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Who was Henry VIII's first son to rule England?,

Answer: Edward VI,

In 1970, an Apollo mission attempted to land on the moon. Due to a technical problem, it was only able to orbit the moon and return to Earth. What was the name of the mission?,

Answer: Apollo 13,

Who was the first climber or pair of climbers to reach the top of Mount Everest according to records?,

Answer: Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hilary,

A crater on the far side of the Moon is named after a Chinese official who was (supposedly) the first person to travel to space. What was his name?,

Answer: Wan Hu,

Which Portuguese explorer was the first European to sail to southern Africa?,

Answer: Bartolomeu Dias,

Who was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize?,

Answer: Marie Curie,

Who was the first Italian to receive the 'Pritzker Architecture Prize'?,

Answer: Aldo Rossi,

Who was the first woman to become a military pilot in the world?,

Answer: Sabiha Gökçen,

What was the name of the first chimpanzee to go to space?,

Answer: HAM,

Who was the first astronomer to calculate Roche's limit?,

Answer: Édouard Roche,

Who was Hannibal's father? or Who was the father of Hannibal?

Answer: Hamilcar Barca,

The Plague of Justinian of 541-549 was the first outbreak of the first plague pandemic. What other major was occurring in the Eastern Roman Empire at that time?,

Answer: The Gothic War,

Who was the first Japanese author to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature?,

Answer: Yasunari Kawabata,

Which civilization was the first to have public toilets?,

Answer: Ancient Rome,

What is the name of the phenomenon by which organisms that are best adapted to the environment survive to pass on their traits to their descendants?,

Answer: Natural selection,