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1. Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon. Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were also part of the Apollo 11 crew. However, had they all come down with food-poisoning, the backup crew would have become famous. Who was the commander of the Apollo 11 backup crew?
2. Christopher Columbus discovered America and was the captain of the Santa Maria. However, he had two other ships with him, the Nina and the Pinta, captained by two brothers. Who remembers them?
3. Franklin D. Rooseveldt won 4 elections in the 1930's and 40's. But who remembers who lost those elections. Who was the Governor of Kansas who stood against Roosevelt as the Republican candidate in 1936?
4. When Bob Beamon smashed the longjump world record in the 1968 Olympics, a record that was to last for 23 years, the eyes of the world were upon him. So, who remembers who came second?
5. David Selznick wanted an unknown actress for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind". Before he found Vivien Leigh many actresses auditioned. One of them missed her chance for immortality, despite being cast in the role of Cathleen Calvert. Who was she?
6. It was Wellington who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo in 1815. But, does anyone know who the British Prime-Minister was at the time?
7. Ian Gillan rose to fame as the singer of the legendary rockband Deep Purple. He wasn't their first singer though. Who was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1965 to 1970?
8. Bill Gates is Microsoft. But, he wasn't on his own when he founded the company. Who was his childhood friend who co-founded the company and left in 1983 because he had Hodgkins disease?
9. When Hitler joined the German Workers Party in 1919, later known as the Nazi Party, he was the 54th member. A few years later he challenged the chairman. How different things could have been if he had lost. Who was the chairman who lost to Hitler?
10. We all know Lindbergh was the first to fly solo across the Atlantic. We also know that Alcock and Brown were the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic. Nobody knows, however, that the US Navy plane NC-4 was the first to fly across the Atlantic with a stop-over. Who was the commander of that plane?
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