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1. For my first trip through time, I will be speeding through to ancient times where I will be standing in the snow of a high mountain pass. Before me is a wondrous sight. A line of elephants are making their way over the rocky terrain. Which military genius, who planned this historical first, am I standing right next to?
2. I am beside a man who is being crucified head down (at his own request) in the year 64 in ancient Rome under the reign of Nero. He has preached the story of Christ and for this is being martyred. He will be known as the first Pope of the Catholic church. Who am I standing right next to?
3. I am standing next to a wharf, and in the water I see an acorn shaped apparatus. It is the time of the Revolutionary War in the United States and Sgt. Ezra Lee has just boarded the Turtle, as it is known, to make an attack on the shipping in New York harbor. Which historical first am I standing right next to?
4. I am at the Baikonur cosmodrome on April 12, 1961, awaiting a historical first to occur. I have been shown to a launch pad on which a rocket is perched bearing the markings of the Soviet Union. Interestingly, a man was seen to enter the nosecone. What am I standing right next to?
5. I am in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the United States on December 17, 1903, to witness the first sustained, controlled, powered heavier-than-air manned flight. I am standing right next to the pilot of this famous airplane. Who would that be?
6. I am in South Africa at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa on December 3, 1967. I am standing right next to the gurney transporting Louis Washkansky to the operating room. What historical first am I about to witness?
7. I am standing right next to a river above Goat Island on October 24, 1901 and a 63 year old woman has just climbed into a tall oak barrel carrying her lucky pillow. The top is screwed shut and a bicycle pump used to compress the air inside the barrel before being finally plugged with a cork. The barrel is released and the current whisks it away. What first am I about to witness?
8. The year is 1600 and I am standing in a pavillion right next to the daimyo of Edo, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is being beseeched by Jesuits over the fate of the man standing in front of the daimyo, William Adams. What historical event am I witnessing?
9. The date is June 13, 1993 and I am standing right next to a young woman who has just won a vote to make her the first female prime minister of Canada. What was her name?
10. I am standing right next to the new representatives in the Third Dail in the year 1922 as a historical first is being enacted. Following a speech by King George V, independence had been offered to a part of the British Dominion following a bitter internal war for political freedom. Five political parties were represented in the Third Dail. What historical first am I about to witness enacted?
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