Famous Firsts

Famous Firsts

Questions

1.  Born Gaius Octavian, who seized power following the death of Julius Caesar to become the first Roman Emperor?
2.  Which building, opened in 2010, was the first to pass 800m in height?
3.  What was the name of the debut single released by the Beatles in 1962?
4.  Which 1959 film was the first to receive 11 Academy Awards - a feat only matched once since?
5.  Who was the first (and currently only) US President to serve be elected for three terms?
6.  In 2008, who became the first man to win 8 gold medals at a single modern Olympic games?
7.  In 1981, who became the first ever female Supreme Court Justice in the history of the USA?
8.  In 1947, who piloted the Bell X-1 rocket as it became the first manned vehicle to break the sound barrier?
9.  At the start of the US Civil War in 1860, which state became the first to secede from the Union?
10.  Which Viking sailor from Iceland is believed to have become the first European to land in the Americas, nearly 500 years before Christophe Columbus?
11.  In 1954, who became the first person to run an official four-minute mile?
12.  In 1927, who became the first person to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris?
13.  Which state - in 1787 - became the first to ratify the constitution of the USA?
14.  Who was the elected as the first Prime Minister of newly-independent India in August 1947?
15.  In 1804 - which state became the first Caribbean nation to gain independence from a European power - and the first to be founded by free slaves?
16.  In 1991, which man became the first democratically-elected leader of the Russian Federation following the dissolution of the USSR?
17.  In 19 who - in their own country - became the first team to lift the FIFA World Cup trophy?
18.  In 1957, which Russian beat NASA to become the first human to orbit the Earth on Sputnik I?

1.  Born Gaius Octavian, who seized power following the death of Julius Caesar to become the first Roman Emperor?

   Augustus
2.  Which building, opened in 2010, was the first to pass 800m in height?

   Burj Khalifa
3.  What was the name of the debut single released by the Beatles in 1962?

   Love Me Do
4.  Which 1959 film was the first to receive 11 Academy Awards - a feat only matched once since?

   Ben-Hur
5.  Who was the first (and currently only) US President to serve be elected for three terms?

   Franklin D. Roosevelt
6.  In 2008, who became the first man to win 8 gold medals at a single modern Olympic games?

   Michael Phelps
7.  In 1981, who became the first ever female Supreme Court Justice in the history of the USA?

   Sandra Day O'Connor
8.  In 1947, who piloted the Bell X-1 rocket as it became the first manned vehicle to break the sound barrier?

   Chuck Yeager
9.  At the start of the US Civil War in 1860, which state became the first to secede from the Union?

   South Carolina
10.  Which Viking sailor from Iceland is believed to have become the first European to land in the Americas, nearly 500 years before Christophe Columbus?

    Leif Erikson
11.  In 1954, who became the first person to run an official four-minute mile?

    Roger Bannister
12.  In 1927, who became the first person to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris?

    Charles Lindbergh
13.  Which state - in 1787 - became the first to ratify the constitution of the USA?

    Delaware
14.  Who was the elected as the first Prime Minister of newly-independent India in August 1947?

    Jawaharlal Nehru
15.  In 1804 - which state became the first Caribbean nation to gain independence from a European power - and the first to be founded by free slaves?

    Haiti
16.  In 1991, which man became the first democratically-elected leader of the Russian Federation following the dissolution of the USSR?

    Boris Yeltsin
17.  In 19 who - in their own country - became the first team to lift the FIFA World Cup trophy?

    Uruguay
18.  In 1957, which Russian beat NASA to become the first human to orbit the Earth on Sputnik I?

    Yuri Gagarin