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The Check's in the Mail

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : USA in the 20th.Century
The Checks in the Mail game quiz
"A quiz about the early air escapades of the U.S. Air Mail Service. I hope that you enjoy it. :-)"

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1. In which year was flying the U.S. mail established?
    1918
    1930
    1888
    1902


2. Max Miller was known for which of the following?
    First Chief of Operations in 1942
    Max was a mascot dog who logged over 2,000,000 miles
    Wrote the first letter that was air mailed
    First civilian pilot hired by the U.S. Air Mail Service


3. The D.H.4 was a workhorse for the U.S. Air Mail Service in the early 1920s. Who built this 400hp airplane?
    United States
    Britain
    Germany
    Japan


4. What was the cost of the first U.S. Air Mail stamp?
    16 cents
    24 cents
    8 cents
    1 cent


5. From the 1920s-1930s, all U.S. air mail stamps were triangular in shape.
    True
    False


6. Which of the following was a U.S. Air Mail flyer?
    Jim Thorpe
    Waldo Pepper
    Charles Lindbergh
    Howard Hughes


7. Which actor's grandfather flew U.S. air mail as a contractor in 1926?
    Leslie Nielson
    Jim Backus
    Jim Varney
    Jack Nicholson


8. Whose letter was the first letter delivered by air?
    Babe Ruth
    Paul Getty
    John Dillinger
    Woodrow Wilson


9. In 1932, aircraft landed on moving trucks, were loaded with mail, then took off again.
    True
    False


10. In 1925, private contractors began moving air mail in mass quantities at different air routes. Which manufacture built this first batch of company-owned aircraft to deliver mail?
    Douglas
    Sikorsky
    Kaman
    Hughes


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