

a)

Jamie Lee Curtis

b)

Anne Curtis Smith

c)

Curtis James Jackson

d)

Glenn Curtiss

5.

By the 1890s, the Wrights were interested in flight, especially the gliders of _____ __________.

a)

Otto Lilienthal.

b)

Ottoman

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Amelia Earhart

6.

When bicycles became popular, the Wright brothers opened a shop where they sold and repaired _________.

a)

Cars

b)

Bicycles

c)

Motorcycles

d)

Electric fans

7.

When they were young, their ________ bought them a little toy that flew up into the air.

a)

Mother

b)

Sister

c)

Other Brother

d)

Father

8.

Lilienthal and others had been ________ when they could not control their aircraft.

a)

successful

b)

punished

c)

killed

d)

awarded

9.

The Wright brothers fixed the problem by inventing control surfaces, such as a ________ that would work in the air.

a)

rubber

b)

rudder

c)

bicycle

d)

throwe

10.

They built wings that could be twisted a little and moved up and down slightly, to control flight. They called this steering system called _________ _________

a)

wing-warping

b)

auto-matic

c)

auto-pilot

d)

wing-suit flying