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  • 1. Who persuaded Hughes to finance the short film Swell Hogan?
A) Floyd Odlum
B) James Nasser
C) Noah Dietrich
D) Ralph Graves
  • 2. What did Hughes do after screening the film Swell Hogan?
A) He released it to theaters
B) He sold it to a competitor
C) He ordered it to be destroyed
D) He submitted it for an Academy Award
  • 3. Which film won the first Academy Award for Best Director of a comedy picture?
A) The Front Page
B) Two Arabian Knights
C) The Racket
D) Everybody's Acting
  • 4. How much did Hughes spend to make the flying film Hell's Angels?
A) $6.5 million
B) $24 million
C) $3.5 million
D) $8.8 million
  • 5. Which film was delayed by censors due to concerns over its violence?
A) Hell's Angels
B) The Outlaw
C) Scarface
D) Jet Pilot
  • 6. Why did The Outlaw receive attention from industry censors?
A) Jane Russell's revealing costumes
B) Copyright infringement
C) The film's political themes
D) Excessive violence
  • 7. From whom did Hughes acquire 929,000 shares of RKO?
A) The General Tire and Rubber Company
B) David O. Selznick
C) James Nasser
D) Floyd Odlum
  • 8. How many employees did Hughes dismiss within weeks of acquiring RKO?
A) 30
B) 929
C) 500
D) 700
  • 9. Which company eventually bought RKO from Hughes?
A) Atlas Corporation
B) Universal Pictures
C) United Artists
D) General Tire and Rubber Company
  • 10. What was the main reason for the delay in releasing the film Jet Pilot?
A) Political investigations of the cast
B) A lawsuit from David O. Selznick
C) Censorship regarding violence
D) Extra aerial footage and editing
  • 11. How much personal profit did Hughes reportedly make from his time at RKO?
A) $10 million
B) $25 million
C) $24 million
D) $6.5 million
  • 12. What film genre was RKO known for during Hughes's tenure due to limited budgets?
A) Musical
B) Film noir
C) Romantic comedy
D) Silent film
  • 13. What was the result of the United States v. Paramount Pictures antitrust case for Hughes?
A) He sold RKO to Universal
B) He was forced to retire
C) He gained control of the RKO Radio Network
D) He became involved in a high-profile lawsuit
  • 14. Who claimed Hughes made a $10-million profit from the sale of the theaters?
A) Ralph Graves
B) Noah Dietrich
C) James Nasser
D) Floyd Odlum
  • 15. What contract did Hughes retain after selling RKO?
A) The General Tire and Rubber Company distribution contract
B) Jane Russell's contract
C) The distribution rights for The Front Page
D) The RKO Radio Network
  • 16. What was the cause of Howard Hughes's death in 1976?
A) Kidney failure
B) Plane crash complications
C) Heart attack
D) Pneumonia
  • 17. Which film studio did Howard Hughes acquire in 1948?
A) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
B) Universal Studios
C) RKO Pictures
D) Paramount Pictures
  • 18. What was the H-4 Hercules aircraft commonly known as?
A) Spruce Goose
B) Desert Eagle
C) Flying Whale
D) Silver Bullet
  • 19. What specific health condition contributed to Hughes's eccentric and reclusive lifestyle?
A) Chronic anxiety
B) Bipolar disorder
C) Obsessive–compulsive disorder
D) Schizophrenia
  • 20. What invention did Howard Hughes Sr. patent in 1909?
A) Steam engine valve
B) Radio transmitter
C) Aviation propeller
D) Two-cone roller bit
  • 21. Which university did Howard Hughes briefly attend for math and aeronautical engineering?
A) Rice University
B) Harvard University
C) Caltech
D) MIT
  • 22. What was the name of the minister Howard Hughes was descended from?
A) Richard Montgomery
B) Orville Wright
C) John Gano
D) William Marsh Rice
  • 23. At what age did Howard Hughes build his first wireless radio transmitter?
A) 12
B) 11
C) 14
D) 19
  • 24. Which city is Howard Hughes credited with transforming into a refined cosmopolitan city?
A) Las Vegas
B) Chicago
C) Los Angeles
D) Houston
  • 25. What was the title of Hughes's first motion picture?
A) Swell Hogan
B) Scarface
C) The Racket
D) Hell's Angels
  • 26. How old was Hughes when he was declared an emancipated minor?
A) 18
B) 21
C) 19
D) 16
  • 27. Who was Hughes's uncle, a famed novelist and filmmaker?
A) Rupert Hughes
B) Howard R. Hughes Sr.
C) George Von Elm
D) William Marsh Rice
  • 28. What was Hughes's ham-radio callsign in Houston?
A) HUGHES1
B) W5CY
C) W5HUGHES
D) 5TX
  • 29. In what year did the RKO Pictures film studio cease operations under Hughes's control?
A) 1976
B) 1957
C) 1948
D) 1960
  • 30. Which trophy did Hughes win in both 1936 and 1938?
A) Harmon Trophy
B) Congressional Gold Medal
C) Collier Trophy
D) Aviation Excellence Award
  • 31. What was the name of Hughes's first wife?
A) Annette Gano Lummis
B) Ella Botts Rice
C) Allene Stone Gano
D) Martha Lawson Botts
  • 32. Which aircraft model was built by Hughes in 1935?
A) H-4 Hercules
B) Waco biplane
C) Hughes H-1 Racer
D) XF-11
  • 33. Where is the Hughes House located today?
A) Caltech campus
B) University of St. Thomas
C) Lakeside Golf Club
D) Rice University
  • 34. What was the cause of death for Howard Hughes's mother, Allene?
