Q 01/05

Coleman Mons, a mountain named for Bessie Coleman in 2021, borders a heart-shaped region on which world?

A) Mars

B) Venus

C) Pluto

D) Mercury

Answer · why

C) Pluto

Pluto gained Coleman Mons in 2021, when astronomers named a mountain that may be a volcano after the pilot. It sits on the edge of Tombaugh Regio, the...

Q 02/05

Turned away by every American aviation school, Bessie Coleman sailed to which country in 1920 to earn her license?

A) France

B) England

C) Italy

D) Canada

Answer · why

A) France

France gave Coleman the training no American school would: she earned her license there in June 1921, within seven months, as the only student of colo...

Q 03/05

Bessie Coleman earned her international pilot's license two years before which famous American flier received hers?

A) Harriet Quimby

B) Amelia Earhart

C) Jacqueline Cochran

D) Pancho Barnes

Answer · why

B) Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was issued her license in May 1923, nearly two years after Coleman's. Earhart was only the 16th woman in the United States to hold one.

Q 04/05

Which NASA astronaut carried a photograph of Bessie Coleman into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992?

A) Guion Bluford

B) Charles Bolden

C) Bernard Harris

D) Mae Jemison

Answer · why

D) Mae Jemison

Mae Jemison took the photo on the mission that made her the first African-American woman in space. She also packed a West African statuette.

Q 05/05

Which toy brand added a Bessie Coleman doll to its Inspiring Women series in 2023?

A) Raggedy Ann

B) Polly Pocket

C) Barbie

D) Monster High

Answer · why

C) Barbie

Barbie maker Mattel gave Coleman her own doll in 2023, almost a century after she toured America's air shows.