FIRSTS -WORLD
Q1. Who is the first person to reach South Pole?
Ronald Amundsen - Norway 1953.
Q2. Who is the first person to reach the North Pole?
Robert E.Peary USA - 1909.
Q3. Who is the first woman to reach North Pole?
Karoline Mikkelsen - 1935.
Q4. Who is the first woman to reach South Pole?
Fran Phipps - Canada - 1971.
Q5. Who is the first person in space?
Yuri Gagarin - USSR.
Q6. Who is the first person to set foot on moon?
Neil Alden Armstrong, USA - 1969.
Q7. Who is the first person to walk in space?
Alexi Leonov - USSR - 1965.
Q8. Who is the first woman cosmonaut in space?
Volentina Tereshkova USSR - 1963.
Q9. Who is the first person to climb Mr. Everest?
Edmund Hillary - 1953 along with Tenzing Norgay of India.
Q10. Who is the first woman to climb Mt. Everest?
Junko Taibec, 1975 - Japan.
Q11. Who is the first person to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan - Portugal - 1480-1521.
Q12. Who is the first person to undertake polar circumnavigation?
Sir Ranulph Fiennes Charter Burton, UK 1979-82.
Q13. Who is the first Chinese president?
Dr.Sun Yat Sen - 1921-25.
Q14. Who is the first Chairman of Republic China?
Mao-Tse Tung.
Q15. Who is the first president of USA?
George Washington.
Q16. Who is the first Prime Minister of UK?
Sir Robert Walpole. 1721-42.
Q17. Who is the first lady PM of a country?
Sirimavo Bandaranaike - Sri Lanka 1970-77.
Q18. Who is the first lady PM of UK?
Margaret Thatcher 1979-90.
Q19. Who is the first foreigner to invade India?
Alexander the Great 326 BC
Q20. Who is the first foreign visitor to India?
Fa-hien - China.
Q21. Who is the first woman Bishop of the world?
Rev. Barbara C Harris - US
Q22. Who is the first woman President of a country?
Maria Estate Pew - Argentina-
Q23. Who is the first woman Astronaut Pilot?
Eilen Marrie - Usa.
Q24. Who is the only person to enter space twice?
Vladimir Komarrov - Russia.
Q25. Who is the world's first Heart Transplant patient?
Louis Washkansky - 1967.
Q26. Who is the first physician to perform a Heart Transplant?
Dr.Christiaan Barnard - South Africa - 1967.
Q27. Who is the first pilot to exceed the "speed of sound"?
Chuck Eager
Q28. Who is the first African woman President of an African State?
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - President - Senegal -
Q29. Who is the first elected woman President of Finland?
Vigadis Finlooga Dottir
Q30. Who is the first elected woman PM of a Muslim state?
Motharma Benazir Bhutto - Pakistan
Q31. Who is the first to swim across English Channel?
Mathew Webb.
Q32. Who are the first two students of Buddha?
Maha Moggalan, Maha Sariputta.
Q33. Who is the first American to orbit the Earth?
John Clid.
Q34. Who is the first American to walk in space?
Edward White.
Q35. Who is the first American to enter space twice?
Gordon Cooper.
Q36. Who is Saudi Arabia's first woman Minister?
Noura Al Fayez.
Q37. Who is the world's first woman to fly MIG 35 fighter Jet?
Suman Sharma.
Q38. Who is the world's first woman Nobel prize winner?
Marie Curie Sklodowska - Physics.
Q39. Who is the first cricket player to score 10000 runs in test cricket?
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar.
Q40. Who is the first woman Judge of Dubai?
Ibtisam Ali Rashid Al Badawi.
Q41. Who is first Japanese woman to climb Mount Everest?
Junko Tabei.
Q42. Who is the first Black African to climb Mount Everest?
Sibusisso Vilane - 1993.
Q43. Who is the first Black formula 1 car driver?
Lewis Hamilton.
Q44. Who is the first woman to swim across English Channel?
Getrude Ederle.
Q45. Who is the first woman to win an Olympic medal?
Charlotte Cooper - 1900 - Tennis.
Q46. Who is the first person to win an Olympic Gold Medal?
James Connolley, USA - Triple Jump .
Q47. Who is the first US president to visit India?
Dwight Eisenhower.
Q48. Who is the first person to design a hand glider?
Leonardo Da Vinci.
Q49. Who is the first win the Pritzker Architecture Prize?
Zaha Hadid - Iraq.
Q50. Who is the first person to circumnavigate the Antarctic circle?
James Cook.
Q51. Who is the first visually handicapped person to climb the Mount Everest?
Erik Weihenmeyer.
Q52. Who is the first person to go into space as a tourist?
Dennis Tito.
Q53. Who is the first woman Minister of Saudi Arabia?
Noura - al Fayez - Dy. Minister for Girls and Education, 2009.
Q54. Who is the first woman Judge of UAE?
Khouloud - al - Dahiri - 2008.
Q55. Who is the first woman to command a space shuttle Mission?
Eileen Collins, US
Q56. Who is the first woman cricketer to be chosen as the "Cricketer of the year" by Wisden?
