The Flying Type Trivia Quiz

Answer: Females have shorter beaks than males

Unlike in other species of animals, both the male and female toucan have colorful beaks or bills. Females, however, tend to have a smaller bill that is also straighter than the male's. Male toucans tend to have curvy beaks, almost like a banana. Because toucans have large beaks, they have long tongues.

Answer: American Bald Eagle

The American Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States and is commonly seen on patriotic items and around the Fourth of July and Election Day. Despite the name, the bald eagle is not bald but it has a white head that makes it look bald compared to the rest of its body.

Answer: Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise played Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in "Top Gun". Although his character is in the military, Tom Cruise is actually too short to have been allowed a job as a military pilot in real life.

Tom Cruise has purchased several pieces of World War II aircraft including a P-51 Mustang.

Answer: Cirque du Soleil

Guy Laliberte is known as an eccentric entrepreneur. In addition to co-founding Cirque du Soleil, he has also been a space tourist and a fire eater.

Cirque do Soleil was founded in 1984 and was only intended to be a short traveling act around Quebec. However, it became so popular more shows were added and new shows were created. Cirque du Soleil quickly became a worldwide phenomenon.

Answer: Ostrich

The ostrich is too large to fly but it is the fastest bird on land. It is also the largest living bird, although there were larger birds that are now extinct.

Answer: West Virginia

The Mothman legend began in 1966 when a group of gravediggers reported seeing a flying man above them. A similar scene was claimed by two couples a few days later. Speculation grew as to what exactly was seen. The couples reported seeing the Mothman near an area called TNT Area, a nature reserve that was once home to a World War II munitions factory. For the rest of 1966 and 1967 reports of the Mothman were plentiful until December 15, 1967 when the Silver Bridge collapsed, killing 46 people. The accident was blamed on Mothman, although the bridge had been poorly maintained for decades.

After that, reports slowed considerably. Tourists come to the area to hunt for Mothman and sightings are reported but less frequently than they had been in the 1960s.

Answer: Western Australia

Swan is actually a suburb of the much larger city of Perth. Swan Valley is an area of Western Australia famous for its wineries. The area has very fertile soil, which is uncommon in the state. The Swan River flows through the city of Perth and is famous for the black swans that frequently appear on its shores.

The Aboriginal people call the Swan River Derbarl Yerrigan and believe it was created by a Wagyl, a mythological snake creature.

Answer: Fred Noonan, her navigator

Fred Noonan was her navigator who, during Earhart's attempt to fly around the world, noted that the radio navigation system was not working properly. The two are believed to have disappeared somewhere around Howard Island in the Pacific Ocean. What happened to them exactly is still unknown, although many theories have been suggested including: crashing into the ocean and drowning, captured by the Japanese and faking the crash and living in New Jersey under assumed identities.

Answer: Birds of Paradise

Strelitzia are called birds of paradise because they resemble the bird species of the same name. The world strelitzia comes from Mecklenburg-Strelitz where the British Queen Charlotte was born. Thus the flower is named in her honor. The flower is also sometimes called a crane flower because it looks similar to origami cranes.

Answer: Medusa

Pegasus and his brother, a humanlike man named Chrysaor, were born to Poseidon (who is the God of horses) and Medusa the Gorgon. They were not born until Perseus slayed Medusa after which Pegasus and Chrysaor popped out of her neck.

Pegasus was ridden by Bellerophon on his adventures until he fell off Pegasus on Mount Olympus.

Answer: To Kill A Mockingbird

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a 1960 classic written by Harper Lee. It was narrated by Atticus Finch and follows Atticus' daughter Scout and son Jem and the racial tensions in Maycomb, Alabama. Atticus is tasked with defending a black man accused of raping a white woman.

"Go Set a Watchman" is set about twenty years later and is believed to have been written originally as a first draft of "To Kill a Mockingbird". Some of the original characters reappear including Scout and Atticus. The book received mixed reviews upon publication with critics saying it lacked plot; others were disappointed it did not have the same impact "To Kill A Mockingbird" did.

Answer: A Whole New World

"A Whole New World" is sung by Aladdin and Jasmine as they fantasize about places outside of Agrabah. The song was an success and it reached number one on the Billboard 100, knocking off "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston which was then the song longest at number one.

Answer: To get a job in a rock and roll band

The creature does admit that he eats purple people but he specifically says he came down to join a rock band. The song was a hit and was at the top of the charts for six weeks during the summer of 1958.

Answer: France

The Red Baron was in pursuit of Wop May, a Canadian pilot. Shots were fired by Arthur Brown but von Richthofen dodged them. At about 11 am on April 21 1918, the Red Baron was shot in the chest but managed to land his plane at Vaux-sur-Somme, France in an area under the control and management of Australia. Just who shot the Red Baron is subject to debate. Arthur Brown is generally credited with having done so, but many other people have been put forward as candidates as well.

Answer: He could levitate

Joseph of Cupertino was known for ability to levitate (some legends said he could fly). For this, he was denounced as a practitioner of witchcraft by the Spanish Inquisition and was imprisoned in various friaries for over twenty years. Skeptics claim that Joseph's levitations were not real and may have been caused by poisoned rye bread, common in the 17th century. Since Joseph also had hallucinations, it has been suggested that he may have believed himself to be able to levitate and that eyewitnesses agreed for their own reasons. Regardless, the Catholic Church accepts that Joseph levitated because of his holiness.

Answer: Lift

Lift is, in layman's terms, the force acting perpendicular to the flow of a fluid, which in the case of airplanes is air. Although lift is most commonly associated with airplanes, it is actually a factor in all kinds of different machines and devices, including helicopters, wind turbines and racecars.

Answer: Poe

Poe is the only remaining mascot of the three Raven Brothers. Edgar and Allan were officially retired in 2008. However, two live ravens named Rise and Conquer were added as mascots in 2009 in addition to Poe.

Answer: Sister Bertrille

Sister Bertrille was a nun in Puerto Rico who was able to "fly" because of her light weight, high winds and starched habit. She could not fly in rainy weather. Her flying powers often provided comedy to the show but it also frequently got Sister Bertrille in trouble.

Answer: Parakoopa

Parakoopas are turtle like enemies who can fly as opposed to koopas who cannot. Goombas also have a flying form called paragoombas. While in most games parakoopas are enemies, on occasion they can also be allies. They will usually have either a red or green shell, rarely blue.

Answer: Ohio and North Carolina

The Wright Brothers were from Ohio, although Wilbur was born in Indiana. They lived in Dayton for many years and operated a bicycle repair shop there. However, the brothers chose North Carolina to be the testing location of their glides because of the gentle winds and sandy beaches which would make for a softer impact landing. North Carolina calls itself "First in Flight" and that slogan appears on the state's license plates.

However Ohio calls itself the "Birthplace of Aviation" because Orville was born there, as well as a number of famous astronauts.