Think You Know Amelia?
Take our Earhart quiz and find out.
- By airspacemag.com
- Air & Space magazine, July 2007
Seventy years after she went missing, dedicated investigators remain fixated on Amelia Earhart and her disappearance. (“An American Obsession,” June/July 2007.) Test the depth of your knowledge of this iconic figure here (you can check your answers below). Then read about Earhart’s fashion choices in the June issue of Smithsonian magazine:
1) True or False: Amelia Earhart set her first flying record – a 14,000-foot climb in a Kinner Airster over Southern California’s Rogers Field – in 1922.
2) True or False: The Fokker tri-motor in which Earhart in 1928 made her first transatlantic flight as a passenger was named Freedom.
3) What did her manager (and later, husband), publisher George Putnam, advise her to do to appear more attractive in photographs?
A) Update her wardrobe.
B) Keep her hair tousled.
C) Use less makeup.
D) Smile with lips closed to hide the gap between her two front teeth.
E) All of the above.
4) She became “Lady Lindy” when she soloed the Atlantic in her red Lockheed Vega in 1932. Where is the airplane today?
A) In the National Air and Space Museum.
B) In the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
C) In a private collection owned by the Putnam estate.
D) In the Planes of Fame Museum.
E) None of the above.
5) Long flights tended to give her what?
A) Headaches.
B) Foot cramps.
C) Stomach contractions.
D) Watery eyes.
E) Cotton-mouth.
Answers: 1) True. 2) False. It was named Friendship. 3) D 4) A 5) C
Source: Amelia Earhart: A Biography. By Doris Rich. Smithsonian Institution. 1989.
Related topics: Amelia Earhart Golden Age of Flight
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Comments (5)
I couple years ago I donated some photos of Miss Earhart that were taken by my Aunt when Miss Earhart was visiting Burlington, VT. I was hoping that I could see where those photos are displayed.
Posted by Brenda Kellogg on July 2,2008 | 04:41 PM
My father was a police officer in portsmouth ohio in the 20s & 30, my sister had a picture of Amelia Earhart & my father John E Goodman
at the ravinrock air port , he was escorting her in to town . If any one has one of the pictures i would love to have a copy . Thank so much Barbara Goodman- Wallace
Posted by Barbara A .Goodman- Wallace - on October 24,2009 | 12:45 PM
Brenda,
Do you still have those photos of Earhart in Burlington? I'd like to see them too. My grandparents were also around for Amelia Earhart Day in Burlington. An story about the trip appeared in the Toronto Star, readable at:
http://www.thestar.com/sciencetech/Ideas/article/236041
Posted by Alfred Holden on November 26,2009 | 09:41 PM
When my grandfather, Richard Link Earhart passed away, he donated his private collection of Amelia Earhart memorabilia to the Cleveland Burke Lakefront Aviation Museum. He had quite an extensive collection. He would give speeches and show his collection on Amelia to schools and organizations. He was also interviewed in the early 70's for a book that was being published. My question is this, I would like to be able to view his collection but cannot seem to locate it at the Burke Lakefront Museum. If anyone knows where this collection is, please let me know. Also, I am looking for a copy of the book published in the early 70's.
Thank you.
Posted by Robin Earhart Calico on March 5,2010 | 03:49 PM
I have 21 pics of Amelia Earhart taken on March 17, 1937 in Okland for her first attempt to fly around the world taken by my wife's father. Also in some of the pics are Paul Mantz, E.H. Dimity, Nellie Donohoe. These pics have been in the family since and are not known to the public. Question is are they of any value. EDITORS' RESPONSE: As we've stated in response to previous comments, the Smithsonian does not provide valuations.
Posted by Bill Reeves on August 21,2010 | 01:04 PM