this airline shares its name with our country
AMERICAN AIRLINES
the city of lights
PARIS
on average, one checked luggage bag cannot exceed this weight without paying an extra fee
50 LBS
the bridge you cross to get from your gate to the airplane is called…
JET BRIDGE
the name of our galaxy
MILKY WAY
this airline’s planes are bright yellow
SPIRIT
CALIFORNIA
in a carry-on luggage, you are only allowed this many ounces of liquids (such as shampoo, perfume, etc) in one container.
3 OZ
TSA is short of this phrase
Transportation Security Association
NASA is the abbreviation for…
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ASSOCIATION
this airline has a reputation for being “ultra-low-cost”
FRONTIER
In the movie “UP,” Carl is trying to get to the highest waterfall in the world, located in this country
VENEZUELA
this is the real reason why you must put your devices on airplane mode on any flight.
RADIO INTERFERENCE.
FURTHER EXPLANATION: cellphones off airplane mode try to connect to cell towers on the ground, which may interfere with radio waves connecting pilots to ground control and even the sensors the plane uses to gauge the distance to the ground during descent and landing!
the longest flight in the world starts in Singapore and ends at this U.S. airport
JFK INTERNATIONAL (New York)
NASA’s Voyager 1 mission is the first to do all of the following, except:
A) Cross the heliosphere, the boundary where the influences outside our solar system are stronger than those from our Sun
B) Venture into interstellar space
C) Visit Pluto
D) Image active volcanoes on Jupiter’s moons
C) VISIT PLUTO
this airline brings us all together
UNITED AIRLINES
Russia has this many time zones
11
Besides Earth, this is the only body in our solar system known to have liquid lakes and seas on the surface.
A) Callisto
B) Titan
C) Enceladus
D) Europa
B) TITAN
this tragic event created the TSA
9/11
despite being the closest planet to the sun, mercury is this many miles awa from the sun
36 MILLION MILES
this airline’s logo looks like Bob Ross
ALASKA AIRLINES
Scotland’s national animal is:
A) the ox
B) the unicorn
C) the dolphin
B
this molecule, considered a key ingredient for life, was recently discovered at Saturn’s moon Enceladus?
A) Hydrogen cyanide
B) Potassium cyanide
C) Nitric acid
D) Cyanic acid
A) HYDROGEN CYANIDE
the Cleveland-Hopkins airport used to be a hub port for this airline
CONTINENTAL (rip)
this planet is the coldest in our solar system
+50pts: state the average temperature of the planet
VENUS
+50= -218°F