Famous Seconds

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1. Who was the second president of the United States (under the Constitution)? Thomas Jefferson John Adams James Madison Martin Van Buren

2. Who was the second person to fly a solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic? Alan Sparrow Wiley Post Amelia Earhart Frank Noonan

3. Who was the second Fuehrer of Germany's Third Reich? Luftmarshal Goering SS Marshal Himmler Propaganda Minister Goebbels Admiral Doenitz

4. Who was the second person on the Moon? Eugene Cernan Michael Collins Edwin Aldrin James Lovell

5. Who led the second circumnavigation of the world? James Cook Joshua Slocum Vasco de Gama Francis Drake

6. Who was the second Cromwell to be Lord Protector of England? Reginald Roderick Richard Robert

7. Who is traditionally considered the second Pope? St. Clement St. Linus St. Urban St. Paul

8. Who was the second person to win the Best Actress Oscar? Mary Pickford Norma Shearer Janet Gaynor Marie Dressler

9. Who was the second Poet Laureate of the United States? Robert Pinsky Robert Hass Richard Wilbur Rita Dove

10. Who was the second person to invent a telephone that could transmit human voice (according to the US Patent Office)? Thomas Edison Elisha Gray Jonathan Dapple Richard Farnsworth