Fifteen Fabulous Firsts Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1973 Oldsmobile Toronado

The 1973 Olds Toronado was the first American car with airbags. Made by General Motors, it was in production from 1966 to 1992. The Toronado was a personal luxury car powered by the Olds Rocket V8. The Toronado was really a Cadillac Eldorado in disguise.

Answer: The Power of Love

"The Power of Love" was a silent film and after its premier in 1922 in Los Angeles it was apparently lost. It was never heard about again.

Answer: Merry Christmas

Neil Papworth was a British engineer working for Vodafone. He wished Merry Christmas to Richard Jarvis, an executive at Vodafone, who received it on a cell phone that weighed more than four and a half pounds. Probably seemed like a good idea at the time.

Answer: walk around the world

Dave's total walking time was four years, three months and sixteen days. He walked a total of 14,450 miles in 21 pairs of shoes. He was accompanied by one of his two brothers for parts of the trip. One of the brothers was killed by bandits in Afghanistan.

Answer: Crosley Field, Cincinnati, OH

On May 24, 1935 the Cincinnati Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in MLB's first night game.
Wrigley Field was the last stadium to install lights. Its first night game wasn't until the 1988 season.

Answer: Chicago

The first skyscraper was 10 stories and 136 feet tall. It was the Home Insurance Building in Chicago. It was demolished in 1931.

Answer: Central High School

In 1957, after the landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in "Brown v. Board of Education", Little Rock, Arkansas's Central High School admitted nine black students.

Answer: J.K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling wrote the "Harry Potter" series between 1997 and 2007. She and Harry Potter share a birthday, July 31st! Her first book, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was rejected by 12 publishing houses.

Answer: first video game console

Just months before Atari released "Pong", Magnavox released Magnavox Odyssey. The Odyssey came with game accessories such as dice, decks of cards, play money, and poker chips. These accessories were possibly included to make the Odyssey more like the games that existed at the time.

Answer: distance from Windsor Castle to the Royal Box at the Olympic stadium

When the 1908 games were held in London, Queen Alexandra, wife of King Edward VII, changed the distance so that her children could watch the start from their nursery at Windsor Castle. After becoming official it has remained at that distance ever since.

Answer: True

True. The year was 1978 in England. IVF remains controversial among various religions. There are over 1 million IVF babies worldwide.

Answer: first video uploaded to You Tube

"Meet me at the Zoo" was the first video uploaded to You Tube on April, 23 2005. Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of You Tube, was shown in front of two elephants. The video lasted 18 seconds and was shot at the San Diego Zoo.

Answer: New York Jets v. Cleveland Browns

Cleveland won 31-21, on September 21, 1970. "Monday Night Football" is the longest running non-news show on prime-time US television.

On December 8, 1980, Howard Cosell announced the death of John Lennon, the first broadcast to do so.

Answer: going over Niagara Falls in a barrel

Annie Taylor didn't give the appearance of an adventurer. She was a charm school teacher in Michigan. But her life was anything but serene; she survived a housefire, an earthquake and a stagecoach robbery. Her barrel was weighted down by an anvil, packed with pillows and enough air to last about an hour.

Answer: False

False. Marie Curie received a Nobel prize for Physics in 1903 which she shared with her husband, Pierre. She won the prize again in 1911 for Chemistry. She was born in Poland but was also a citizen of France. Marie Curie died of aplastic anemia caused by exposure to radiation.