Whatever You Want Day!

Flying Machines

100

This is a silhouette of one of the most instantly recognisable planes ever to fly. Which was it, that offered the first faster-than-sound flying experience for regular passengers?

The Concorde

200

When it first flew this aircraft had the largest passenger-carrying capacity in the world. What was it called the Douglas DC-10 or Boeing 747.

The Boeing 747

300

Among the people on board during the Hindenburg disaster was American Burtis J. Dolan, who bought a one-way ticket for 1000 Reichsmarks. During the Great Depression, that was the equivalent of roughly $450. Thanks to inflation, Dolan’s ticket would cost how much money today?

a. $20,000  b. $10,000   c. $8,000.  

$8,000

400

The Hindenburg’s designers planned to fill it with non-flammable helium gas. However, America had a corner on the helium market, as well as a law prohibiting exporting helium without approval from the president. So German engineers had no choice but to pump the Hindenburg full of this flammable gas.

  a. Hydrogen,  b. Methane,  c. Nitrogen Dioxide

Hydrogen

500

On Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright powered the "Wright Flyer," the aircraft that succeeded in taking the first powered flight. In July of 1969, Ohio astronaut Neil Armstrong carried remnants of the Wright Flyer's fabric and propeller on his trip to the moon.

True or False.

True

Twilight Tales

100

Who created "The Twilight Zone"?

a. Albert Lewis;  b. Rod Serling;  c. Alfred Hitchcock

Rod Serling

200

In what year did the show debut on TV?

a. 1959;  b. 1969;  c. 1979

1959

300

In the iconic first-season episode "Time Enough at Last," what happens to Henry Bemis after he discovers he is the last man on Earth and can finally read all of his books?

a. He goes blind;  b. He dies;  c. He breaks his glasses

c. He breaks his glasses

400

In the episode called "To Serve Man," the title refers to what?

a. A group of enslaved aliens;  b. A charitable offering

c. A cookbook

A Cookbook

500

In the show's narration, Serling said viewers were about to enter "a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of ________"?

a. fear;  b. smell;  c. mind

Mind

Hostess With The Mostest

100

Twinkies

200

The door bell rings and a snack cake appears. What is it?

Ding-Dongs

300

Hostess Chocolate Cupcake

400

Do you have an eye for scrumptious snack cakes? Which one is the correct answer?

Drakes Yodels

500

It sounds like it might be a winter snack, but it's delicious to eat any time of the year. What name do you know it by?

Sno-Ball

Favorite "Fab" Diets

100

This diet lured women in with the premise that they could eat as much as they wanted as long as they consumed nothing but cabbage soup. At least three bowls of cabbage soup were to be consumed daily on this diet, although some variations allowed for the addition of lean poultry.

Cabbage Soup Diet

200

This diet promises to help you lose weight by gulping a concoction of hot water, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and maple syrup? This diet, which has had staying power, began in the 1940s.

a. Master Cleanse; b. Hollywood Diet; c. Vogue Diet

Master Cleanse

300

While most fad diets are aimed squarely at women, this one targeted men looking to slim down and up their macho quotient. Ideally, participants would consume “manly” proteins like steak and lobster, along with large amounts of booze.

a. Rich Man's Diet; b. Drinking Man's Diet; a. Pub Diet

Drinking Man's Diet

400

If you’re sleeping you can’t be hungry, right? It made sense to medical doctors in the 70s—the height of diet pill mania—who prescribed handfuls of sedatives to homemakers so that they could sleep off their cravings.

a. Sleeping Beauty Diet; b. Sedation Diet; c. Quiet Diet

Sleeping Beauty Diet

500

This diet, which consists of eating nothing but fruit for 42 days, has been referred to as among the most dangerous plans of all time due to the inevitable loss of lean body mass and potassium.

a. Scarsdale Diet;  b. Purchase Diet c. Westchester Diet

Scarsdale Diet

Be Still My Heart!

100

Which of the following are common symptoms of heart attack in women 

a. Fatigue & shortness of breath;  b. Jaw Pain & Nausea;  c. All of the above

All of the above

200

What percentage of women in the U.S. have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease?

a. 25%; b. 50%; c. 75%; d. 90%

90%

300

Is it true that birth control pills can increase a woman’s risk of having a heart attack?

a. Yes ;   b. No

Yes

400

Do you know what the term myocardial infarction refers to?

a. High blood pressure;  b. Heart attack;                    c. Dehydration

Heart Attack

500

True or false? Heart disease kills more women each year than breast cancer.

True