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- Hard Famous Firsts 4 Trivia
- Jennifer Curtis
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- Copyright 1997, Softdisk Publishing
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- Famous Firsts 4
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- The first lightning demonstration was conducted by:
- Benjamin Franklin
- Eli Whitney
- President Calvin Coolidge
- Thomas Edison
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- The first lighthouse was built at:
- The entrance to Bar Harbor, ME
- The entrance to Cape Hatteras, NC
- Fort Sumter, SC
- Charleston, SC
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- The first Lacrosse Association was developed in:
- Princeton, NJ
- Chicago, IL
- Bismarck, South Dakota
- Newark, NJ
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- The first person kidnapped for ransom was:
- Charles Ross, 4
- Betsy Ross, 32
- Andy Johnson, 33
- Ted Turner, 54
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- The first 8-hour day for government laborers and mechanics was signed by Congress in:
- 1868
- 1910
- 1935
- 1951
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- The first 8-hour day for government laborers and mechanics was signed by President:
- Andrew Johnson
- Lyndon Johnson
- Dwight Eisenhower
- John Kennedy
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- The lightning rod was invented by:
- Benjamin Franklin
- James Lewis
- Louis Pasteur
- Thomas Edison
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- The first female mayor was:
- Susanna Salter
- Samantha Sanchez
- Sally Struthers
- Shelly Long
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- The first Medical Society was the:
- American College of Surgeons
- National Organization of Nurses
- American Association of Physicians
- American College of Gynecologists
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- The first locomotive built in the U.S. to pull passengers was the:
- Tom Thumb
- Thumbelina
- Power Horse
- Messenger
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- The Tom Thumb was built by:
- Peter Cooper
- Gary Cooper
- Elias Johnson
- Cary Gardner
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- The first Copley Medal was awarded to:
- Benjamin Franklin
- James Lewis
- Louis Pasteur
- Thomas Edison
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- The first admiral to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor was:
- Rear Admiral Frank Friday
- Commander Robert Peary
- Matthew Henson
- Benjamin Franklin
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- The first coeducational medical school was:
- Boston University of Medicine
- Homeopathic Medical College of Philadelphia
- Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
- Chicago Institute of Medicine
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- The first female awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor was:
- Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
- Dr. Linda Roberts
- Janine Davis
- Shannon Sougherty
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- The American Marines came into existence in:
- 1775
- 1875
- 1910
- 1914
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- The first woman to be portrayed on a bill was:
- Martha Washington
- Betsy Ross
- Patricia Henry
- Susan Anthony
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- The $100,00 bill bears the portrait of:
- Woodrow Wilson
- Calvin Coolidge
- Benjamin Franklin
- George Washington
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- The first living President's likeness to appear on a coin was:
- Calvin Coolidge
- Woodrow Wilson
- Abraham Lincoln
- Thomas Jefferson
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- The President who appears on the other side of the coin that bears the likeness of Calvin Coolidge was:
- George Washington
- Abraham Lincoln
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Madison
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- The first black American whose portrait appeared on a coin was:
- Booker T. Washington
- George Washington Carver
- Franklin Douglass
- Harriet Tubman
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- The first paper money appeared in America in:
- 1690
- 1799
- 1802
- 1808
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- The first comic character to be honored with a monument was:
- Popeye
- Mickey Mouse
- Goofy
- Olive Oyl
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- The monument to the Unknown Soldier resides in:
- Arlington, VA
- Washington, DC
- Seattle, WA
- Bar Harbor, ME
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- The first national monument was:
- Devils Tower
- George Washington Carver National Monument
- the Treasury Department building
- Grand Canyon
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- The first national monument is located in:
- Wyoming
- Washington, DC
- Delaware
- Illinois
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- The first monument dedicated to George Washington is located in:
- Baltimore, MD
- Chicago, IL
- Washington, IL
- Spokane, WA
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- The first talking motion picture was:
- Don Juan
- Lady Chatterley's Lover
- Keystone Kops
- Shoe
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- The first talking motion picture done entirely in color was:
- On with the Show
- The Gambler
- Texas Lone Star
- High Noon
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- The first feature length animated cartoon in color and sound was:
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Cinderella
- Fantasia
- The Wizard
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- The first feature length animated cartoon in color and sound was created by:
- Walt Disney
- MGM
- RKR Radio
- Universal
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- The first colored motion picture was shown at:
- Madison Square Garden Concert Hall, NY
- the White House, Washington, DC
- a private residence in Beverly Hills, CA
- the Sears Tower, Chicago, IL
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- The first motion picture featuring a black actor was:
- The Natural Born Gambler
- Gambling Man
- The Cowboy
- The Cowboy and the Gambler
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- The first black actor in a motion picture was:
- Bert Williams
- Ted Williams
- Samuel Davis
- Kenneth Keystone
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- The first motion picture to gross $5 million was:
- The Birth of A Nation
- A Rose by Any Other Name
- Romeo and Juliet
- War of the Worlds
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- The Birth of a Nation starred:
- Lillian Gish
- Donna Juno
- Bette Davis
- Vivian Leigh
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- The first animated cartoon talking motion picture was:
- Steamboat Willie
- Mickey Loves Minnie
- The Mouseketeers
- The Lion King
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- The star of the first animated cartoon talking motion picture was:
- Mickey Mouse
- Parry Pencil
- Cinderella
- Snow White
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- The first American female to receive the Nobel Peace Prize was:
- Jane Addams
- Jane Quinn
- Marie Curie
- Linda Lou
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- The first black actor to win an Oscar for best actor was:
- Sidney Poitier
- Danny Glover
- Bert Williams
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
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