Can you name the famous firsts?

First	Answer
State
Permanent English Colony in America
United States President
African American Supreme Court Justice
Man to Walk on the Moon
Guest Host of Saturday Night Live
To Summit Mt. Everest
Female Supreme Court Justice
President to Die in Office
Amendment to the Constitution
General-Purpose Electronic Computer
Billionaire
Battle of the American Civil War
Mickey Mouse Cartoon
Wife of Henry VIII
Impeached President
MTV Video
4 Minute Mile
Cloned Mammal
President to Speak on Television

First	Answer
National Park
Planet from the Sun
Assasinated President
Professional Baseball Team
Roman Emperor
Solo Transatlantic Flight
Super Bowl Winner
Best Picture Oscar Winner
Capital of the United States
Film to Earn $1 Billion Worldwide
World Cup (Soccer) Winner
Institution of Higher Education in the U.S.
To Swim Across English Channel
State to Secede from the Union
Shots of the Revolutionary War
Winner of American Idol
Country Attacked in World War II
Winner of Euro. Cup/UEFA Champs League
NBA Lottery #1 Pick
U.K. Prime Minister

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Famous Firsts Quiz

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Created by: Ben -
Published: November 30th, 2008
Category: Entertainment
Plays: 185,140

Tags: Famous Quizzes, Famous Firsts

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	ElDavo:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 04:56 GMT	8 points
	A few problems, and go ahead and tell me if these are actuall correct: 1. It doesn't accept Catherine for Catherine of Aragon. I don't know that history, so I don't know if there is a good reason or not. 2. I think the first amendment has more parts than just freedom of speech. 3. Roosevelt should be accepted for Fraklin D. Roosevelt. I know there was another president of that name, but for the sake of continuity, it makes the answer seem wrong when it isn't. 4. The first colony was Roanoke, but it dissappeared. Maybe it should be qualified by saying first permanent colony.

	Rossum:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 05:02 GMT	8 points
	@El Davo: Yes there were three Catherines among Henry's wives, but there were two US presidents named Johnson and two named Harrison. The game is not consistent. Also, if it is going to include the First Amendment to the US Constitution, it should accept any of the (arguably) 6 freedoms therein.

	drza:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 05:03 GMT	1 point
	The first African American to play in MLB is a player named William White who played one game at 1b for Providence in 1879. Jackie Robinson broke a color barrier that didn't really exist at that time as there was a few players in the majors with African descendents in the 40's and prior. Robinson was just the first player after 1884 that was acknowledged to be black. He definitely wasn't by any means the first black player in the majors.

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	SporcleAdmin:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 05:21 GMT	8 points
	@drza: Good point, and so we swapped out Jackie with a different first. @Rossum, ElDavo: the first amendment did accept many other answers, however we have updated what shows to reflect the wide nature of the amendment language. All presidents last names now accepted, however since half the wives were some form of Catherine, we decided to leave in having to know which one.

	Daytman:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 05:29 GMT	2 points
	Oh wow, only got 11... there were so many I knew but I couldn't remember... not at the front of my mind.

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	cocky:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 05:37 GMT	9 points
	Could you change the planet question to say "first planet from the sun" and not just first planet? Unless you are implying Mercury was the first planet to form and I don't know how you'd know that.

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	MrEnglishman:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 06:24 GMT	5 points
	Good quiz again. Got 24/40. ElDavo, Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon and Catherine Parr, so the extras make all that difference! k3lit0, "Caesar" is effectively the name of the office. To allow just that name would be like accepting "President" for the name of the first president. :)

	MrEnglishman:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 06:27 GMT	-3 points
	Um, a comment on the clock/time - I'm adding this comment at just after 7.30am in the UK (GMT), not mid morning :(

	Hal_10000:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 06:51 GMT	12 points
	caesar probably shouldn't be acceptable as emperor since they were all called that

	sevorak:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 07:54 GMT	9 points
	Might want to accept Octavian for Augustus, since he is also commonly known by that name. This goes for other quizzes with Augustus as an answer too. Also, Steamboat Willie actually was not the first Mickey Mouse cartoon. It was the first one that was successful and widely released, but the character appeared in Plane Crazy and the Gallopin' Gaucho before Steamboat Willie was created. Steamboat Willie was the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to have sound though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_mouse

	swellwrench:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 08:46 GMT	3 points
	What the first capital of the US was isn't that clear-cut...New York was the first capital under the constitution and I think it's usually regarded as the traditional "first capital," with Philadelphia second (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States)

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	C_W_Browne:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 10:22 GMT	-2 points
	I'm not sure about Poland being the first country attacked. Hitler did invade Austria, The Sudetenland and Alsace Lorraine first.but I'm quite sure whether that count's as the war. Good quiz nonetheless.

