86 Lockheed Martin Trivia Questions (Ranked from Easiest to Hardest)

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86 Lockheed Martin Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)

1. The 1942 film "Desperate Journey" stars Errol Flynn and what future U.S. President as downed Allied airmen trying to repatriate a Lockheed Martin Hudson that had been captured by Germans?
   
   Answer: Ronald Reagan
   
   
2. The fictional Darkstar plane, in which Captain Pete Mitchell achieves Mach-10 speed, was created by real Lockheed Martin engineers for what 2022 "Top Gun" reboot?
   
   Answer: Maverick
   
   
3. Surrounded by photos of the L-1011 TriStar, Lloyd Bridges admits to picking the wrong day to stop sniffing glue in what 1980 slapstick farce?
   
   Answer: Airplane!
   
   
4. Which subsidiary of Lockheed (as of 2015) is based in Stratford, CT, and was one of the first companies to manufacture helicopters for both military and civilian use?
   
   Answer: Sikorsky Aircraft
   
   
5. Raider X and Defiant X lead the way in the evolution of Lockheed's air vehicle design known as FVL, for Future ___ ___?
6. 
   
   Answer: Vertical Lift
   
   
7. The Joint Strike Fighter program saw two prototypes compete to replace existing fighter, strike, and ground attack aircraft in several countries. Lockheed Martin's prototype, the X-35, was declared the winner, but which company designed the X-23 which was beaten?
   
   Answer: Boeing
   
   
8. Titan Rain was a series of attacks on U.S. computers that started in 2003. The hackers gained access to defense networks at places like Lockheed Martin and NASA. Which country did the attacks originate from?
   
   Answer: China
   
   
9. Lockheed Martin partnered with director James Gray in the making of what 2019 film that starred Brad Pitt as an astronaut?
   
   Answer: Ad Astra
   
   
10. What aircraft, acquired by Lockheed Martin when they purchased Sikorsky Aircraft, was created as a tactical transport helicopter but has been used in a variety of combat roles including in the United States' air assault on Somalia?
    
    Answer: Black Hawk
    
    
11. Lockheed Martin makes a training system for what “C” tandem rotor helicopter made by Boeing?
    
    Answer: Chinook
    
    
12. Among the swag you can purchase at the Lockheed Martin company store are golf balls by what "name" manufacturer, who claims it makes the "#1 ball in golf?"
    
    Answer: Titleist
    
    
13. Starting in 1991, the Air Force hired Lockheed to manufacture which family of launch vehicles that shared its name with a Greek Titan who had to carry the world on his shoulders?
    
    Answer: Atlas
    
    
14. What round, collectible "C.C." items did Lockheed Martin introduce during World War I, now issued at military, Department of Defense, and Lockheed Martin meetings as tokens of appreciation?
    
    Answer: Challenge Coins
    
    
15. Which Fire Control Radar system for the Apache attack helicopter has been in production since 1996 and shares its name with an archery weapon that’s good for hunting or warfare?
    
    Answer: Longbow
    
    
16. In 2021, which military branch made up a whopping 37% of Lockheed's new veteran hires?
    
    Answer: Air Force
    
    
17. As Sergeant First Class William James, Jeremy Renner steps off a Lockheed C-130 for another tour defusing bombs in Iraq at the end of what Best Picture Oscar winner?
    
    Answer: The Hurt Locker
    
    
18. A Lockheed Martin turboprop C-130 transport gets CIA analyst Maya, played by Jessica Chastain, out of Afghanistan in what 2012 film?
    
    Answer: Zero Dark Thirty
    
    
19. A joint venture of Lockheed and Raytheon, the FGM-148 portable anti-tank launcher is known shares its nickname with what decathlon event?
    
    Answer: Javelin
    
    
20. In what year did Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta officially merge?
    
    Answer: 1995
    
    
21. Previously owned by United Technologies, what is the name of the aircraft manufacturer based in Connecticut that Lockheed Martin acquired in 2015? The company was founded by its eponymous Ukrainian American aviator in 1923.
    
    Answer: Sikorsky Aircraft
    
    
22. A systems development methodology used by Lockheed Martin is named what two-word phrase that is also used to describe the structure of a DNA molecule?
    