Claire Taylor.
Q57. Who in May 2009, became the first woman poet Laureate of Britain?
CAROL ANN DUFFY.
Q58. Who is the first Black Actor to receive the Oscar Award?
Sydney Poitier - the James Bond Fame.
Q59. Who was the first to get posthumous Oscar Award?
Peter Finch - 1976.
Q60. Which is the first cloned camel?
Injaz.
Q61. Which police force was the first to use / take to finger printing of criminals?
New York City Police - 1906.
Q62. Which country was the first to form as organization of astronauts, even before US and USSR (Russia) becoming leaders in the field?
Germany 1927.
Q63. What was the first living thing to go into space?
Fruit Flies.
Q64. Which is the first fruit eaten on the Moon?
Peach.
Q65. Which country was the first to launch a satellite?
USSR.
Q66. Which is the first space - shuttle?
Columbia - US
Q67. Which is the first Cloned Animal?
DOLLY - Sheep -
Q68. Which is the first living "animal" to go into space?
Laika - Dog.
Q69. Which is the world's first air conditioned car?
Packard - 1947.
Q70. Which is the world's first nuclear powered ship?
Lenin - Russia - 1957 - used for ice breaking.
Q71. Which is the world's first Aircraft carrier ship?
AARGUS.
Q72. Which country produced the first woman PM?
Sri Lanka - Sirimavo Bandaranaike- 1970-77.
Q73. Which country produced the first woman president?
Argentina - Maria Estate Pew.
Q74. Where was the first oil well struck?
USA
Q75. Which is the world's first solar powered ship?
AURIGA LEADER.
Q76. Which is the world's first urban settlement to be exclusively powered by solar energy?
Baranacas - Mexico.
Q77. Which is the first book to be printed on a printer?
Bible - by Guthenberg of Germnay as a mechanical printer. Known as Guthenberg Bible.
Q78. Which is the first novel to be typed on a typewriter?
Tom Sawyer
Q79. Which is the world's first news paper to be published?
THE RELATION by Johan Carolus from Stransburg, Germany - Recognised by World Newspaper Association.
Q80. Who is the first person to go around the world on a bi-cycle (Penny farthing)?
Thomas Stevens, US
Q81. Who is the first person to patent a sand paper?
Isaac Fischer, US
Q82. Which is the world's first completely computer Generated film?
TOY STORY.
Q83. What was the first film made in Hollywood?
"In old Clifornia - 1910 / 11 - D.W.Griffith.
Q84. Which is the first film to receive an Oscar award?
Wings - 1928.
Q85. Which is the first color film to win as Oscar award?
Gone with the Wind - 1939.
Q86. When was the first Oscar award made?
16.5.1929 - Roosevelt Hotel - USA .
Q87. Which is the world's first aircraft to use Bio-fuel to fly between Heathrow to Amsterdam?
Virgin Atlantic Boeing 7147.
Q88. Where was the first light house to be built?
Alexandria 290 BC.
Q89. Which ship was the first use "SOS" save our Soul signal?
Titanic (1912).
Q90. Which was the book first to be written on paper?
Diamond Sutra - China.
Q91. Which was world's first supersonic aircraft?
TUPOLEV TU 144.
Q92. Who was the first Roman Emperor?
Augustus.
Q93. Who is the first pilot to break the sound barrier?
Charles Elwood Yeager (chuck Eager).
Q94. Which is the first Bank in the world to have more than 10000 branches?
HSBC Bank, China.
Q95. Which is the first country to have an underwater post office?
Vanuatu - Island nation.
Q96. Which is world's first Hydrogen bomb?
Ivy Mike.
Q97. Which is world's first circus?
Astly's circus - Britain - 1768 by Philip Astly.
Q98. Who is considered as the world's first clown?
Burt of Astly's circus.
Q99. Which is the first country to issue a commensorative stamp for Christmas?
Austria - 1937.
Q100. Which major food chain restaurant company was the first to appoint a chief Happiness ofiicer?
Mc Donalds.
Q101. Which place in the world was the first to have traffic light system?
Cleveland, ohio US
Q102. Which country was the first to legalise abortion?
Iceland.
Q103. Who are the first two Sikhs to be recruited in the US Army?
Capt. Kamaljeet Singh - DoctorCapt. Tejdeep Singh - Doctor
Q104. Where was the world's first University started?
Takshila
Q105. Who is the world's first female Minister?
Alexandra Kollantay - Soviet Union - 1917.
Q106. Who is the world's first woman ambassador?
Alexandra Kollantay - Soviet Union - 1917. Ambassador of Norway.
Q107. Which is being credited as being the world's first Republic?
Vaishali in Bihar.
Q108. Where was the world's first sky scrapper built?
Chicago - U.S. - Sears Towers
Q109. Which state of India become the world's first democratically elected communist Government?
Kerala - 1957.
Q110. Which is the world's first hotel to be built?
1774 - Grand Hotel - London by David low.
Q111. Who is the first Indian to become a senator in US?
Dalip Singh Saund.
Q112. What is the first SMS?
"Merry Christmas" by Neil Papworth on 3.12.1992.
