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The Firsts Quiz

The world is a place of many wonders. There are many mysterious things that took place and are of the firsts of their kind. Take this simple quiz and know the first of many things.

A multiple-choice quiz by benhyn2001. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
benhyn2001

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
371,475

Updated
Jun 01 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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392

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first British queen to reign for over 60 years? Hint

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Anne

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Victoria

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first president of Russia? Hint

Dmitry Medvedev

Boris Yeltsin

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir II

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Question 3 of 10

3. When was the first Christmas which was celebrated as the birth of Christ? Hint

234 AD

352 AD

336 AD

546 AD

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was the first planet to be discovered using a telescope? Hint

Neptune

Uranus

Saturn

Jupiter

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the title of the first video posted on Youtube? Hint

Me at the zoo

My Snowboarding Skillz

Youtube history

Kitten Queen

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Question 6 of 10

6. Made from bone, the first musical instrument invented was the what? Hint

Elephant Skin Drum

Tabla

Flute

Pan pipes

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the first programmable computer (more specifically, electro-mechanical binary programmable computer)? Hint

Atanasoff-Berry Computer

Colossus

EDSAC

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the first and the oldest bank in the world? Hint

Bank of New York

The Bank of Scotland

Berenberg Bank

Monte dei Paschi di Siena

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Question 9 of 10

9. What was the first social networking website (based on the web contacts model) which was introduced in 1997? Hint

Facebook

My Space

SixDegrees

Friendster

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which among the following is the first organ that develops in an embryo? Hint

Kidney

Heart

Lung

Pancreas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first British queen to reign for over 60 years?

Answer: Queen Victoria

Victoria was the daughter of Prince Edward. She ascended the throne in the year of 1837 and ruled the empire until the year of 1901. She is also known as the 'Empress of India'. At the time of her death, Victoria was hailed as an exemplary monarch.

2. Who was the first president of Russia?

Answer: Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, was elected in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He served as the president of Russia till the year 1999.

3. When was the first Christmas which was celebrated as the birth of Christ?

Answer: 336 AD

Christmas is celebrated as the birth of Jesus Christ on 25th of December.
The first recorded date of Christmas being celebrated was on the 25th of December, 336AD. It was celebrated during the time of the Roman emperor Constantine (he was the first Christian Roman emperor).

4. What was the first planet to be discovered using a telescope?

Answer: Uranus

Uranus was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on the 13th of March, 1781 (with a telescope). Uranus is the third largest planet in our solar system. Since it is far away from the earth, people in ancient times thought that Uranus was a star.

5. What was the title of the first video posted on Youtube?

Answer: Me at the zoo

"Me at the zoo" was the first video to be uploaded in YouTube. It was uploaded on the 23rd of April, 2005, by Jawed Karim. The video was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo. The entire video is 19 seconds long.

6. Made from bone, the first musical instrument invented was the what?

Answer: Flute

The flute belongs to the woodwind group of musical instruments. The oldest flutes are the bone flutes (mostly made up of bones of birds and mammals). These flutes were around 40,000 to 67,000 years old.

7. What was the first programmable computer (more specifically, electro-mechanical binary programmable computer)?

Answer: Z1

The Z1, also known as the V1 was invented by Konrad Zuse in the country of Germany in 1936. The Z1 had a 64-word memory with each word of 22 bits and a clock speed of 1 Hz. The output was generated using punch tape.

8. What is the first and the oldest bank in the world?

Answer: Monte dei Paschi di Siena

This bank was established on the 27th of February, 1472 by the General Council of the Republic, for the purpose of granting loans to the poor or to needy people. It is a fully secular institution, authorized from the beginning to charge an interest rate of about 7%.

9. What was the first social networking website (based on the web contacts model) which was introduced in 1997?

Answer: SixDegrees

SixDegrees was introduced in the year of 1997 and was popular until 2001. It was created by Andrew Weinreich and the current owner is Marco View. When it was at its peak, SixDegrees had about 100 employees and the site had maximum about 35 million fully registered members.

10. Which among the following is the first organ that develops in an embryo?

Answer: Heart

The heart is one of the first organs to develop in the body. When an embryo is made up of a very little number of cells, each cell can get its nutrient from the uterus wall which has a lot of blood vessels full of nutrients. But as the cells divide and multiply, it becomes impossible for nutrients to reach all the cells efficiently. So the blood and circulatory system, powered by the heart, together form the first organ system to develop.

Source: Author benhyn2001

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