I Can Make You a Man Trivia Quiz

Answer: Neil Armstrong

On July 20,1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon when he stepped out of the Apollo 11 spacecraft. He uttered the following words "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind". The moon landing was watched on television all over the world.

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary

On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary became the first man to reach the top of Mount Everest, which is found in the country of Nepal. He was accompanied by a local tribesman named Tenzig Norgay who became the second man to achieve this dangerous feat. At the top of the mountain they left a crucifix and chocolate as offerings to the mountain and the gods that the local people believed lived there.

Answer: Barack Obama

On January 20, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama assumed the office of President of the United States of America. He became the 44th man to assume this office and the first to have been born in the state of Hawaii.

Answer: Adam

The religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all believe that Adam was the first man and lived in the Garden of Eden with his wife Eve. His story is found in both the Bible and the Koran.

Answer: Roald Amundsen

On December 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen and his party of five men became the first to reach the South Pole. They were racing a party of men led by British explorer Robert Scott. They beat the second party by 35 days. All the men in Amundsen's party made it back alive, while the party led by Scott perished on their way back from this devastatingly dangerous trek.

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell

All of these men were great inventors, but the correct answer for this question would be Alexander Graham Bell, who is often described as one of the most influential people in human history. On March 10, 1876, he spoke the first words to go over a telephone "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you". He was speaking to his long time assistant Thomas Watson who was in another room.

Answer: Captain James Cook

Captain James Cook was a famous explorer who not only was the first to land on the east coast of Australia, he was also the first European to make contact with the Hawaiian Islands. Cook was considered one of the finest seaman of the time and a great leader of men. He was killed on his third visit to the Hawaiian Islands in 1779.

Answer: John Hancock

John Hancock has possibly one of the most famous signatures in history. In American slang, to "sign your John Hancock" means to put your own signature on something. John Hancock was a wealthy merchant, an important statesman and one of the most famous patriots of the Revolutionary War.

Answer: The first man in outer space

Yuri Gagarin was a Russian cosmonaut (astronaut) and became the first man in outer space when he orbited the earth in his spaceship named Vostok 1. He became a national hero and the rest of the world started to try and get a man in space. This brave man truly did go somewhere no one had ever gone before.

Answer: Charles Lindbergh

When he landed his plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" in Les Bourget Field in Paris, France Charles Lindbergh became the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic. He won many awards and world-wide fame for this dangerous feat. He went on to promote commercial aviation, which resulted in thousands of people flying across the Atlantic Ocean every day.