Q 01/05

In which US state does Area 51 lie?

A) New Mexico

B) Nevada

C) Arizona

D) Utah

Answer · why

B) Nevada

It lies 83 miles north-northwest of Las Vegas inside the Nevada Test and Training Range.

Q 02/05

Roughly how far is Area 51 from Las Vegas?

A) 45 miles

B) 20 miles

C) 60 miles

D) 83 miles

Answer · why

D) 83 miles

It sits north-northwest of the city inside the Nevada Test and Training Range.

Q 03/05

What is the official name of the airfield at Area 51?

A) Homey Airport

B) Groom Field

C) Dreamland Field

D) Paradise Airport

Answer · why

A) Homey Airport

Its ICAO code is KXTA; it is also simply called Groom Lake after the neighbouring salt flat.

Q 04/05

Area 51 is administered as a remote detachment of which California installation?

A) Vandenberg

B) Beale

C) Edwards

D) Travis

Answer · why

C) Edwards

The CIA transferred jurisdiction of the site to the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards in 1979.

Q 05/05

The USAF and CIA acquired the Groom Lake site in 1955 primarily to test which aircraft?

A) The SR-71

B) The U-2

C) The F-117

D) The B-2

Answer · why

B) The U-2

Project AQUATONE's Lockheed U-2 needed a site far more secret than Edwards or Palmdale.