Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (43 results returned)
#6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: In 1917 Eugene Bullard became the first black combat pilot while flying for this country, receiving the Legion of Honor France |
#6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: Lieutenant Harold Harris bailed out in 1922 & became the first person in the U.S. whose life was saved using one of these a parachute |
#6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: The first successful all-metal U.S. transport plane was this auto pioneer's 1926 tri-motor (Henry) Ford |
#6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: On January 22, 1970 this first jumbo jet took flight with 324 passengers from New York City to London a 747 |
#6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: In 1929 Swiss aviator Walter Mittelholzer became the first to fly over this peak in northeast Tanzania (Mount) Kilimanjaro |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: In 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a plane across this body of water between the U.K. & France the English Channel |
#6292, aired 2012-01-17 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: Beginning in the 1910s, DELAG, the world's first airline, offered service in Germany aboard this type of airship a Zeppelin |
#4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: Admiral Byrd gave navigational training to him prior to his historic 1927 transatlantic solo flight Lindbergh |
#4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: On August 28, 1884 John Montgomery made the first manned flight of one of these engineless planes at Otay, Calif. a glider |
#4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In 1783 Pilatre de Rozier became the first to fly in one of these a balloon |
#4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: The first major flight over water was by Glenn Curtiss, who flew over this lake from Cleveland to Sandusky in 1910 Lake Erie |
#4858, aired 2005-10-26 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: The 1st full-scale wind tunnel for testing planes was introduced at Langley Research Center in this state in 1931 Virginia |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: The 1st president to hold a pilot's license, he learned to fly in 1939 while serving with MacArthur in the Philippines Eisenhower |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: In June 1910 this partner of Henry Royce became the first to fly non-stop across the English Channel & back (Charles) Rolls |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In July 1908 this science journal awarded a trophy to Glenn Curtiss for the first U.S. public flight of one kilometer Scientific American |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: In 1933, 2 years before his death with Will Rogers, this pilot became the first to fly solo around the world Wiley Post |
#4429, aired 2003-12-04 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: In 1935 transpacific air mail was begun by the "China" one of these, also a type of sailing ship the China Clipper |
#2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: Mme. Thible, a French singer, on June 4, 1784, in a balloon the first woman in a balloon (the first woman to fly) |
#2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: In 1922 Lt. Harold Harris became the 1st member of the Caterpillar Club, those whose lives have been saved by these parachutes |
#2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: On July 2, 1900 this German count flew the first of his rigid-frame airships; it wasn't a very successful flight Zeppelin |
#2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier over this state California |
#2369, aired 1994-12-15 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: Charles A. Levine, the first transatlantic passenger, left this airfield June 4, 1927, 2 weeks after Lindy Roosevelt Field (Long Island) |
#2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: After her solo flight across the Atlantic, she made the 1st solo flight from Hawaii to California Amelia Earhart |
#2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: Within a 4-year period, Richard E. Byrd became the 1st person to fly over these 2 extremes the North & South Poles |
#2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: His 1st flight through the sound barrier was kept secret from the general public for months (Chuck) Yeager |
#2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: He made the 1st solo flight around the world just 2 years before his death with Will Rogers (Wiley) Post |
#2068, aired 1993-09-08 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: The most successful German dirigible, it made the 1st airship flight around the world in 1929 the Graf Zeppelin |
#1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: In 1797 Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the 1st parachute jump from one of these balloon |
#1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: In July 1976 it became the 1st supersonic transport to provide passenger service the Concorde |
#1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In 1986 Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager made the 1st nonstop world flight without doing this refueling |
#1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: 3 1/2 years after his North Pole flight, he made the 1st flight over the South Pole Admiral Richard Byrd |
#1718, aired 1992-02-05 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: Though better known for his work with helicopters, he also built & flew the 1st 4-engine plane Igor Sikorsky |
#1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: On September 20, 1904 he flew the first complete circle by an airplane while Orville watched Wilbur Wright |
#1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: In 1968 this German airline was the first to put the Boeing 737 into service Lufthansa |
#1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: In 1952 this country's de Havilland Comet became the 1st jet plane in commercial service Great Britain |
#1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: In 1933 he became the first man to fly solo around the world; 2 years later he died in a crash in Alaska Wiley Post |
#1346, aired 1990-06-11 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: The first airship to make a round trip crossing of the Atlantic was one of these in 1919 zeppelin (or dirigible) |
#952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $200: Nicknamed the "Jumbo Jet", it made its 1st flight February 9, 1969 747 |
#952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $400: On July 2, 1900 this type of German dirigible made its maiden flight zeppelins |
#952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $600: Paul MacCready won the Kremer Prize in 1977 for creating the 1st successful aircraft powered by this human power (man) |
#952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $800: On the 1st polar flight in 1926, Floyd Bennett was the pilot while this man was navigator Admiral Byrd |
#952, aired 1988-10-25 | AVIATION FIRSTS $1000: Name of the plane that made the 1st round-the-world flight without refueling Voyager |
#268, aired 1985-09-18 | FIRSTS $500: In 1908, while flying with Orville Wright, Lt. Thomas Selfridge became 1st in aviation history the first person to be killed in an airplane crash |
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