A) Kidney failure
B) Plane crash
C) Heart attack
D) Ectopic pregnancy
  • 35. What aviation record did the H-4 Hercules hold until 2019?
A) Longest flight duration
B) Longest wingspan
C) Highest altitude
D) Fastest airspeed
  • 36. How many acres did Hughes acquire in Culver City for Hughes Aircraft?
A) 25000
B) 4480
C) 5000
D) 1200
  • 37. Where did Hughes purchase 7 sections of land for a missile plant?
A) Los Angeles
B) Las Vegas
C) Culver City
D) Tucson
  • 38. What was the original name of the corporation that became the Howard Hughes Corporation?
A) HRH Properties
B) Summa Corporation
C) Hughes Tool Company
D) Desert Inn Holdings
  • 39. What does the Latin word 'Summa' mean?
A) Wealthiest
B) Powerful
C) Highest
D) Greatest
  • 40. What name did Howard Hughes prefer for his business instead of Summa?
A) Culver Aviation
B) HRH Properties
C) Desert Land Holdings
D) Hughes Enterprises
  • 41. After whom was the master-planned community of Summerlin named?
A) Howard Hughes Sr.
B) Moye Stephens
C) J.B. Alexander
D) Jean Amelia Summerlin
  • 42. Which hotel did Hughes decide to buy after refusing to vacate his room?
A) Sands
B) Castaways
C) Frontier
D) Desert Inn
  • 43. Which of these hotels was NOT owned by Hughes?
A) Caesars Palace
B) Silver Slipper
C) Castaways
D) Landmark
  • 44. During his time in Las Vegas, what was Hughes's status as an employer in Nevada?
A) Only employer in the gambling industry
B) Largest employer
C) Second largest employer
D) Minor employer
  • 45. How many airplane accidents did Hughes survive?
A) Three
B) Two
C) Four
D) Six
  • 46. In what year did Hughes set the landplane airspeed record of 352 mph?
A) 1937
B) 1943
C) 1935
D) 1946
  • 47. What was the average ground-speed of Hughes's 1937 transcontinental flight?
A) 362 mph
B) 322 mph
C) 352 mph
D) 407.5 mph
  • 48. Where was the Hughes Aircraft airport located?
A) Glendale, CA
B) Tucson, AZ
C) Culver City, CA
D) Newark, NJ
  • 49. In what year was the H-1 Racer donated to the Smithsonian?
A) 1988
B) 1975
C) 1937
D) 1935
  • 50. What type of aircraft was Hughes flying while filming Hell's Angels?
A) Thomas-Morse Scout
B) Boeing Monomail
C) Hughes XF-11
D) Hughes H-1 Racer
  • 51. In what year did Howard Hughes found the Hughes Aircraft Company?
A) 1932
B) 1947
C) 1953
D) 1985
  • 52. Which company sold their helicopter design to Hughes in 1947?
A) Lockheed
B) Raytheon
C) Kellett
D) Boeing
  • 53. Which invention was developed by Hughes Aircraft as the first of its kind?
A) The first jet engine
B) The first commercial airplane
C) The first stealth bomber
D) The first working laser
  • 54. When was the Hughes Aerospace Group created?
A) 1948
B) 1961
C) 1953
D) 1932
  • 55. In what year did the Howard Hughes Medical Institute sell Hughes Aircraft to General Motors?
A) 1997
B) 2000
C) 1961
D) 1985
  • 56. Who bought Hughes Aircraft from General Motors in 1997?
A) Raytheon
B) Kellett
C) Boeing
D) Lockheed
  • 57. Who acquired Hughes Space & Communications in 2000?
A) Lockheed
B) General Motors
C) Boeing
D) Raytheon
  • 58. The Hughes Research Laboratories focused on advanced developments in which field?
A) Textile manufacturing
B) Microelectronics
C) Food production
D) Automotive assembly
  • 59. Which propulsion technology did Hughes Aircraft manufacture for space travel?
A) Solid-fuel boosters
B) Ion-propulsion engines
C) Nuclear reactors
D) Steam engines
  • 60. On what date did Howard Hughes complete his round-the-world flight?
A) July 14, 1939
B) July 14, 1940
C) July 14, 1936
D) July 14, 1938
  • 61. How long did Howard Hughes's round-the-world flight take?
A) 85 hours
B) 91 hours
C) 186 hours
D) 95 hours
  • 62. Whose previous record did Howard Hughes beat in 1938?
A) Harry Connor
B) Wiley Post
C) Amelia Earhart
D) Charles Lindbergh
  • 63. What type of aircraft did Howard Hughes fly during his 1938 world flight?
A) Lockheed 14 Super Electra
B) Lockheed L-049 Constellation
C) Boeing 307 Stratoliner
D) Lockheed Vega
  • 64. Who served as the flight operations manager for the 1938 flight?
A) Harry Connor
B) Albert Lodwick
C) Richard Stoddart
D) Thomas Thurlow
  • 65. Which city hosted a ticker-tape parade for Hughes after his record-breaking flight?
A) Paris
B) New York City
C) Washington D.C.
D) Houston
  • 66. Which airport was briefly renamed after Howard Hughes in 1938?
A) Houston Municipal Airport
B) New York LaGuardia
C) Chicago Midway
D) Fairbanks International
  • 67. In what year did Hughes receive the Octave Chanute Award?
A) 1939
B) 1936
C) 1940
D) 1938
  • 68. Who awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Hughes?
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt
B) Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Harry S. Truman
D) Herbert Hoover
  • 69. Who was the engineer on the 1938 round-the-world flight?
A) Thomas Thurlow
B) Ed Lund
C) Richard Stoddart
D) Harry Connor
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