
Lyceum of Wisdom

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,