Aviation Quiz - 25

Yes it’s time for another aviation quiz.
You’re a nonrev, been on hundreds of planes. But how much do you really know about the aircraft, and aviation history? This is a test of your general aviation knowledge. Scoring is based on a 10-9-8 system. Points will be awarded with absolutely NO rhyme or reason, so the results with be completely arbitrary. So have fun and don't Google, search, or ask your friend that knows all that technical stuff.
BTW, please list your answers in the same order as the questions, it makes it a lot easier for me to follow
There is no prize only bragging rights on the board.

1--- What is the technical term for an airsickness bag?
a--- motion sickness bag
b--- motion discomfort bag
c--- Emesis bag
d--- (is this some kind of a trick question) airsickness bag

2--- ZED is an acronym for
a--- Zonal Employee Deduction
b--- Zonal Employee Discount
c--- Zone Employee (Travel) Discount
d--- QANTAS (yeah it is kinda confusing)


3--- What does the aileron on an aircraft control?
a--- roll
b--- pitch
c--- yaw
d--- operates the light that signals the FA.

4--- Speaking of FA’s. What airline had their FA’s wearing this uniform? (See below)
a--- PSA
b--- Western
c--- Southwest
d--- AA

5--- With what can dryness of the cabin be demonstrated?
a--- ears popping
b--- salt
c--- piece of bread
d--- FA's drinking lots and lots of water.
　
6--- You have 2 D3 passes left for the year. Unfortunately you have 10 friends/family members all asking for the passes. What do you do?
a--- Announce your airline has suspended passes for economic reasons
b--- a game of cut throat draw poker
c--- go strictly by who asked first
d--- have no idea, this has never happened to you.
e--- other- (please explain your answer)

7--- Who uses boarhogs?

a--- rampers
b--- mechanics
c--- pilots
d--- TSA
e--- gate agents

8--- This photo is from 1964. It is a photo of the customs area of a major airport. What airport? (See below)
a--- New York
b-- Chicago
c--- Los Angeles
d--- wow, people use to really dress up when they traveled.

OK let’s see some answers.

What is this,

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Originally Posted by 29palms

5=b,c,...based on the fact that in tropical climates, they add rice to the salt shaker to keep it from sticking. A piece a bread gets hard when its dry too. Do to the fact that the moisture is not retained. I can tell when its dry if I leave my cigar unwrapped in my pocket. I've had them totally unravel on me on long flights making me have to throw away my cigar but that happened only ONCE.
7=a,b, (I'm thinkin earmuffs here. If you refer to boom mic, then I would say pilots and mechanics (Avionics troubleshooting com system.) Earmuffs for the rampers and technicians where the noise level is high around the airplane. Pilots usually use earplugs or nothing at all, never see them with those mickey mouse muffs on.

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Palms, make a decision. If all else fails, leave it up to fate and flip a coin http://bestsmileys.com/flipping/1.gif I'm not giving half points.
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1 - a
2 - b
3 - a
4 - c !!!!!!!
5 - d haha
6 - e... what's a D3 pass?
7 - no idea.... google did not help either!
8 - a (come on Mig... looks a bit efficient to be LAX, right? ^_^)

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Originally Posted by 29palms

6=we don't do d3 passes, is this a delta deal or somthin?

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Originally Posted by Nick

6 - e... what's a D3 pass?

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Ok, you two are missing the big picture, question 6 is all about supply and demand. Picture this, your brother/sister/cousin/niece/nephew (who has never asked for a pass and who you told only a week ago, “if you every want a pass just ask“) leaves a voicemail asking for a D3/buddy pass; seems he/she has a taste for gumbo and only the gumbo from Ralph & Kacoo’s in the Quarter will do. Later you receive an e-mail from your favorite aunt, who wants a pass so she can join her BINGO buddies on a Mexican cruise. And finally your best buddy knocks on your door (right in the middle of the playoff game) saying he and his long distance girlfriend have had a fight and he wants to fly to NYC to straighten things out.
You have only one D3/buddy pass left, having used the rest of your allotment on a bachelor party in Vegas - what do you do? http://bestsmileys.com/thinking/5.gif Is it A, B, C, D, or E ?
BTW, D3 is AA’s travel classification for extended family and friends

1--- What is the technical term for an airsickness bag?

b--- motion discomfort bag


2--- ZED is an acronym for

b--- Zonal Employee Discount



3--- What does the aileron on an aircraft control?

c--- yaw


4--- Speaking of FA’s. What airline had their FA’s wearing this uniform? (See below)


c--- Southwest


5--- With what can dryness of the cabin be demonstrated?

c--- piece of bread

6--- You have 2 D3 passes left for the year. Unfortunately you have 10 friends/family members all asking for the passes. What do you do?

e--- other- (please explain your answer)

It really depends on how they have treated me as a friend/family member when they DON'T want to fly.

7--- Who uses boarhogs?

a--- rampers

Gate agents use sledgehammers.

8--- This photo is from 1964. It is a photo of the customs area of a major airport. What airport? (See below)

b-- Chicago

Well it appears Palms has deleted his answers and withdrawn from the quiz. Too bad he had quite a few right. *wink*

No problem. You know what my answers were. Let someone else a chance win and get some noteriety.

Aviation Quiz - 25 in now closed.