    Answer: Double helix
    
    
23. Lockheed Martin has built six AEHF satellites, most recently one for the U.S. Space Force. AEHF stands for Advanced Extremely High WHAT?
    
    Answer: Frequency
    
    
24. Proving that everything old is new again, in 2006 Lockheed Martin tested the P-791, a modern hybrid version of what old-timey airship whose name means "capable of being steered?"
    
    Answer: Dirigible
    
    
25. Lockheed Martin is headquartered in what Maryland city? This “B” city shares its name with a videogame company known for Fallout and Elder Scrolls games.
    
    Answer: Bethesda
    
    
26. In 2021, Lockheed Martin renewed its relationship with what “N” shipbuilding company, a state-owned Spanish company? Its name is a derivative of a latin word meaning “to do enthusiastically.”
    
    Answer: Navantia
    
    
27. An F-22 Raptor works with the Autobots in what loud, constantly changing movie series?
    
    Answer: Transformers
    
    
28. In August of 1912, Glenn Martin established his company after finishing the construction of his first-ever plane in what unlikely community location?
    
    Answer: Church
    
    
29. What “L” NASA space probe built by Lockheed Martin launched in 2021 on a 12-year mission to visit 8 different asteroids, including 7 in Jupiter’s orbit? It shares its name with a character from a Beatles song, the “girl with Kaleidoscope eyes.”
    
    Answer: Lucy
    
    
30. A sky crane for a soft landing was a piece of cool tech on the aeroshell Lockheed-Martin designed for NASA's Perseverance rover mission on what planet?
    
    Answer: Mars
    
    
31. Spencer Tracy played the ghost of a pilot who died while flying a Lockheed P-38 Lightning in what 1943 film that was nominated for a screenwriting Oscar?
    
    Answer: A Guy Named Joe
    
    
32. During the ‘90s, Lockheed Martin developed the graphics system for what video game company’s Model 3 system for arcade games including “Virtua Fighter 3”, “SpikeOut”, and “Star Wars Trilogy Arcade”?
    
    Answer: Sega
    
    
33. The Lockheed Martin C-130J military aircraft is named for what mythological Greek hero whose twelve labors included mucking out the Augean Stables?
    
    Answer: Hercules
    
    
34. Lockheed Martin manufactures what “G” Flow technology, which provides long-duration and large-capacity energy storage?
    
    Answer: Gridstar Flow
    
    
35. The predecessor of the space shuttle program, the teardrop-shaped X-24 plane was tested by NASA and the Air Force under a program with what guessable, five-letter P-word codename?
    
    Answer: PILOT
    
    
36. Later remade into a TV movie starring George Clooney, what 1964 Sidney Lumet Cold War thriller film features a Lockheed Martin Convair B-58 Hustler supersonic jet bomber?
    
    Answer: Fail-Safe
    
    
37. A highly modified Boeing 737-440, designed as an avionics fight testbed aircraft by Lockheed Martin, goes by what compound word, which sounds like a feline that can fly like an avian creature?
    
    Answer: CATBird
    
    
38. Lockheed Martin builds CH-53K for the United States Marine Corps. The CH-53K is what type of vehicle, first practically built in 1939 by Igor Sikorsky?
    
    Answer: Helicopter
    
    
39. Which subsidiary of Lockheed and Martin specializes in producing navigation and search equipment and gets its name from a small muscle between the eyebrows?
    
    Answer: Procerus
    
    
40. A Fire Control Radar, or FCR, system made by Lockheed Martin for Apache helicopters, shares its name with what tall “L” implement used by an archer, allowing for a fairly long draw on arrows.
    
    Answer: Longbow Fire Control Radar
    
    
41. Lockheed Martin’s AIR 5428 Training System is used to train people for what profession, a key actor in the operation of an aircraft?
    
    Answer: Pilot
    
    
42. Lockheed Martin's C-5 airlifter is also known by what name, which is shared with a popular line of Samsung mobile phones?
    
    Answer: Galaxy
    
    
43. About 5,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 776 in what Texas city voted in April 2022 to ratify a new contract with Lockheed Martin?
    
