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Historical Firsts 100303 is a selection of 10 questions. Historical Firsts 100303 is the filename to differentiate it from other Historical Firsts quizzes.
1 What was the name of Britain’s first nuclear power station, commissioned in May 1956?
A Calder Hall (decommissioned 2003), 10 miles (16 km) south of Whitehaven, Cumbria.
2 Who was the first reigning monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace?
A Queen Victoria (1837). Originally, the palace was known as Buckingham House and was built in 1703 for the Duke of Buckingham.
3 Which was the first country to give the vote to women, doing so in 1893?
A New Zealand. The Electoral Act of 1893 allowed women over the age of 21 who were British subjects, including Māori, to vote.
4 Who was the first monarch to obtain a divorce?
A Henry VIII
5 In which First World War battle did British troops suffer 60,000 casualties, killed or injured, on the first day?
A (First) Battle of the Somme
6 A dog called Laika was the first to do what in November 1957?
A Go into space.
7 Which waterproof item of clothing was first manufactured by a Scotsman and named after him?
A Macintosh in 1824 by using rubber dissolved in coal-tar naphtha. His first name is Charles.
8 In which decade did Lord Northcliffe first publish the Daily Mail?
A 1890s (1896).
9 In which year was the first British Census conducted?
A 1801. The very first census in England was the Domesday Book, compiled in 1086 under William the Conqueror.
10 In which year did Britain have a Labour government for the first time?
A 1924, Ramsay MacDonald became prime minister in January 1924 and formed the first-ever Labour government, despite Labour only having 191 MPs (less than a third of the House of Commons).