Replacement Quiz - Down Under style !

**AL-SYD** · 26-Jun-2004, 02:30 PM

While Migflanker Trebeck goes out to do some prospectin' (which raises the question, for what? Gold Real Estate, Oil??!!) I'll step in with a quiz of my own.
I've shown I can answer questions on the U.S. Industry, so let's see how you guys go with my part of the world - albeit with a "hometown" twist for you Northern Hemisphereans !!

1 - In the past, QF named it's various routes. While the Kangaroo route has been around since the 30's (AU to Europe) and is still affectionally called that, what route was QF's "Fiesta Route" ? (No longer operates)

2 - Air N.Z. is known by it's 2 letter code of NZ. However, the International flights of NZ have only used that code over the past 12-15 years - domestic flights have always had NZ, but International flights used to use .... ??
(Hint - came from their original name Tasman Empire Airways Limited or TEAL).

3 - QF has served the USA since taking over BCPA. What cities current and past have QF served in the USA ?

4 - QF was until 1993 a "PanAm" of the south. It was the single designated flag carrier of Australia, limited to International operations only. In 1993 it purchased Australian Airlines (nee TAA or Trans Australia Airlines) and became the biggest carrier in Oceania and SE Asia in one sweep after being one of the smallest for many years. This surprises many who have always thought QF were the largest airline here. During most of the 50's thru to early 90's, what airline was by far the largest in this region?

5 - QF at one stage during the 70's & 80's served no less than 8 Euro cities. Name them.

6 - Ansett Australia Airlines, via it's parent, at one stage owned 27% of which U.S. major ??

7 - True or False - QF has never had a passenger fatality?

8 - Early in the 1990's not one or two but *FOUR* U.S.A. carriers all served Australia at the same time. Name them. (There are two answers to this so I will accept either!)
BONUS POINT - Over history, 6 U.S. carriers in total have served this region via scheduled service. Name the two others that are not part of the first part of the question.

9 - The pure jet age came to Australian *domestic* routes in 1966. What aircraft type was it that had the honour of introducing pure jet service to Oz domestic ? (Make and model please !!!!)
(QF had been operating 707's on International routes since the late 50's/early 60's)

10 - QANTAS is actually an acronym and has been that way since 1919, making it the second oldest continually operating airline name in the world, behind KLM. (So it should read Q.A.N.T.A.S.) What does QANTAS stand for??

No cheating !! LOL.

**randyrandy** · 26-Jun-2004, 06:33 PM

[quote]Originally posted by AL - SYD:
While Migflanker Trebeck goes out to do some prospectin' (which raises the question, for what? Gold, Real Estate, Oil??!!)

I just hope Mig remembers sun screen . The desert can be brutal

I'll check out your questions and get back to ya. Tomorrow's Pride so give me a couple of days!

**vjb82** · 26-Jun-2004, 10:26 PM

Some of these questions are HARD (much harder than the airline uniform quiz!) and I am from Australia! I'll have a shot at some of them although I am seriously thinking maybe I should leave this one to see how many Migflanker could answer correctly!

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1. Sydney-Auckland-Papeete-Acapulco-Mexico City-New York-London (would need more than a 3 week holiday to go back then!)
2. I'll hazard a guess TL?
3. Not including code share flights - Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York (I'm still thinking whether or not there are any more).
4. Another guess - Sinapore Airlines?
5. Haven't yet got the 8 but London, Manchester, Paris, Athens, Rome, Frankfurt. Possibly Vienna & Amsterdam??
6. America West
7. True (well, not in a crash though have lost crew)
8. Continental, United - have to think more about this one too.
9. 727 (in 1964) the DC9 was in 1967.
10. Qantas and Northern Territory Aerial Services.

**AL-SYD** · 28-Jun-2004, 12:16 PM

I didn't think it was *that* hard, but yeah, I hear ya !!
Vicky - you have correctly answered 4 of 10.
(And yes - this was decidedly pointed at MigFlanker with all 21 guns !! LOL.)

**BRITSKI99** · 29-Jun-2004, 02:06 AM

Al,
Pretty poor to see that your boys have remembered how to play Rugby again ....
Ah well heres some guesses

1. South America?
2. TE
3. I'd agree with Vicki on - HNL, LAX, SFO and JFK unless you count YVR as American ( I'm sure they'd try to !!)
4. I'd guess at Cathay
5. I'd say LHR, MAN. FRA, ROM, PAR, FRA, ATH, AMS & ZRH
6. Bruce Air!!
7. True .. well not onboard .. a few possible heart attacks for rebate staff at the gate in SYD
8. Continental, United, American, Hawaiian - followed by ATA and TWA?
9. You actually have jets down there !!!.
10. Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services.

**AL-SYD** · 29-Jun-2004, 03:14 AM

Don't you worry about the Wallabies mate - we only let you poor buggers have a sniff of how it is to actually win one purely out of the goodness of our hearts.

You have 4 out of 10.

**Migflanker** · 02-Jul-2004, 10:54 AM

So Al, I mention I'll be out of town a few days and you decide to post a "rigged" quiz, issue a challenge and tell Vicki you have 21 guns (I'm assuming figuratively) pointed at me...obviously you have gone completely crazy. But, I will accept your challenge and will ground your bones into dust (literally) for my trouble.