    Answer: Fort Worth
    
    
44. On May 23, 2022, Lockheed Martin and what independent organization, FF for short, announced plans to demonstrate a blockchain network in space?
    
    Answer: Filecoin Foundation
    
    
45. In 1995, Lockheed completed a “merger of equals” with which aerospace manufacturing company to form its current corporation?
    
    Answer: Martin Marietta
    
    
46. In 1996 Lockheed Martin began its sponsorship of the Fincastle Maintenance Trophy, an award that is competed for by aircrew from the Royal Air Forces of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and which other country?
    
    Answer: New Zealand
    
    
47. What’s the Native American-inspired, double-A name for Lockheed’s Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor?
    
    Answer: Apache Arrowhead
    
    
48. Formerly the CEO of American Tower Corporation, what executive became CEO of Lockheed Martin in June 2020?
    
    Answer: James D. Taiclet
    
    
49. Sharing its name with the fifth brightest star in the night sky, what model of Lockheed airliner was the Winnie Mae, the high-wing monoplane used by Wiley Post to make the first solo round-the-world flight?
    
    Answer: Vega (Lockheed Vega 5C)
    
    
50. Which Lockheed helicopter shares a name with an avian treetop home or the location for a ship’s lookout and uses high-powered radar to support the Royal Navy in protecting its Queen Elizabeth class carriers?
    
    Answer: Crowsnest
    
    
51. During World War II, Charles Lindbergh taught U.S. Air Force pilots to fly the Lockheed Martin P-38, which is known by what "electric" name?
    
    Answer: Lightning
    
    
52. Lockheed Martin is partnering with Unreal Engine to develop better training simulations. What huge-sounding video game company makes Unreal Engine?
    
    Answer: Epic Games
    
    
53. Which Lockheed subsidiary founded in 1984 and based in Fairfax, Virginia, provides communication solutions for national security and intelligence operations?
    
    Answer: Zeta Associates
    
    
54. Long before he became Lockheed’s CEO, James Taiclet started out as a pilot and officer in which branch of the U.S. military?
    
    Answer: Air Force
    
    
55. Which Lockheed company headquartered in Wisconsin is the go-to if you need to replace something in a fixed-wing aircraft, since it keeps over 20,000 unique parts in stock?
    
    Answer: Derco
    
    
56. The brand-new Lockheed Martin Australian Corporate office was opened by the Australian Defence Minister in 2018 in which non-coastal Australian city?
    
    Answer: Canberra
    
    
57. The screechy, predatory Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jet is nicknamed for what screechy, predatory bird?
    
    Answer: Falcon
    
    
58. What six-letter acronym names the precise and easily-moved-around rocket-launching system supplied by the U.S. to Ukraine, used with great success against Russia in the ongoing war?
    
    Answer: HIMARS
    
    
59. In 1912, The Martin Company co-founder Glenn Martin broke an open-water flight distance record aviating from Newport Beach to what sheep-covered California island that makes a mean salad dressing?
    
    Answer: Catalina
    
    
60. What Lockheed Martin aircraft, introduced in 2005, was an air superiority fighter that was the first to feature supercruise? That's a term meaning supersonic without use of afterburners.
    
    Answer: F-22 Raptor
    
    
61. A Lockheed Martin Model 10 Electra is the plane used by Victor and Ilsa to escape the title city in what classic 1942 film?
    
    Answer: Casablanca
    
    
62. With a name coming from the moonshine factory in the comic strip Li'l Abner, what is the official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs?
    
    Answer: Skunk Works
    
    
63. The LM100J by Lockheed Martin holds a Guinness World Record as being the heaviest aircraft to perform what kind of aerobatic move?
    
    Answer: Loop
    
    
64. Lockheed Martin is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, which is also the location of the main campus of what federal agency abbreviated NIH?
    
    Answer: National Institutes of Health
    
    
65. Lockheed Martin reached Mach 3 with its SR-71 reconnaissance plane, nicknamed for what Paul McCartney-approved fowl?
    
    Answer: Blackbird
    
    
66. We're serious: in 1930, Charles Lindbergh worked with Lockheed Martin to design an airplane model named after what "dog star"?
    
