Q 01/05

Which future film star was discovered by an Army photographer while assembling target drones in a wartime factory?

A) Marilyn Monroe

B) Lauren Bacall

C) Rita Hayworth

D) Katharine Hepburn

Answer · why

A) Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe, then an assembler called Norma Jeane Dougherty, was photographed on the Radioplane production line, which led to a screen test. The fa...

Q 02/05

Which future US president's older brother died in 1944 flying a bomber rigged to become a radio-controlled drone?

A) Richard Nixon

B) Gerald Ford

C) John F. Kennedy

D) George H. W. Bush

Answer · why

C) John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy lost his brother Joe when the explosives-packed plane blew up before its two-man crew could bail out. Their father's presidential hope...

Q 03/05

Which 1930s British target plane is credited with inspiring the name 'drone' for pilotless aircraft?

A) Queen Wasp

B) Hornet Moth

C) Dragonfly

D) Queen Bee

Answer · why

D) Queen Bee

Queen Bee was a pilotless Tiger Moth biplane that anti-aircraft gunners shot at for practice from 1935. A drone is a male honeybee, so the nickname is...

Q 04/05

Zipline's drones became famous from 2016 for parachuting which emergency supply to hospitals in Rwanda?

A) Oxygen

B) Blood

C) Antivenom

D) Insulin

Answer · why

B) Blood

Blood came first because transfusions cannot wait, and Rwanda's mountains and poor roads made flying far quicker than driving. Vaccines and other medi...

Q 05/05

Dutch police trained which birds of prey to snatch rogue drones out of the sky with their talons?

A) Falcons

B) Vultures

C) Eagles

D) Owls

Answer · why

C) Eagles

Eagles won the job after a year of trials with a raptor-training firm, and the Dutch force then bought young bald eagles of its own. Handlers wear thi...