Purple Jellybean Quiz
Answer Key

1. What type of airplane did Bessie own?
   a. Brunner Winkle Bird
   b. Curtiss Jenny
   c. Gipsy Moth
   
   
2. Who was the first United States woman in space?
   a. Mae Jemison
   b. Tamara Jernigan
   c. Sally Ride
   
   
3. What were Bessie’s best subjects in school?
   a. Math and spelling
   b. Reading and math
   c. Reading and spelling
   
   
4. What contest did Bessie win in Chicago in 1916?
   a. Best and Fastest Manicurist
   b. Best and Fastest Pilot
   c. Best Chili Cook
   
   

5. In what year was Bessie born?
   a.1982
   b. 1892
   c. 1921

6. Who invented the ironing board and when?
   a. John Standard, 1891
   b. Henry Blair in 1836
   c. Sarah Boone in 1892

7. What did “BT” stand for in the video?
   a. Before television
   b. Before time
   c. Before telephones

8. What grade in public school did Bessie graduate from?
   a. Twelfth
   b. Eighth
   c. Fifth

9. What year did the US Postal service issue a stamp featuring Bessie Coleman?
   a. 1995
   b. 1933
   c. 1972

10. What prize did Bessie give for correct answers to questions in the video?
    a. Extra credit
    b. Money
    c. Purple jellybeans

11. What first inspired Bessie to become a pilot?
    a. A book about Amelia Earhart
    b. An article in a newspaper about the Wright Brothers
    c. A T.V. show about flying

12. What state did Bessie grow up in?
    a. Texas
    b. Louisiana
    c. Kansas

13. When and where did Bessie get her pilot’s license?
    a. 1921 in Chicago
    b. 1923 in France
    c. 1921 in France

14. Who was the first woman pilot to fly the English Channel?
    a. Harriet Quimby
    b. Betty Browning
    c. Anne Morrow Lindbergh

15. In what year did the Wright Brothers successfully fly?
    a. 1902
    b. 1903
    c. 1912

16. How far did Bessie walk to public school in Waxahachie, Texas?
    a. Four miles
    b. Seven miles
    c. One mile

17. . What was the first book about that Bessie found in the college library?
    a. Domestics
    b. Agriculture
    c. Women aviators

18. What language did Bessie have to learn before going to flying school?
    a. French
    b. German
    c. Russian

19. . In what year did the first airplane cross the Atlantic Ocean?
    a. 1908
    b. 1921
    c. 1918

20. Who invented the sugar refining process in 1846?
    a. Norbert Rillieux
    b. Ruane Jeter
    c. Garret Morgan