AVIATION HISTORY
THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS
TRANSPORTATION
4-LETTER HOMOPHONES
IT'S A BIG COUNTRY
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Cleared by the FAA in 2021, the Terrafugia Transition is this, wished for by so many in bumper-to-bumper traffic
What is a flying car?
200
This standardized test widely used in college admissions since 1926 is introducing a digital version in March 2024
What is the SAT?
200
First opened in 1900, this subway system has been called the lifeline of Paris
What is the Metro?
200
Money paid to release one from the clink
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a large bundle of goods
What is bail/bale?
200
It's about 700 arid miles across this country from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf
What is Saudi Arabia?
400
In 1926 Charles Lindbergh was an airmail pilot flying the route between Chicago & this city whose name he'd later take aloft
What is St. Louis?
400
An evasive maneuver test for cars in Sweden bears the name of these deer you would definitely want to avoid when driving
What is Moose?
400
Reaching speeds of up to 200 miles per hour, Japan's shinkansen are better known by this name
What is a bullet train?
400
An adjective meaning twofold
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a deadly contest
What is dual/duel?
400
Its 700,000 square miles of land area are spread across more than 17,000 islands
What is Indonesia?
600
In 1914, Tiny Broadwick (she was 3 lbs. at birth) cut a tangled parachute line & made the 1st of these alliterative jumps.
What is a free fall?
600
The NCAA's drug testing program covers stimulants, masking agents & these, such as androstenedione
What are steroids?
600
Rad Power & Aventon are popular brands of these
What are e-bikes?
600
A warning on the links
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what Vier means in German
What is fore/four?
600
Once claimed by Italy, Cyrenaica is an historic region & former province of this 650,000-square-mile land
What is Libya?
800
After many transatlantic crossings, the Hindenburg crashed & burned while landing at Lakehurst in this U.S. state
What is New Jersey?
800
Used to determine if a computer can "think", the Turing test was originally known as this, also the name of a 2014 movie about Turing
What is the imitation game?
800
In 2002, Porsche spiced up its line of vehicles with the introduction of this model, its first SUV
What is a Cayenne?
800
To quote an author
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the location of a proposed building
What is cite/site?
800
It borders Russia, China & nothing else
What is Mongolia?
1000
It's the avian nickname for the SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft that could hit 2,200 miles per hour & an altitude above 85,000 feet
What is "Blackbird"?
1000
In 1915 Emil Truog developed a test to measure the level of this property in soil, leading to restored fields & increased yields
What is pH (acidity)?
1000
The national airline of Poland is known by this 3-letter name
What is LOT?
1000
An insect
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to hurry away
What is flea/flee?
1000
With a population of more than 100 million, it covers about 900,000 square miles in the heart of Africa
What is the DRC?