Another Trivia Quiz: FAMOUS "FIRSTS"

[82Rigger]

What names are generally credited with these first accomplishments?


1. First person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest?

2. First woman into outer space?

3. First vessel to transit the North Pole under the ice?

4. First person to reach the South pole?

5. First "Miss America"? (Hint: 1921)

6. First athlete to win 7 Olympic gold medals?

7. First American to win the Nobel Peace Prize?

8. First US President to speak on television?

9. First person to pilot an aircraft faster than sound?

10. First man to run a mile in under four minutes?

11. First living creature to orbit the earth?

12. First man to walk on the moon?

13. First state to ratify the US Constitution?

14. First image of an actual person on a US coin?

15. First American woman into space?

Have fun!

Airborne! Steve / 82Rigger

[Andy]

1. First guy on Mt. Everest: Edmund Hillery
2. First woman in space: Janis Joplin
3. First boat to the north pole: Nautalis
4. First person to south pole: Adm. Perry
5. First Miss America: Barbara Bush
6. First person to get 7 goald medals: Mark Spits
7. American with Nobel Peace Prize: Bully for T.R.
8. First Prez on TV: I think to was Coolidge.
9. First guy to break the sound barrier: Chuck Yager
10. 4 minute mile: Banister
11. First animal in space: a doggie
12. Walk on the moon: Niel Armstrong
13. First state to ratify the constitution: Delaware
14. First image of a person on a US coin: the Blind Justice woman?
15. First woman in space: Ride Sally Ride

Just guessing, stay healthy,
Andy

[Drywall]

1. Hillary
2. ?????
3. USS Natilus(sp?)
4. Amundsen
5. ?????
6. Mark Spitz
7. ?????
8. FDR
9. Yeager
10. Roger Bannister
11. Russian dog?
12. Armstrong
13. Maryland?
14. Lincoln?
15. ????