"Do not mess unkindly with the affairs of dragons for thou art crispy and taste good with ketchup."
<UL TYPE=SQUARE>
1. Fiesta route--I'm with Paul, from the name it sounds like it went through South America. So I'm going with Sydney-Auckland, Tahiti, (and no I can't be more specific) Lima/Bogota, (somewhere on the west coast of South America)
Mexico City and NYC. ( and yes, I'm ending the route in NY,- just deal)

2. TA- Tasman Airways

3. <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>3 - QF has served the USA since taking over BCPA. What cities current and past have QF served in the USA ?
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Now Al isn't this question rather broad? You leave off one city and you get the whole question wrong, I don't think so. I want partial credit for those I get right.
Definitely LAX, (I've seen "Wunala Dreaming"-very nice) SFO, HNL and I'm going with ORD and JFK. QA probably flies to one or two more east coast cities, but I perfer leaving my answer intentionally broad.

4. Logic tells me it probably was a carrier based in Asia. But this also sounds like a trick question with one of those "who would have thought it" type answers, so I'm going "off the board" and say BA.

5. <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>5 - QF at one stage during the 70's & 80's served no less than 8 Euro cities. Name them.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Another rigged question, way too broad. I want partial credit- I'm assuming they would go to all the capitals, so I'll go with London, Madrid, Athens, Berlin, Vienna, Rome, Paris and..and..and.. *mind drifts back to earlier in the week* we're driving through the Mojave Desert, the outside temp is hovering around 104 and we are looking for an arrow that will direct us to a fan shaped cactus standing next to a wash...what's really strange? I'm the only one in the truck that thinks following the directions from "some guy" on the internet is a bad idea! and Zurich.

6. Al this is just plain mean. However I see where Vicki (a fellow Australian) has answered America West. So, since I don't have an answer and there is a 4 out of 10 chance she is right. I'll go with her answer and say America West.

7. Because you mention "passenger fatality" I'm thinking trick question, but I'll still go with TRUE!

8. Well I know AA and United (United got the route from Pan Am) Ding, Ding Ding -Bonus Points! And I'll go with Continental and TWA. My advisor is mumbling something about Continental Micronesia planes flying into LAX for heavy maintenance some years ago, so I'll throw that in for more bonus points.

9. I had no idea about this one so I enlisted the aid of my jet engine expert, who after thinking for a while said "1966... go with the 737-100, no, the 727! So 727 is my answer.

10. Queensland and Northen Territory Aerial Services. [/list]

Keep'em flying

**AL-SYD** · 02-Jul-2004, 02:48 PM

Rigged young Mig?? Rigged?? LOL. I think not. No harder than some of yours over the past - apart from which the intent was to show there is more to the world of commercial aviation than just the USA!
You got 4.3, taking into consideration all those pleas for part points.

No bonus points for Wunala Dreaming - it's a hideous looking thing.

It's been a week, so here's the answers for all.

1 - Vicky had it spot on. SYD-AKL-PPT-ACA-MEX-JFK-LHR. There was also a time where Bermuda replaced JFK on the route as well.

2 - TE

3 - HNL LAX SFO and JFK

4 - Ansett Airlines. At one stage, Ansett itself or Ansett Transport Industries (the parent) owned Ansett, Ansett NSW, MMA/Ansett WA, AnsettNT, Kendell, Eastwest, Ansett New Zealand, Ansett Pacific Island Services, Ansett Flying Boats & Ansett Helicopter Services to name a few. Then there were the ancillary services such as the 100% franchise for Avis rent a car in AU, 100% franchise for Diners Card in AU, a hotel empire, bus/coach operations, resorts - the list goes on. A true empire & Reg Ansett a man decades ahead of his time, but the crux of the question was the fleet approaching more than 100 units when all aviation entities were combined. Huge for this area at the time.

5 - LHR AMS MAN FRA PAR ROM ATH & BEG

6 - Good ole Cactus or America West was the one.

7 - False. QF has lost 93 souls over the years, albeit mainly in the early early days. There have been no fatalities in the jet age (post 707/late 50's) nor in the few years before that.

8 - AA UA CO & HA all served here at the same time in the very early 90's. NW took over HA's route authority not long after and of course venerable old PA flew here for many years before selling their Pacific routes to UA.
I guess Air Mike could be considered, but in the strict sense it's a part of CO anyway.

9 - On yer Mig !! 727-100.

10 - Everyone knows this one by now. It must be one of the most popular aviation trivia questions around. I can only presume Vicky had a temporary brain blockage from mind to fingers when she typed what she did !

**vjb82** · 03-Jul-2004, 12:54 AM

"Everyone knows this one by now. It must be one of the most popular aviation trivia questions around. I can only presume Vicky had a temporary brain blockage from mind to fingers when she typed what she did !"

Thanks Al!

Lets see how you go with quiz about airline classes!

1. Which airline has a class called “Seasons” class? What class is it?
2. Which airline has a class called World Traveller Plus? What class is it?
3. What is the name of the airline that has a class called “Upper Class”?
4. What airline has a class named “Grand Class”?
5. What airline has a business class named “Amadeus Class”?
6. What airline has a class named “Navigator’s Class”?
7. Which airline has a class named “Raffles Class”?
8. Which airline has a class named “Saga Class”?

**AL-SYD** · 03-Jul-2004, 01:43 AM

Oops! I didn't mean it sound the way it came out. True dinks !! LOL.

1 - JAL. Business Class.
2 - BA. A 4th class between Y and J. ("Enhanced" Y, if you will.)
3 - Virgin Atlantic
4 - Austrian
5 - Austrian (Lauda)
6 - TAP
7 - SQ
8 - Icelandic

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