Aeronautics
What aircraft is the only full-length double-deck airplane?
Airbus A380
What is the name of the main theory that describes how our universe was created?
The Big Bang Theory
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
What were the Wright Brothers' names?
Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright
What company did a Virginia Tech alum become CEO of following the removal of the previous CEO due to the 737 MAX crashes and subsequent fallout?
Boeing
The Concorde was a supersonic passenger airliner flown by which two airlines?
British Airways and Air France
What is the farthest man made object from Earth?
NASA's Voyager 1
Who was the first American woman in space?
Sally Ride
What Renaissance figure, most commonly known for his paintings, also created hundreds of ideas and drawings for flying machines?
Leonardo da Vinci
What is Virginia Tech's official name?
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Approximately how much per unit does the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber cost?
~$2 billion
What was the name of the first animal in orbit?
Laika (Dog)
What aircraft was the first commercial jet airliner?
The de Havilland DH.106 Comet
What famous aerospace engineer was the first lead of Lockheed's Skunk Works and was instrumental in the development of aircraft such as the U-2 Dragon Lady, SR-71 Blackbird, and F-117 Nighthawk?
Kelly Johnson
What are the exact names of the two primary Virginia Tech colors?
Burnt Orange and Chicago Maroon
What was the busiest international air route in 2023 by passengers?
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Singapore
What are the names of all 6 Space Shuttles?
Challenger, Enterprise, Columbia, Discovery, Atlantis & Endeavour
What was the first and oldest module of the International Space Station?
Zarya Control Module (1998)
What Renaissance astronomer, known for observing that distant stars seem to remain stationary, lost part of his nose in a duel with a mathematician cousin?
Tycho Brahe
What other university did Virginia Tech play when the two teams set the record for the most spectators for a college football game with 156,990 in attendance?
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (hosted at Bristol Motor Speedway, known as the Battle at Bristol)
What World War II bomber was featured in the movie, "Memphis Belle?"
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
On what holiday was NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) founded in 1936?
Halloween, October 31
What type of aircraft made the first non-stop circumnavigation around the globe?
Who was the first Air Traffic Controller?
Archie League
What president signed the Morrill Land-Grant Acts which allowed for the creation of Virginia Tech and other Land-Grant colleges?
Abraham Lincoln