NTE - Famous Firsts

Question 1

Who first reached the North Pole?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Cook, Robert Peary

Question 2

Which country won the first football World Cup (and hosted it)?

Accepted Answer

Uruguay

Question 3

Who was the first woman to sail solo around the world via Cape Horn?

Accepted Answer

Naomi James

Question 4

Who invented the light bulb?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Edison

Question 5

Which country first allowed women to vote?

Accepted Answer

New Zealand

Question 6

Who invented the telephone?

Accepted Answer

Antonio Meucci, Alexander Graham Bell

Question 7

Which country first held the Olympic Games?

Accepted Answer

Greece

Question 8

Who was the first writer to defend equal rights for women?

Accepted Answer

Christine de Pizan

Question 9

Who was the first to fly a plane?

Accepted Answer

Alberto Santos Dumont, the Wright brothers

Question 10

Who was the first woman to become prime minister of the United Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Margaret Tatcher

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