    Answer: Sirius
    
    
67. Although Lockheed Martin's headquarters are located in Bethesda, Maryland, its space HQ is found in what city approximately 1,600 miles west of Bethesda?
    
    Answer: Denver
    
    
68. Lockheed picked up a Collier Award in 1958 for developing the supersonic F-104, a plane known by what nickname that suggests it could battle the Sun?
    
    Answer: Starfighter
    
    
69. The Sea Shadow, an experimental stealth ship by Lockheed Martin, provided the inspiration for villain Elliot Carver's high-tech vessel in what 1997 James Bond film?
    
    Answer: Tomorrow Never Dies
    
    
70. What hand-launched, electrically powered, unmanned vehicle designed by Lockheed Martin in 2006 shares its name with a 1979 post-apocalyptic Andrei Tartovsky movie?
    
    Answer: Stalker
    
    
71. What “D” Lockheed Martin subsidiary has one of the largest aircraft spares inventories in the world?
    
    Answer: Derco
    
    
72. In 2021, Lockheed Martin took over ground control responsibility for what unmanned tanker, formerly controlled by Naval Air Systems Command? It shares its name with a group of cartilaginous sand dwelling fish, known to hurt humans who accidentally touch it.
    
    Answer: stingray
    
    
73. In 1912, Glenn Martin founded his namesake company in Los Angeles. There, he had built his first plane in a rented church and was encouraged to use an innovative design by what famous aviator?
    
    Answer: Orville Wright
    
    
74. In which state is Lockheed’s Space Headquarters located?
    
    Answer: Colorado
    
    
75. Designed for coastal warfare, Lockheed's LCS is a Combat Ship whose "L" stands for what word that roughly means "a shoreline area"?
    
    Answer: Littoral
    
    
76. The Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) spacecraft developed for NASA’s Artemis program features a crew module designed by Lockheed Martin, and a service module manufactured by what multinational aerospace corporation headquartered in Leiden?
    
    Answer: Airbus
    
    
77. As Air Force Colonel "Chappy" Sinclair, Louis Gossett Jr. helps a teen gank a couple of F-16s for a clandestine rescue mission in what definitely-not-"Top Gun" 1986 movie?
    
    Answer: Iron Eagle
    
    
78. What Lockheed Martin product is an integrated naval weapons system to allow warships to both track and guide weapons, contributing to the missile defense systems when in use?
    
    Answer: Aegis
    
    
79. What is the name of the annual aviation award awarded by the U.S. National Aeronautic Association (NAA) for the "the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America" in a given year? Lockheed Martin has won the award six times, most recently in 2018 for the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto-GCAS).
    
    Answer: Collier Trophy
    
    
80. Primarily designed by Lockheed Martin and the European Service Module, what is the stellar name of the line of partially reusable space capsules that are set to be used in upcoming NASA human spaceflights?
    
    Answer: Orion
    
    
81. After the government expressed concerns about how powerful the team could be, which competitor company did Lockheed decide not to merge with in 1998?
    
    Answer: Northrop Grumman
    
    
82. Canceled before development was complete, a Skunkworks concept for a submarine-launched unmanned air vehicle was named for what "C"-bird known for its long neck and dark plumage?
    
    Answer: Cormorant
    
    
83. The pseudonym for Lockheed-Martin's Advanced Development Programs, "Skunk Works," came from what comic strip? This comic strip, about the inhabitants of the fictional town of Dogpatch, USA, ran from 1934 to 1977.
    
    Answer: Lil' Abner
    
    
84. When founded in the 1920s, Lockheed was spelled as it is today—phonetically. However, the founder's last name was spelled differently on his birth certificate and he changed the spelling to be more phonetic when founding Lockheed. How was the founder Allan L's last name originally spelled?
    
    Answer: Loughead
    
    
85. The Lockheed Martin P-175 was an unmanned aerial vehicle sometimes referred to by what feline-sounding "P" nickname?
    
    Answer: Polecat
    
    
86. An F-117 Nighthawk delivers Kurt Russell and a special operations team to rescue a hijacked 747 in what cheesy 1996 action movie that no president ever really asked for?
    
    Answer: Executive Decision
    

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