They were Americans who made their historic 59-second powered flight in 1903.
Who were the Wright Brothers?
100
The minimum number of planes a pilot must have shot down in order to be called an "ace".
What is five?
100
Canada's two warships at the onset of WWI.
What are the Rainbow (I'm shuddering out of fear!) and the Niobe?
100
Give or take 5,000, this was the number of Royal Air Force pilots and air crew that were killed between 1914 and 1918.
What is 50,000?
100
What C.E.F. stands for.
What is Canadian Expeditionary Force?
200
He was Canada's best known war hero from the First World War.
Who was Billy Bishop?
200
The WWI term given to two planes engaged in aerial combat.
What is a "dogfight"?
200
One of the best natural harbours on the east coast of North America.
What is Halifax?
200
The homeland of the Allies' top air ace.
What is France?
200
The name given to large groups of ships escorted by war ships.
What is a convoy?
300
Germany's top air ace of the First World War.
Who is the Red Baron?
300
This was the average life expectancy for a Royal Flying Corps pilot in 1917 (the peak year for aerial dogfights)
What is three weeks?
300
It completed dangerous work, carrying weapons, munitions, and food to Britain and the Allies; many members of it, who were not officially members of the armed forces, lost their lives during the war.
What is the merchant marine?
300
Billy Bishop's home province.
What is Ontario?
300
These were innocent-looking merchant boats that had trained Royal Navy crews, hidden guns, echo-sounders, and depth charges to find and destroy submarines.
What are q-ships?
400
The Red Baron's real name.
What is Manfred von Richthofen?
400
Plus or minus five, this is the number of victories or "kills" that Billy Bishop claimed to have completed during the First World War.
What is 72?
400
The Lusitania was torpedoed off the coast of this country in 1915, with a loss of almost 1200 passengers, including many Canadians and Americans.
What is Ireland?
400
This is the total number of German air aces who had over fifty victories or "kills" in WWI.
What is four?
400
The British navy managed, for the most part, to confine the main German fleet to home port, but submarines were a different story. German u-boats could slip undetected from their base in this country and torpedo any ships thought to be supplying assistance to the Allies.
What is Belgium?
500
Germany's top ace was shot down in April 1918, either by Canadian ace Roy Brown or troops from this country.
What is Australia?
500
When Britain established three flight training centres in Ontario in 1917, the doors were opened for more Canadian pilots. Soon Canadians made up this percentage (give or take five percent) of Britain's flyers.
What is 25%?
500
This was the reason why the United States entered WWI.
What is Germany's declaration in 1917 that it would sink any ship within a war zone around Britain?
500
The number of submarines bought by the government of British Columbia to protect the province from the German fleet in the Pacific Ocean.
What is two?
500
This is the total number of Canadian air aces who had over fifty victories or "kills" in WWI.