France
What famous French structure was originally built for the 1889 World’s Fair?
What is the Eiffel Tower
The German federal highway system that is famously known for not having speedlimits is known as what?
What is the Autobahn
This pair of brothers achieved the first powered, controlled airplane flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk.
Who are The Wright Brothers
The wheels an airplane uses for takeoff, landing, and taxiing.
What is the Landing Gear
The faster air moves over the wing than under it, creating this force that lets airplanes fly.
What is Lift
This world-famous museum in Paris is home to the Mona Lisa.
What is the Louvre
This annual festival in Munich is the world's largest Volksfest, drawing millions of visitors for traditional food, music, and local brews.
What is Oktoberfest
This female aviator disappeared over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
Who is Amelia Earhart
This vertical surface keeps the aircraft stable left and right and holds the rudder.
What is the Vertical Stabilizer
The force that pulls an aircraft toward Earth.
What is Gravity
This palace outside Paris, originally a hunting lodge, became the grand royal residence of Louis XIV.
What is the Palace of Versailles
Located in the Bavarian Alps, this "fairytale" castle served as the inspiration for Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Castle.
What is Neuschwanstein Castle
This U.S. agency was created in 1958 largely as a response to the Soviet Union’s space achievements.
What is NASA
The tail surface that moves left and right to control the airplane’s nose direction.
What is the Rudder
Pilots say this word three times when they have a life-threatening emergency.
What is Mayday
This Impressionist painter created the famous series of “Water Lilies” and helped popularize the Impressionist movement in France.
Who is Claude Monet
This 18th-century German composer, known for the Brandenburg Concertos and The Well-Tempered Clavier, is considered one of the greatest pillars of Western classical music.
Who is Johann Sebastian Bach
This aircraft was the first jet airliner to enter commercial service in 1952.
What is the De Havilland Comet
This spinning engine component compresses incoming air before combustion in a jet engine.
What is the Compressor
Airplanes turn in the air primarily by tilting their wings instead of steering like a car; this motion is called this.
What is Banking
French is an official language in over 25 countries, including Canada, Belgium, and this large West African nation known for its music, cuisine, and rich history.
What is Senegal
This massive forested mountain range in southwestern Germany is famous for its scenic beauty, Cuckoo clocks, and being the setting for many Brothers Grimm fairy tales.
What is the Black Forest (Schwarzwald)
This U.S. aviation hero became the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.
Who is Charles Lindbergh
This gyroscopic cockpit instrument shows the aircraft’s orientation relative to the horizon.
What is the Attitude Indicator
When passengers feel their stomach drop during sudden downward movement, they are experiencing this condition caused by unstable air.