Vocabulary
"This was just a flight simulator at an air show near her home in Karachi, Pakistan, and she hadn't really been battling the elements."
What does the word "simulator" mean in the context?
A machine that re-creates the conditions.
What are the names of Wright Brothers?
Orville and Wilbur
What is device that allows time travel?
The Magical Watch
What type of bird is Tempo?
A cuckoo.
True or False: The Wright Brothers mad the first human powered flight in the year 1903.
True
"They reached the Wright's hangar and helped carry the flyer inside."
What does the word "hangar" mean in the context?
A large building where aircaft are stored.
True or False: The Wirght Brothers had a sister named Katherine.
True
A freshly glued plane.
What did Yasmin make to measure the speed of the wind?
True or False: The Wright Brothers' plane was called The Skybird.
False. It was the Wright Flyer.
"Yasmin frowned at the skipping, flapping figure of the time willain as he raced away down the beach."
What does the word "frowned" mean in the context?
When someone frowns, their eyebrows become drawn together, because they are annoyed, worried, or puzzled, or because they are concentrating.
A bike shop.
What device does DeLay use to slow or speed up time?
Time Crunches.
What was the mocking laughter of DeLay?
Wright brothers will go home as failures and there will be no powered flight today.
How long did the first flight last?
It only lasted 12 seconds.
"The brothers were waiting anxiously in their workshop"
What does the word "Anxiously" mean in the context?
If you are anxious, you are nervous or worried about something./An anxious time or situation is one during which you feel nervous and worried.
How did Wright Brothers make the decision about who's getting to be the pilot?
By tossing a coin
What was the problem Wright Brothers had?
The old propeller didn't work./DeLay misplaced one of the propeller.
When DeLay vanished, what were the three special effects/tricks that he showed? (Get half points if two corrects are named)
"There was a flash of fire, a cloud of smoke, and the clattering sound of chiming clocks."
What is the wingspan of the flyer?
12 meters/40 feet
"Tempo fluttered down from her perch on the hangar."
What does the word "fluttered" mean in the context?
If something light such as a small bird or a piece of paper flutters somewhere, it moves through the air with small quick movements.
What was Wright brothers' first experiments before they added an engine?
Each propeller is hand-carved. They put too much work in matching propellers so that the power was evenly distributed.
The length of the rod is 20 centimeters. And the cups rotated for 90 times for exactly one minute. What is the speed of the wind.(km/h)
6.7km/h
What is the name of the aircraft from World War II, one of the earlies jet aeroplanes?
British Spitfire