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Quiz about Those Magnificent Hombres in Their Flying Machines

Those Magnificent Hombres in Their Flying Machines Quiz

Latin Americans contributed a great deal to early aviation but nowadays their achievements are barely known. I hope this quiz will change that (if only a little bit).

A multiple-choice quiz by Kuu. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Kuu

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
156,279

Updated
Nov 01 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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356

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Question 1 of 10

1. Alberto Santos-Dumont was the first man to make a heavier-than-air flight in Europe. What country was he born in? Hint

Brazil

Venezuela

Peru

Chile

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Question 2 of 10

2. Alberto Santos-Dumont once commented to a friend about a specific problem that confronted him while flying his dirigible. His friend, Louis Cartier, invented something that solved the problem. What was this new invention? Hint

The wristwatch

The zipper

Binoculars

Goggles

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Question 3 of 10

3. The domestic airport of Buenos Aires is named after an early Argentinean aviator. What was his name? Hint

Simon Bolivar

Jorge Newbury

Bernardo O'Higgins

Pablo Neruda

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Question 4 of 10

4. Jorge Chavez, who was born in Paris, the son of Peruvian immigrants was the first aviator to do what? Hint

Fly in China

Fly across the Alps

Fly across the English Channel

Fly across the Sahara Desert

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Question 5 of 10

5. Carlos Meyer Baldo was a Venezuelan aviator who became an ace in WW1. For which country did he fight? Hint

Germany

France

Britain

Belgium

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Question 6 of 10

6. Two men were to fly across the Andes in 1918. One was Lieutenant Candelaria (Argentina); the other was Dagoberto Godoy (Chile). On what grounds do the Chileans dismiss Candelaria's flight as being the first across the Andes? Hint

He didn't report his flight until after Godoy had made his.

He flew across the Southern Andes where the mountains are much lower.

He crash-landed, so the Chileans say it wasn't a fully controlled flight.

The Chileans claimed that Candelaria didn't make a flight at all.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Teodore Fels was the first person to make a plane flight from Buenos Aires (Argentina) to Montevideo (Uruguay). Which river did he have to cross while making this flight? Hint

The Amazon

Rio de La Plata

The Orinoco

Paraguay River

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Question 8 of 10

8. Vincente Almandos Almonacid was an Argentinean who served as an Allied airman in World War 1. In this capacity he was the first aviator to do what? Hint

Use a parachute to jump from a plane

Carry out a night bombing mission

To use radar to find a target

To communicate by radio

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Question 9 of 10

9. One of Argentina's early aviators was Florencio Parravicini. He was the first civilian pilot in that country. However his greatest claim to fame was in another field. What was the field? Hint

Theatre and cinema

Medicine

Sculpture

Literature

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Question 10 of 10

10. The first bombardment from an aircraft that did significant damage took place in what Latin American country? Hint

Colombia

Paraguay

Mexico

Costa Rica

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Alberto Santos-Dumont was the first man to make a heavier-than-air flight in Europe. What country was he born in?

Answer: Brazil

At the time Santos-Dumont made his first flight, the accomplishments of the Wright brothers were not well known. The Europeans, at the time, thought that Santos-Dumont was the first person in the world to fly in a heavier-than-air machine.

Answer: The wristwatch

Santos-Dumont told Cartier how difficult it was to check his pocket-watch while steering his dirigible. So Cartier invented the first wristwatch in 1904 and presented it to his friend.

3. The domestic airport of Buenos Aires is named after an early Argentinean aviator. What was his name?

Answer: Jorge Newbury

Newbury was born in 1875 and was the son of an American dentist. He studied in the USA between 1891 and 1895. His teachers included Thomas Alva Edison. He made his first balloon flight in 1907, and his first flight in a plane in 1910. He, accompanied by two others, made the first balloon flight across the Andes.

His dream was to make the first flight across the Andes in a plane but he killed in a plane crash before he could accomplish this goal.

4. Jorge Chavez, who was born in Paris, the son of Peruvian immigrants was the first aviator to do what?

Answer: Fly across the Alps

Though he made it across the Alps, Chavez lost control of the plane as he approached the landing site in Italy. The wings of the plane fell off and Chavez plummeted to the ground. He died four days later on 27 Sept 1910. He was 23 years old. His last words were reported to be "Higher. Always higher." In 1957 his remains were returned to Peru. Peru's International Airport is named after him.

5. Carlos Meyer Baldo was a Venezuelan aviator who became an ace in WW1. For which country did he fight?

Answer: Germany

Meyer had four confirmed and three unconfirmed kills. He survived the war, returned to his own country, where he helped to build the Venezuelan Air Force.

Answer: He flew across the Southern Andes where the mountains are much lower.

Candelaria made his flight on 13 May 1918 in a Morane Saulnier (Parasol). Godoy made his flight on the 12 December 1918 in a Bristol airplane.

7. Teodore Fels was the first person to make a plane flight from Buenos Aires (Argentina) to Montevideo (Uruguay). Which river did he have to cross while making this flight?

Answer: Rio de La Plata

Fels flew back to Buenos Aires the following day.

8. Vincente Almandos Almonacid was an Argentinean who served as an Allied airman in World War 1. In this capacity he was the first aviator to do what?

Answer: Carry out a night bombing mission

In 1920, Almandos Almonacid made the first night flight across the Andes.

9. One of Argentina's early aviators was Florencio Parravicini. He was the first civilian pilot in that country. However his greatest claim to fame was in another field. What was the field?

Answer: Theatre and cinema

Besides being an actor and aviator he was also a politician, a boxer, a champion skater and fencer, and the first Argentinian to race cars in Europe. He was born in 1876 and committed suicide in 1941.

10. The first bombardment from an aircraft that did significant damage took place in what Latin American country?

Answer: Mexico

Gustavo Saline Cami�a (pilot) and an artilleryman, who were fighting for the Constitutionalists army, dropped bombs from a biplane thus defeating two Federal gunboats. This was on 15 April 1914. A few weeks later the War in Europe started and such actions became common.

However from as early as 1911, Italian aviators were dropping bombs on Turkish-held areas in Libya, however these bombardments had only limited success.

Source: Author Kuu

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