| Questions - Set 2
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1. Aviemore, in Scotland is at the heart of which
National Park? The Cairngorms National Park
2. What was the name of the fire station and the
colour of the watch featured in TV’s London’s Burning? Blackwall and
Blue Watch
3. Which famous horse race is run at Louisville?
Kentucky Derby
4. Who won the Best Actress Oscar for the 1988
film, The Accused? Jodi Foster
5. What is the capital of Nova Scotia (East
Canada)? Halifax
6. How much - to the nearest pound (lb) does a
cubic foot of fresh water weigh? 62 (actual 62.4 lb)
7. In 1547 who became
the 1st Tsar of Russia? Ivan IV (the Terrible)
8. In 1753 who was appointed 1st Postmaster
General in America? Benjamin Franklin
9. In 2000 who became the first black USA
Secretary of State? Colin Powell
10. In 2002, who became the 1st black woman to win an
Oscar for Best Actress? Halle Berry
11. In 200,1 who became 1st woman to serve as US
national security adviser? Condoleezza Rice
12. Who was the 1st female "space tourist," on September
18, 2006, and paid $20 million to ride on the Russian Soyuz TMA-9 capsule?
Anousheh Ansari (also:
1st Iranian in space and 1st Muslim woman in space)
13. In
1900 Charlotte Cooper became the 1st woman to win an
Olympic Gold Medal - In which sport? Tennis
14. In 1901 Annie Taylor aged 64 years at the time, was
the 1st woman to do what? Go over Niagara Falls in a barrel
15. In 1923 who was the 1st American to swim across the
English Channel? Henry Sullivan
16. In 1927 who played the lead role in the 1st talking
motion picture, "The Jazz Singer"? Al Jolson
17. In 1927 who was the 1st man to fly solo across the
Atlantic? Charles Lindbergh
18. In 1932 what did Amelia Earhart achieve? 1st
transatlantic solo flight by a woman. (travelling from Harbor Grace,
Newfoundland, to Ireland in approximately 15 hours)
19. Birds Nest Soup is actually made from birds nests -
True or False? True (It is made from the nest of the Edible-nest
swiftlet found in and around South east Asia - The nest is made from the
birds saliva!)
20. The Greater rhea is a large South American
flightless bird reaching 55 inches in height. Up to 30 eggs are found in a
rheas nest. True or False? True - The male attracts several females and
encourages them to lay their eggs in his nest...He then raises the young
rheas himself
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