Who Came Second? Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tenzing Norgay

Hillary was the first man to reach the summit of Everest. He was apparently just a step or two ahead of Tenzing. However, there has been some debate about this and some people believe that Tenzing may have reached the summit first. Jurg Marmet was the third man to reach the summit.

Answer: buzz aldrin

Armstrong was the first man to set foot on the moon. He did so in 1969. Aldrin set foot on the moon on the same mission as Armstrong. The famous footage of the astronaut walking down the ladder is in fact Aldrin. How could it have been Armstrong? Who would have been filming it? 1972 was the last year in which a man stood on the moon.

Answer: Signor Guillermo Antonio Farini

Blondin was the first man to cross Niagara falls on a tight rope. Farini was second, Leslie third, Jenkins fourth and Bellini fifth. Blondin achieved this feat on June 30th 1859, Farini became the second man to do it on the 15th of August 1860. Blondin crossed Niagara Falls on many occasions. On one occasion he even paused to cook an omelette.

Answer: John Cabot

Columbus was the first explorer to land in the Americas. He did this in 1492. Cabot landed at Nova Scotia in Canada in 1497. Therefore Columbus beat him by five years.

Answer: Wally W. Herbert

Plaisted led the first expedition to reach the North Pole overland in 1968. Herbert repeated this in 1969. Plaisted was an American and Herbert was British.

Answer: Bobby Leach

Taylor was the first person to successfully descend over Niagara falls. She did this inside a wooden barrel. Leach was more cautious; his barrel was steel.

Answer: Thomas Burgess

On the 24th-25th August 1875 Matthew Webb became the first man to swim the English Channel. Thomas Burgess became the second man to do this in 1911. This shows a massive difference of thirty six years between first and second.

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Bandaranaike became the first female Prime Minister in the world when she took charge of Sri Lanka in July 1960. Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India in January 1966. The first and only female British Prime Minister of the Twentieth Century was Margaret Thatcher.

Answer: Henry VIII

Henry VII became the first Tudor Monarch after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field. Henry VIII was the second Tudor monarch. The Tudors were succeeded by the Stuarts.

Answer: All of these answers are correct

In 1958 The McGuire sisters became the first musical artists to feature in a Coca-Cola advert. Brothers Four, Anita Bryant and Connie Francis became joint second in 1960 on the advert featuring the jingle "Refreshing new feeling."