| Coverage : The Airlines Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of the world’s largest airlines.
The Airlines Quiz questions are creatively compiled so you can truly gauge how much you know about airlines. |
| 1. | The Trimotor was the first successful airliner in the United States. What company ran the 12-passenger plane? |
| a. | | General Motors |
| b. | | U.S. Postal Service |
| c. | | Ford Motor Company |
| d. | | U.S. Army
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| 2. | In 1919, this air carrier was created. It is the oldest airliner still operating under its original name. What is it? |
| a. | | Lufthansa |
| b. | | KLM |
| c. | | Imperial Airways |
| d. | | Air France
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| 3. | What is the national airline of Australia? |
| a. | | Qantas |
| b. | | Australian Airlines |
| c. | | Air Fiji |
| d. | | Air New Zealand
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| 4. | What airliner is the largest based on the number of passengers carried on an annual basis? |
| a. | | Japan Airlines |
| b. | | Delta Airlines |
| c. | | American Airlines |
| d. | | Lufthansa
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| 5. | Which airline can boast of providing the most freight flights throughout all of 2004? |
| a. | | United Parcel Service |
| b. | | Federal Express |
| c. | | Air France-KLM |
| d. | | Korean Air
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| 6. | Which airline famously had the motto, "The only way to fly"? |
| a. | | Eastern Airlines |
| b. | | Western Airlines |
| c. | | PSA |
| d. | | Northwest
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| 7. | International airliner Martinair is from what country? |
| a. | | Germany |
| b. | | Spain |
| c. | | Holland |
| d. | | England
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| 8. | In what country is Sunflower Airlines based? |
| a. | | Fiji |
| b. | | Philippines |
| c. | | Japan |
| d. | | United States
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| 9. | Which airline calls its first class "Grand Class"? |
| a. | | British Airways |
| b. | | Virgin Airlines |
| c. | | Austrian Airlines |
| d. | | Lufthansa
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| 10. | Which was the first American airliner to offer "business-first class"? |
| a. | | TWA |
| b. | | American |
| c. | | Continental |
| d. | | United
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| 11. | Which airline hijacked the famous 5th Dimension song, "Up, Up and Away" as its motto? |
| a. | | PSA |
| b. | | TWA |
| c. | | Delta Airlines |
| d. | | Southwest
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| 12. | Which airline used the motto, "you are now free to move about the country"? |
| a. | | Southwest |
| b. | | Delta |
| c. | | United |
| d. | | Northwestern
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| 13. | What airline did Dustin Hoffman's character in "Rain Main" insist on flying because it "never crashes"? |
| a. | | Qantas |
| b. | | Lufthansa |
| c. | | Delta |
| d. | | KLM
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| 14. | Which airline is the second largest purchaser of Dom Perignon in the world? |
| a. | | Virgin |
| b. | | British Airways |
| c. | | KLM |
| d. | | Singapore Airlines
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| 15. | In 1987, American Airlines removed one olive from each salad served in first class as a cost-cutting measure. How much money did this save the airline that year? |
| a. | | $10,000 |
| b. | | $40,000 |
| c. | | $5,000 |
| d. | | $50,000
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