2009 - Spotting Weekend Trivia Contest - Questions and WINNERS
 

Hi all,

On Saturday 7th February as part of our 7th organised Annual Spotting Weekend, we incorporated the 2nd Aviation Trivia Contest of its kind which was held at the St George Rowers Club. The Trivia Event was proudly created and presented by supreme trivia host, Mr Stephen Brown. My sincere thanks goes to him for his support throughout the preparation and presentation of the evening.

It was every man for himself on the night, and it certainly proved to be quite an interesting contest, having over 45 people in attendance to compete.

There were roughly 10-15 third place achievers, all having correctly guessed 9 out of 10 questions. That then left only two contenders who correctly guessed all 10 questions. Tied equal first was Jason Carruthers from Brisbane and Philip Edwards from the United Kingdom. We then had a play off!

The first tie-breaker question went by unanswered by both contenders.... But, there was to be only one winner, and to have correctly guessed the second tie-breaker question in lightning speed was Jason Carruthers from Brisbane. Congratulations!!


For those of you who were unable to make it there on the night, here were the respective questions and answers from the evening that formed the Trivia Contest. Correct answers displayed in Green.

1. What was the Registration of the Aircraft that flew the first commercial A380 service into Sydney?
VH-OQA
9V-SKA
F-WWJB
A6-EDD

2. What is the length of Sydney's 34R/16L Runway?
3968m – 13018ft
2834m – 9297ft
2529m – 8297ft
2438m – 7998ft

3. What is the name given to the fourth Qantas A380?
Fergus McMaster
Charles Ulm
Reginald Ansett
Lawrence Hargrave

4. What is the registration of the first V Australia Boeing 777?
VH-AUS
VH-VGA
VH-VOZ
VH-VAU

5. What was the registration of the last Qantas 747-300 to leave Australia?
VH-EBY
VH-EBX
VH-EBW
VH-EBV

6. Virgin Blue has a plane in its fleet that features a NRL Rugby League Team. The name of the team is…
Balmain Tigers
Gold Coast Titans
South Sydney Rabbitohs
Melbourne Storm

7. The Qantas Flight QF0021 flies to which overseas destination?
Auckland
Frankfurt
Tokyo
Mumbai

8. Which City is NOT a REX Regional Express Destination?
Moree
Ceduna
Taree
Leeton

9. At Sydney Airport SODPROPS stands for Simultaneous opposite direction perpendicular runway operations
Simultaneous opposite direction parallel runway operations
Simultaneous opposite direction runway operations
Simultaneous opposite direction parking ramp operations

10. Which of these airlines does not fly from Australia to New Zealand?
Royal Brunei
LAN
Aerolineas Argentinas
Thai


Tie-Breaker Question 1 - Unanswered:
The last Qantas 747SP left Sydney on the 4th of March 2002. What other aviation related event happened on that day?
Ansett Airlines ceased operations with the last flight leaving Perth at 2359 bound for Sydney.

Tie-Breaker Question 2 - Grand Final:
Which Airline flew the first 747 Jumbo jet into Sydney Airport?
Pan-Am, October 4th 1970.


Philip Edwards collected the following prizes as 2nd place achiever.

3 books courtesy of Australian Aviation and Phantom Media.

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Jason Carruthers collected the following prizes as 1st place winner.

1 x 12-month Australian Aviation Magazine subscription
1 x AIR Photo Book by Sam Chui
1 x Print from Specialist Transport Artist Steve Leadenham

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Thank you to all who participated in the Trivia Contest and made it such an enjoyable event. For those that missed out this time around, make sure you come to our next organised event. Guaranteed a great time!!

I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to Andrew McLaughlin at Australian Aviation, Steve Leadenham Transport Art and Sam Chui for kindly donating such great prizes for our 2009 Aviation Trivia Contest. Your support of this event is truly appreciated and highly valued. We look forward to partnering with you again at future events.