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Historical Firsts 100302 is a selection of 10 questions. Historical Firsts 100302 is the filename to differentiate it from other History quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.
1 Who was the first person to fly solo and nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean?
A Charles Lindbergh, flying from New York to Paris in 1927. It took 33 Hours and 30 minutes.
2 Where did Billy Butlin open his first holiday camp in 1936?
A Skegness, followed by Clacton two years later.
3 At which Surrey motor racing track was the first ever British Grand Prix held in 1926?
A Brooklands
4 What was the first country to be invaded by Germany at the start of the First World War in August 1914?
A Belgium (quickly followed by Luxembourg and France)
5 What was the first synthetic plastic, invented in 1907 by Belgian-born American chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland?
A Bakelite
6 Where did British troops first land in the 1982 Falklands conflict?
A San Carlos and Ajax Bay on East Falkland on May 21, 1982.
7 Who was the first explorer to reach the South Pole?
A Roald Amundsen, on December 14, 1911.
8 In which year was the 999 emergency calls first introduced in the London area?
A June 30, 1937, the service only became available to the whole country in 1976. It is the world’s first emergency phone number.
9 Which French aviator made the first flight across the English Channel in 1909?
A Louis Bleriot – from Calais to Dover
10 Who was the American President during the First World War?
A Woodrow Wilson