The First Movers Quiz

Who created the first electric car, known for pioneering early electric vehicle technology?

1. Nikola Tesla
2. Robert Anderson
3. Thomas Edison
4. Karl Benz

Answer: (b) Robert Anderson

Who was the first successful IVF baby, born in 1978, marking a breakthrough in reproductive medicine?

1. Louise Brown
2. Mary Shelly
3. Sarah Roberts
4. Emma Clark

Answer: (a) Louise Brown

Fill in the blank: The first successful artificial intelligence (AI) system to defeat a human world champion in the game of Go was called ____________.

1. AlphaGo
2. DeepMind
3. Watson
4. BigBlue

Answer: (a) AlphaGo

Who was the first person to perform a heart transplant, marking a milestone in medical surgery in 1967?

1. Christiaan Barnard
2. Michael DeBakey
3. Norman Shumway
4. Paul Winchell

Answer: (a) Christiaan Barnard

Which was the first human-made object to land on the surface of Mars in 1976, providing key insights into the Martian atmosphere and surface?

1. Mars Rover
2. Viking 1
3. Perseverance rover
4. Curiosity rover

Answer: (b) Viking 1

Which country was the first to host the world’s first carbon-neutral Winter Olympics, held in 2022, setting a precedent for sustainability?

1. Canada
2. Norway
3. France
4. China

Answer: (d) China

Which was the first city in the world to have an underground metro system?

1. Paris
2. New York
3. London
4. Berlin

Answer: (c) London

Match the following: Explorer Achievement 1. Marco Polo a. First known European to land in North America 2. Christopher Columbus b. Led the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth 3. Ferdinand Magellan c. First European to travel to China 4. Leif Erikson d. Discovered the Americas in 1492

1. 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d
2. 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
3. 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d
4. 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a

Answer: (d) 1-c, 2-d, 3-b, 4-a

Who was the first author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature?

1. Sully Prudhomme
2. Rudyard Kipling
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. George Bernard Shaw

Answer: (a) Sully Prudhomme

Which country became the first to launch a successful manned mission to the Moon, with astronauts landing and walking on the surface in 1969?

1. China
2. Soviet Union
3. United States
4. India

Answer: (c) United States