Q113. Which is the first Indians based political party in united kingdom?
Sikh Federation.
Q114. Who is the first Muslim Girl to be crowned Miss England?
Hammasa Kohistani.
Q115. Who is the first to become a billionaire by writing?
Joanne Kathleen Rowling - "Harry Potter" fame author.
Q116. Who was the world's first billionaire?
John D. Rock feller, US
Q117. What is the world's first cloned dog?
SNUPPY - Afghan hound - Cloned in Korea.
Q118. Which is the world's first travel agency?
Thamos cook.
Q119. What is the first novel to be typewritten?
Tom Sawyer.
Q120. Who is the first non-American to be "Time person of the year?
Mahatma Gandhi.
Q121. Which was the first town in Southern Hemisphere to install electric Street lights?
Kimberley, South Africa - September 1882.
Q122. Who was the first to open a birth control clinic in the world?
Marie Stopes - 1921.
Q123. What is the world's first recorded automobile accident?
17.8.1896 -London in which a person called Bridgett Driscol died.
Q124. Who is the first woman President of world Health Organisation?
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur - India
Q125. Who is the first Indian Woman Bishop also of Asia?
Dr. Katakshamma - Good Samaritan Evangelical church - Bhadrachalam - AP - 21.10.1996.
Q126. Who is the first director of Haffkine Institute Mumbai?
Waldemar Haffkine.
Q127. Who is the first African to become UN Secretary General?
Boutrous Boutrous Ghali, Egypt.
Q128. Who is the first to fly over Antarctica?
Elloworth Lincoln USA - 1935.
Q129. Who is the first black African to get Nobel Literature?
WOLE SOYINKA - Nigeria - 1986.
Q130. Which country is the first to use wind mills?
Iran.
Q131. Which product was the first to use bar - code?
Wrigley's chewing Gum.
Q132. Who was the first to design a Christmas card?
J.C. Horsley - 1843 - UK.
Q133. Who is the first to use a "lie - detector"?
Cesare Lambroso, Criminologist, Italy in 1895.
Q134. Who was the first to die of Radation Poisoning?
Marie Curie.
Q135. Who is the first woman PM of an Islamic country?
Benazir Bhutto - Pakistan.
Q136. Who is the first non-royal person to appear in a currency?
China.
Q137. Which was the first car of the world?
Karl Benz -1886.
Q138. Which country was the first to introduce Quarantine Law?
Venice, Italy.
Q139. Who was the first to use the word " Ecology"?
Ernst Haeckel, Germany in 1870.
Q140. In which country did the first recorded was take place?
Egypt.
Q141. Which country is the first to adopt a national policy of family Planning Programme?
India.
Q142. Which country was the first to practice fresh water fish farming?
China.
Q143. Who is the first head of state to ride in an automobile, fly on a plane and go under water in a submarine?
Theodore Roosevelt US
Q144. Which is the first book to be published through internet?
Riding the Bullet by Stephen King.
Q145. Which is the first nuclear powered air craft carrier worship?
USS Enterprises - US
Q146. Which country was the first to use postage stamp?
Great Britain / United Kingdom.
Q147. Who was the first to report the presence of whales in the southernsea?
James Cook.
Q148. Who is the first woman head of state to fly in a fighter aircraft?
Pratibha Patil, President, India - 25-11-09 - SUKHOI.
Q149. Who is the first woman minister of UAE?
SHAIKHA LUBNA AL QAISMI - Economy and planning Minister.
Q150. Who is the world's first Formula 1 world champion?
GUISEPPE "NINO" FARINA - 1950.
Q151. Who is the first woman to reach the North Pole?
Amm Bancraft.
Q152. Who is the first female Olympic swimmer of Pakistan?
Rubab Raza at the age of 13 participated in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Q153. What was the world's first circular postal stamp?
Scinde Dawk - 1852. India.
Q154. Who is the first aviator to fly solo around the world via both poles in a single engine aircraft?
Polly Vacher.
Q155. Who is the first doctor to give a lethal injection to a patient (may be as an act of mercy killing) lawfully?
Dr. Philip Nitschke of Australia's Exit International.
Q156. Where was the world's first dental college opened?
Baltimore, Maryland , USA on 1.2.1840.
Q157. Who is the first woman to appear on a currency note?
KHIYO HIGUCHHI of Japan - 500 yen note.
Q158. Who was the first doctor to use anesthesia for surgery?
Dr. Crawford Long, Georgia USA - March 1842.
Q159. Who was the first military ruler of Pakistan?
Genl. Ayub Khan.
Q160. Who is the world's first woman air pilot holding the record of maximum of flying hours?
Capt. Durga Bannerji of India.
Q161. Which country has introduced the world's first hospital on wheels (train)?
India - Jeevan Rekha (Lifeline) express.
Q162. Who is the first Asian to become a judge in UK?
Mota Singh, a Sikh.
Q163. Who was the first person to get a pace maker implanted ?
Arne Larsson of USA in 1958. During his life time he had 26 devices implanted .
Q164. Where was the first Veterinary School/College started?
Lyon, France in 1761.