	C_W_Browne:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 10:28 GMT	29 points
	I also love the way that Kelly Clarkson has nudged her way in as a historical event.

	Cartophiliac:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 12:06 GMT	8 points
	@Balla: the United States existed as a country with a capital BEFORE the Constitution was written or ratified.

	drza:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 13:36 GMT	1 point
	I'm glad you guys changed the Jackie Robinson one,but I'm also glad I took this quiz before that because I had no idea on the prime minister. I scored 25 out of 40 and would've got 26 if I knew how to spell Uruguay. I also never saw the American Idol question,dont know how I missed it and I'm not sure I wouldve got it right because once the answer pops up I obviously knew who it was but I don't know if I would've got it right under the pressures of the sporcle countdown clock

	A_is_for_Addict:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 14:30 GMT	6 points
	I didn't think Hitler invaded either of Austria or the Sudetenland. I was under the impression Hitler annexed both of these territories before invading Poland. However I think Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia before Poland meeting no resistance from any other European power. The invasion of Poland was the start of World War II making it the first country attacked in that war. I don't know if sporcle has changed the wording since you commented though.

	MikeHolmes:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 15:57 GMT	2 points
	love it, spent so much time not getting catherine of aragon and kicking myself for it, that i missed loads of others

	SillyStokey92:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 16:24 GMT	3 points
	Only 19. Kicked myself when I saw some of the answers. I knew them, but couldn't think of them.

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	springmom:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 16:39 GMT	25 points
	@Tony - you need to brush up on your history. Andrew Jackson was our 7th president, and he was NOT impeached. Our 17th president, Andrew JOHNSON, who was Lincoln's vice-president, was impeached, but not convicted, by one vote. Please go and study before you comment....and yes, I am a history teacher.

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	navada:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 17:38 GMT	-2 points
	Thanks, springmom - I thought Andrew JACKSON was the one, not Johnson. That would have given me 24 on my first attempt - not bad for a non-American!

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	cocky:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 21:09 GMT	8 points
	Thank you for fixing the planet question.

	champiod:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 21:21 GMT	7 points
	WW2 started Sept 1st 1939 with the German invasion of Poland

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	Elmo:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 00:53 GMT	5 points
	@Jandy: The Bill of Rights was the first 10 Amendments together. The 1st Amendment is only a part of the Bill of Rights. And yeah, it was Johnson and not Jackson who was the first prez impeached. Although honestly Andrew Jackson absolutely deserved to get impeached. But that's a different thing entirely.

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	gnomey70:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 01:46 GMT	0 points
	Just because there is more to the first amendment than freedom of speech doesn't mean it shouldn't be an acceptable answer. That's what is taught traditionally as the first amendment. If you want the chart to say "religion, etc." that's fine, but freedom of speech should definitely be an acceptable response.

	Lindsay:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 02:36 GMT	3 points
	gnomey70 - freedom of speech is already an acceptable response

	Eyzhveit:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 02:37 GMT	1 point
	I live in York, Pennsylvania and we claim the "first capital" moniker. The continental congress met in York for 6 days so that's why we, among several cities, claim to be the first captial of the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York,_Pennsylvania

	thaumaturge:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 12:57 GMT	5 points
	hair splitting i know, but the first UK prime minister to use that title officially was Campbell-Bannerman

	Ribhump:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 13:11 GMT	6 points
	national park should say, 'US national Park'. And i do think it is quite debatable whether you should have poland or czechoslovakia for the WW2 one, i mean how many countries at war do you need before it becomes a world war (or put better, how can you equate that to a specific number and not include czechoslovakia which did happen earlier)

	buiksloot:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 13:49 GMT	4 points
	Ribhump, normally I'd agree with you regarding the 'National Park' wording, but check out the following fr wikipedia - "In 1872, Yellowstone National Park was established as arguably the world's first truly national park. When news of the natural wonders of the Yellowstone were first promulgated, the land was part of a federally governed territory. Unlike Yosemite, there was no state government that could assume stewardship of the land, so the federal government took on direct responsibility for the park, a process formally completed in October 1, 1890—the official first National park of the United States."

	Uhlan:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 15:43 GMT	1 point
	I don't really know enough about it, but I think there was a less regulated 'national park' (the world's first) in Bosnia hundreds of years before Yellowstone, so it should really say 'US' or 'official'. And it was the invasion of Poland that pushed the UK, France, USSR, Poland and Germany and their empires- all the main combatants save the US and Japan- into declaring war.

	DRWings:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 18:00 GMT	14 points
	No offense to all of my sporcle brethren across the sea, but I am highly disappointed that more people know the first winner of American Idol than know who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, first Female Supreme Court Justice, or even what freedoms are protected by the first Amendment.