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Nobody Remembers Who Came Second - Or Do They?

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Nobody Remembers Who Came Second Or Do They game quiz
"I'm sure all keen quizzers can remember the first person to walk on the moon - and probably the second. But can you remember these seconds? Enjoy!"

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1. What did Australian John Landy become the second man to do, on June 21 1954?
    Be executed by lethal injection
    Climb Mount Everest
    Run a mile in under four minutes
    Climb the Matterhorn


2. What was Dr Philip Blaiberg, in December 1967, the second person to undergo?
    Electro Convulsive Therapy treatment for clinical depression
    Separation from his conjoined twin
    A heart transplant by Dr Christian Barnaard
    An MRI scan


3. What did the Tibetan Phantog become the second woman to do, missing out on the achievement of being the first by only 11 days?
    Climb Everest
    Reach the south Pole
    Swim the English Channel
    Cross the Atlantic by balloon


4. Slightly less quoted than the first words, what quote did this follow: "Yes, the surface is fine and powdery. I can kick it up loosely with my toe"?
    I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat
    Dr. Livingstone I presume?
    That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
    Either that wallpaper goes or I do


5. Everyone knows that the first video on MTV was 'Video Killed the Radio Star' by The Buggles, but what was the second?
    'Money for Nothing' by Dire Straits
    'You Better Run' by Pat Benatar
    'Stand and Deliver' by Adam and the Ants
    'Bette Davis Eyes' by Kim Carnes


6. If Thomas Burgess was the second, who was the first?
    David Miln Smith
    Sir Edmund Hillary
    Captain Matthew Webb
    Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen


7. On 15 August 1951 Dezik and Tsygan became the first suborbital cosmonauts. In early September Dezik, this time accompanied by Lisa, was launched but sadly neither survived the flight. What were these pioneering animals of the space race?
    Monkeys
    Hamsters
    Rats
    Dogs


8. It is well-known that Hamlet speaks the most lines in a single Shakespeare play. Who has the second-most number of lines in a single play?
    Julius Caesar
    Iago
    Richard III
    Macbeth


9. If the highest mountain in Western Europe is Mont Blanc, at 4,808m (15,774 feet), the highest peak of the Monte Rosa Massif is the second highest at 4,643m (15,203 feet). What is NOT a language that it is named in?
    Romansh
    German
    Italian
    English


10. Andy Abraham, Ray Quinn, and G4 all finished as runners up on this popular UK reality TV show - "The ? Factor"?
    Answer: (One Letter. Have you got it?)


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Compiled Jun 19 13