January 1, 2009

Quiz - Medley #1

This is a medley of questions. They come from several old quizzes published in the early 1990s/early 2000s on airodyssey.net. Enjoy!

  1. What is the name of a Boeing 747-200 with a -300 series upper lounge?


  2. In 1973, the first A300B1 to be painted in airline colors (F-WUAC) sported a dual color scheme: one airline on the port side, and the other on the starboard side. What were those two airlines?


  3. Which airline asked, and obtained permission from Rolls Royce to call its Canadair CL-44s "Rolls Royce 400s"?


  4. Product placement is very frequent in the movies, and this includes the airlines. Which airline does the McCallister family fly on both Home Alone and Home Alone 2?


  5. Where does the number 880 in Convair 880 come from?


  6. Which airline once had the slogan "When you got it, flaunt it"?


  7. True or false: The Wright Amendment, governing air travel to and from Dallas Love Field, was named after the Wright brothers.


  8. Which airline, operator of DC-8s and 727s, was acquired into American Airlines in 1971?


  9. CAE Electronics is a Canadian company known around the world for its...


  10. What was the flight number of the Indian Airlines Airbus A300 that was hijacked on a Kathmandu-Delhi flight on December 24, 1999?