Quiz Answers
1--- c- Emesis bag
2--- b- Zonal Employee Discount
3--- a- roll
4--- c- Southwest (double point question)
5--- c- piece of bread-The dryness of the air can be seen from the way in which bread hardens after a few minutes exposure to the cabin atmosphere.
Salt….well that’s kinda dry to begin with
6--- Any answer here is considered correct.
7--- b- mechanics- adjustable pliers (old school)
8--- a- New York (double point question)


Final Scores

And yes Palms I remember all of your answers- *wink*
29Palms- score 30
3 out of 8
10-30 (Wing walker)--- You're a little crazy and somewhat unpredictable, no doubt a result of your many years of power breathing jet fumes. You love traveling to exotic places and are a sharp and tenacious bargainer. You have a discerning eye and are quick to notice small flaws; which is a fine trait when bargaining for tapestries in Peru, but a major liability when your spouse is asking how they look.

Jumper- score 50
4 out of 8 (including one double point question)
40-60 (Barnstormer)--- You're observant and a good listener and have picked up lots of aviation knowledge just by hanging out in airport bars during happy hour. You have a keen head for business and saw immediately the profit in being nearby during secondary security checks. You love to non-rev and can sleep through anything - movies, crying babies, sunlight streaming through your neighbor’s window nothing bothers you.
At Christmas you're known for your generous gift baskets of water bottles, shampoo and large tubes of toothpaste

Nick- score 70
5 out of 8 (including both double point questions)
70-90 (Aviator)--- You’re energetic and love to travel. By air, land or sea you always “ready to roll”.
You really love airplanes, the hustle and bustle of airports and can sleep on a rock.
You're airline knowledgeable and are punctual to a fault.
In fact if it wasn’t your need to carry every charger and cable to all your electronic gadgets in your carry-on, (triggering the secondary screening-- every-- single-- time you travel) you’d be the perfect travel companion.

Congratulations Nick, you have board bragging rights http://bestsmileys.com/clapping/4.gif

Hope you all had fun. http://bestsmileys.com/lol/6.gif

I got smoked!

Boarhogs are adjustable pliers? I asked that question around today at work and NOBODY ever heard of adjustable pliers being called "Boarhogs" in their 20 plus years in aviation. I certainly never heard of boarhogs as adjustable pliers. I've heard of channel locks getting called "Waterpump pliers" or Crescent wrench being called a "monkey wrench". But you got me on BOARHOGS. Never heard of them. Maybe like you said, must be OOOOOOLD SCHOOL. Glad I aint that old. I still like the "Barf bag over the Emesis bag". Why be phoney about it? Call it what its used for. Now, about the quiz. LAME LAME LAME. Come up with a better one. Anyone of those "DRY AIR" on the plane answers could have been right technically speaking. Ever go to a restaurant in Philippines or Panama where the air is very muggy and try to use a salt shaker over your food and notice rice inside mix with the salt? Why is this? Because moisture collects in the glass and the salt gets caught up in the sprinkle holes and clogs up. The rice somehow reduces the moisture in the glass and the salt now can flow dry and freely through the sprinkle holes.

Couldn't it be that bread can be used to show dryness, while salt can be used for humidity? (that is, when it IS humid). I'd imagine that salt would be similar in dry environments as it would normal, as would bread in humid ones.

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Originally Posted by 29palms

Boarhogs are adjustable pliers? I asked that question around today at work and NOBODY ever heard of adjustable pliers being called "Boarhogs" in their 20 plus years in aviation. I certainly never heard of boarhogs as adjustable pliers. I've heard of channel locks getting called "Waterpump pliers" or Crescent wrench being called a "monkey wrench". But you got me on BOARHOGS. Never heard of them. Maybe like you said, must be OOOOOOLD SCHOOL. Glad I aint that old. I still like the "Barf bag over the Emesis bag". Why be phoney about it? Call it what its used for. Now, about the quiz. LAME LAME LAME. Come up with a better one. Anyone of those "DRY AIR" on the plane answers could have been right technically speaking. Ever go to a restaurant in Philippines or Panama where the air is very muggy and try to use a salt shaker over your food and notice rice inside mix with the salt? Why is this? Because moisture collects in the glass and the salt gets caught up in the sprinkle holes and clogs up. The rice somehow reduces the moisture in the glass and the salt now can flow dry and freely through the sprinkle holes.

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Yeah Channellock (brand name), water pump pliers, boar hogs same thing, different terminology. I know you use the hogs.
Palms don’t blame it on the sun, the moon, “the boogie” or the quiz. Go into quiz Zen mode- accept it-
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And Palms I expect you to post in the next quiz, and this time, don’t delete your answers.
:lol:

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Originally Posted by spongebue

Couldn't it be that bread can be used to show dryness, while salt can be used for humidity? (that is, when it IS humid). I'd imagine that salt would be similar in dry environments as it would normal, as would bread in humid ones.

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Spongebue you got it. Question #5 dealt with dry cabin air, not the humid climate in the Philippines or Panama. Next time I'll expect you to post in the quiz too. http://bestsmileys.com/computer1/14.gif

But bread isn't a very good indicator on those flights either. You never really get bread, you get BUNS and they're heated, which makes them dry anyway. You talking about grabbing some bread at your local 7-11 store before your flight and tearing a piece off and sticking it inside your cigarrette pack or something? About dry cabin air, how can you determine if the air is dry in the cabin with salt? If the salt flows freely as you sprinkle the shaker, its DRY, but if it gets clogged, its HUMID. I know your looking for the best answers possible but I still claim a lame quiz on this one. Also with all the latest renovations in the past years, how can you actually determine which airport is which from a 1960's picture? And whaaa whaaaa whaaa whaaa,.......

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Wooo I won *bows*

I still remember the first time I saw those WN flight attendant pics... we were doing a class at university on customer service and had to do a report on Southwest. That was when I decided I would get into their internship program and happily did the next year.

Their model plane on my cabinet behind me and southwest wine glass at home always remind me of success!

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A Southwest ad for your collection YouTube - Southwest Airlines commercial circa 1972