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June Trivia

If you want to be the Guest of Honor at the next Younger Member Event, be the first one to get all the answers right! So come on Houston, test your knowledge!

1. A X43A Scramjet has a top speed of 7500 mph. If it could maintain this speed, how long would it take to cross the United States from east coast to west coast?

a. 02.4 minutes

b. 45.8 minutes

c. 90.0 minutes

d. 21.4 minutes

e. 15.3 minutes

2. The space shuttle could reach a top speed of 17,500 mph. If you lived 500 miles from work and had to be there at 8am when would be the latest you could leave and get there on time if taking the shuttle? considering instant top speed and stopping.

a. 4:30 AM

b. 7:12 AM

c. 7:28 AM

d. 6:14 AM

e. 7:58 AM

3. A Galaxy C-5 is a massive aircraft and can take off and land in an incredibly short distance and at what seems like snail speed.

Watch this video clip then answer this question:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvNwiczJ69k

The C-5 can take off in less than how many seconds?

a. 45  seconds

b. 60  seconds

c. 120 seconds

d. 30  seconds

e. 90  seconds

Answer to May Trivia

As a comparison study, these five states have the following length of roadway networks, population per roadway mile, and land area per mile.

Texas - 6586610 roadway lane miles  - 041.2 people per road lane mile - 0.41 square miles per road lane mile

California - 4865000 roadway lane miles - 100.4 people per road lane mile - 0.42 square miles per road lane mile

Illinois - 4356200 roadway lane miles - 044.0 people per road mile  - 0.20 square miles per road lane mile

Kansas- 1751868 roadway lane miles - 010.1 people per road mile - 0.29 square miles per road lane mile

Minnesota - 1396000 roadway lane miles - 019.2 people per road mile - 0.31 square miles per road lane mile