Aviation
Aerospace
Drones
Physics
Bonus
100

The pair of brothers that were the first in history to take flight.

Who are the Wright brothers?

100

Aerospace Definition

What is the study, development, and flight of vehicles in and outside Earth’s Atmosphere (but we’re also going to talk about the study of space because that is fun)?

100
The person that invented drones
Who is Abraham Karem?
100

The thing that makes things fall

What is gravity?

100

The Freshman's Name

Who is Penelope?

200

Aviation definition.

What is the design, production, and operation of heavier-than-air aircraft?
200

Soviet name for Astronaut

What is a cosmonaut?

200

The purpose for the invention of drones

What is to replace humans in missions that are either not suitable for humans or too dangerous?

200

Any of Newton's Laws

What is

acceptable answers: 

1. an object will stay in motion or in rest unless acted upon by an outside force

2. F=ma

3. every action has an equal but opposite reaction?

200

The most advanced mars rover on Mars

Perseverance

300

Three branches of aviation.

What is civil, general, and military aviation?

300

Yuri Gagarin

Who was the first man in space?

300

The percentage of the U.S. military aircraft that uses drones

What is 30%?

300

The acceleration of gravity

What is 9.81 m/s^2?

300

Newton's Main Book

What is Principia?

400

The direction of the forces thrust, drag, lift, and weight (requires 4 answers).

What is...

Thrust - Forward

Drag - Backwards

Lift - Upwards

Weight - Downwards?

400

The most recent telescope sent out into space and its mission

What is

  • the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
  • Mission: investigate dark energy, exoplanets, and settle questions in astrophysics
400

The time of first usage of drones in combat

What is the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980's?

400

The best physics teacher ever

Who is Mr. Webber?

400

The result of TGI Fridays' attempt of using drones to fly mistletoe over couples

What is when landing a drone on a reporter's hand, it took of part of her nose?

500

The roles that the rudder, elevator, and flaps provide for planes.

What is...

Rudder - Side-to-side rotation of the airplane's nose

Elevators - Controls pitch, or the up and down movement of the plane's nose

Flaps - Extend downward and backward to change the shape and surface area of the wing; create extra lift and drag?

500

The machine that took the "Pale Blue Dot" and its importance

What is 

  • Voyager 1
  • Possible Answers:
    • the first portrait taken of the solar system
    • the reach of human technology
    • how small we are; an image looking at everyone (living or dead) on a small dot?
500

The reason for the banishment of drones from all national parks in the U.S.

What is a tourist used a remote controlled drone and flew it into a hot sprine at Yellowstone National Park?

500

Given a meterstick on a fulcrum at 0.60 m, with m_1 = 2.0 kg at 0 m and m_2 = 1.0 kg at 1.0 m , find the magnitude of the net torque immediately after release (g = 10 m/s^2).

What is the magnitude of the net torque on a negligible-mass meterstick placed on a fulcrum at the 0.60 m mark, with a 2.0 kg mass at 0 m and a 1.0 kg mass at 1.0 m, is 8.0 N·m. ?

500

The date the Wright Brothers flew.

When is December 13th, 1903?