Famous Firsts Top 50 Trivias

🏆 Trailblazer Challenge! Test Your Knowledge of Famous Firsts: Top 50 Trivia! From moon landings to medical breakthroughs, prove you know the pioneers who changed history!

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15 Questions

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

Answer:Neil Armstrong

What was the first country to grant women the right to vote?

Answer:New Zealand

Who was the first President of the United States?

Answer:George Washington

What was the first novel ever written?

Answer:The Tale of Genji (by Murasaki Shikibu)

Who was the first African American President of the United States?

Answer:Barack Obama

What was the first animal to orbit Earth?

Answer:Laika (the dog)

Who was the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?

Answer:Margaret Thatcher

What was the first successful vaccine developed?

Answer:Smallpox vaccine (by Edward Jenner)

Who was the first person to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer:Charles Lindbergh

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What was the first feature-length animated film?

Answer:Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

Answer:Marie Curie

12.

What was the first man-made object to reach space?

Answer:V-2 rocket (1944, Germany)

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Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?

Answer:Roald Amundsen

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What was the first successful powered airplane?

Answer:Wright Flyer (1903)

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Who was the first European explorer to reach India by sea?

Answer:Vasco da Gama

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20 Questions

Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer:Amelia Earhart

What was the first antibiotic discovered?

Answer:Penicillin (by Alexander Fleming)

Who was the first human to travel into space?

Answer:Yuri Gagarin

What was the first university in the world?

Answer:University of Al Quaraouiyine (Morocco, 859 CE) – or University of Bologna (1088). Commonly: University of Bologna.

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

Answer:Sidney Poitier

What was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage?

Answer:Netherlands (2001)

Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature?

Answer:Selma Lagerlöf (1909)

What was the first video game ever created?

Answer:Tennis for Two (1958) or Pong (1972) – commonly Pong, but earlier: 'Tennis for Two'. I'll use: 'Tennis for Two'.

Who was the first person to climb Mount Everest?

Answer:Edmund Hillary (and Tenzing Norgay)

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What was the first photograph called?

Answer:View from the Window at Le Gras (Nicéphore Niépce, 1826)

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Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice in the United States?

Answer:Sandra Day O'Connor

12.

What was the first sport to be televised?

Answer:Baseball (1939, a college game)

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Who was the first British monarch to abdicate the throne?

Answer:Edward VIII

14.

What was the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth?

Answer:Sputnik 1

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Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes?

Answer:Marie Curie (Physics 1903, Chemistry 1911)

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What was the first music video played on MTV?

Answer:Video Killed the Radio Star (The Buggles)

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Who was the first black player in Major League Baseball?

Answer:Jackie Robinson

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What was the first successful organ transplant?

Answer:Kidney transplant (1954, between twins)

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Who was the first woman to win a Fields Medal in mathematics?

Answer:Maryam Mirzakhani (2014)

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What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

Answer:Jamestown (1607)

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15 Questions

Who was the first person to win a Nobel Prize in Physics for work on radioactivity?

Answer:Henri Becquerel (1903, shared with Marie and Pierre Curie)

What was the first country to abolish the death penalty for all crimes?

Answer:Venezuela (1863)

Who was the first recorded name in history?

Answer:Kushim (Sumerian scribe, c. 3400–3000 BCE)

What was the first novel written in English?

Answer:The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan, 1678) or Robinson Crusoe (1719) – often 'Robinson Crusoe' is considered first English novel.

Who was the first person to theorize the existence of black holes?

Answer:John Michell (1783)

What was the first synthetic dye?

Answer:Mauveine (William Perkin, 1856)

Who was the first woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom?

Answer:Margaret Thatcher (Conservative Party, 1975)

What was the first country to introduce a national carbon tax?

Answer:Finland (1990)

Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?

Answer:Chuck Yeager (1947)

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What was the first successful heart transplant?

Answer:Christiaan Barnard (1967, South Africa)

11.

Who was the first female monarch to rule England in her own right?

Answer:Mary I (1553–1558)

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What was the first comic book to feature a superhero?

Answer:Action Comics #1 (Superman, 1938)

13.

Who was the first person to receive a patent for a telephone?

Answer:Alexander Graham Bell (1876)

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What was the first object made by humans to reach another celestial body?

Answer:Luna 2 (Soviet probe, hit the Moon in 1959)

15.

Who was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Answer:Aretha Franklin (1987)

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