Famous firsts - WEEK -11

The story says that a Greek messenger ran from the battle of ………………………………..to Athens to say that Greece won. He died shortly after.

• Marathon

• State

• City

• Europe

In 1440, the German Johannes Gutenberg …………………….a printing machine

• Hired

• Invented        

• Played

• helped

In 1875, Matthew Webb from Britain swam the English Channel in less than ……………..hours

• 2

• 23      

• 22

• 25

John Dunlop invented the first tyre with air in it in 1887. It was used on …………………………and later on cars.

• bikes

• bus

• cars

• Bicycles

In 1903, The Wright Brothers flew a plane with an …………………..for the first time for 12 seconds in North Carolina, USA.

• egg

• bus

• cars

• Engine          

American Amelia Earhart became the first ………………………..to fly alone across the Atlantic in 1932. She flew from Ireland to Canada in 15 hours.

• child

• man

• Woman

• girl      

In 1954, Briton Roger Bannister became the first person to run a ……………………………in under four minutes, in a time of 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.

• meter

• Mile

• miles

• inch    

In 1961, Russian Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel into……………

• space

• Moon

• miles

• stars

In 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the………………………..

• space

• Moon

• Ocean

• stars

Margaret Thatcher became the first female prime …………………..of the UK in 1979.

• Queen

• King

• President

• Minister