Famous Firsts
Instructions: Who was the first to climb Everest? The first woman in space? Test your memory of groundbreaking historic firsts from around the world!
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Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
AYuri GagarinBJohn GlennCBuzz AldrinDNeil Armstrong - 2.
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
AJacqueline CochranBHarriet QuimbyCAmelia EarhartDBessie Coleman - 3.
Who was the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest?
ATenzing NorgayBReinhold MessnerCGeorge MalloryDEdmund Hillary - 4.
Who was the first person to break the sound barrier in level flight?
AHoward HughesBAmelia EarhartCCharles LindberghDChuck Yeager - 5.
Who was the first human to travel into outer space?
AYuri GagarinBValentina TereshkovaCJohn GlennDAlan Shepard - 6.
Who was the first woman in space?
ASally RideBValentina TereshkovaCSvetlana SavitskayaDMae Jemison - 7.
Who was the first person to swim across the English Channel?
AGertrude EderleBFlorence ChadwickCMatthew WebbDLord Byron - 8.
Who invented the first practical telephone?
AThomas EdisonBNikola TeslaCGuglielmo MarconiDAlexander Graham Bell - 9.
What was the first country to grant women the right to vote in national elections?
AUnited KingdomBNew ZealandCAustraliaDUnited States - 10.
Who performed the first successful human heart transplant?
AChristiaan BarnardBMichael DeBakeyCDenton CooleyDNorman Shumway - 11.
What was the first commercially broadcast color television program in the United States?
AThe Colgate Comedy HourBI Love LucyCPremiere by CBSDThe Ed Sullivan Show - 12.
Who was the first person to reach the South Pole?
ARichard ByrdBRobert Falcon ScottCRoald AmundsenDErnest Shackleton - 13.
Who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era?
AWillie MaysBHank AaronCSatchel PaigeDJackie Robinson - 14.
Who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
AWiley PostBHoward HughesCCharles LindberghDAmelia Earhart - 15.
What was the first man-made satellite launched into Earth's orbit?
AVanguard 1BTelstar 1CExplorer 1DSputnik 1