Life
Disappearance
Aviation
Miscellaneous
100
Amelia Earhart was born on July 24th of this year.
What is 1897?
100
Earhart was attempting to be the first woman to achieve this aviation feat when she disappeared.
What is circumnavigation of the globe?
100
On May 16, 1923, Earhart became only the _________ woman in the United States to be issued a pilot's license by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).
What is 16th?
100
True or False: The wreckage of Earhart's plane was never found.
What is True?
(This fact has fed into many conspiracy theories claiming that Earhart may have survived and spent the rest of her life in anonymity)
200
Earhart worked in this profession during and after WWI.
What is Nursing?
200
The number of attempts Earhart made to circumnavigate the globe.
What is two?
200
In 1928, as a passenger in a plane flown by Wilmer Stultz, Earhart became the first woman to cross ____________ in an airplane.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
(It was originally intended that she would take the controls for part of the journey, but thick clouds and persistent fog required the aircraft to be flown solely by reference to cockpit instruments, and Earhart’s lack of experience with instrument flying prevented her from piloting during the flight)
200
In addition to being a famous aviator, Earhart was also a highly successful _______.
What is Writer?
(She wrote magazine articles, newspaper columns, and essays, and published two books based upon her experiences as a flyer during her lifetime)
300
In 1925, after moving to Medford, Massachusetts, Earhart worked at Denison House, a Boston settlement house, first as a teacher, then this.
What is a Social Worker?
300
This ended Earhart's first attempt.
What is a non-fatal crash?
(Something went wrong during take-off for the second leg of the journey. The forward landing gear collapsed, both propellers hit the ground, and the plane skidded on its belly. Nobody was injured but the aircraft was severely damaged)
300
In August 1928, Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across this continent.
What is North America?
300
In 2018, this popular toy introduced an Amelia Earhart doll for their Inspiring Women Series.
What is Barbie?
400
Earhart married in 1931 but refused to do this, an extremely liberal choice for the time that still isn't a very common choice for women getting married today.
What is Change Her Name?
(Her husband, George P. Putnam, would actually often be called Mr. Earhart)
400
Amelia Earhart, and her navigator Fred Noonan, disappeared over this body of water.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
400
In 1932, Earhart became the first woman to fly solo nonstop across _________.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
400
Earhart was the first elected president of the Ninety-Nines, an international organization for _________________.
What is Women Pilots?
500
Earhart was reportedly close friends with this First Lady.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
500
Earhart disappeared on July 2, 1937. She was officially assumed dead in this year.
What is 1939?
(Earhart's husband asked to have the "declared death in absentia" seven-year waiting period waived so he could manage Earhart's finances in order to put more money into the search effort. As a result, Earhart was declared legally dead on January 5, 1939.)
500
The number of women's speed-and-distance aviation records Earhart set between the years of 1930 and 1935.
What is seven?
500
Earhart's first plane, a second-hand Kinner Airster was a two-seater biplane painted bright yellow, was named after this bird.
What is The Canary?