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Оглавление1 Which French painter’s first major work was The Barque of Dante (1822)?
2 Which theatre director was the first wife of musician Ewan MacColl?
3 The drug, rapamycin, was first discovered in which island’s soil?
4 Leonard Bernstein’s first symphony is named after which Biblical prophet?
5 Commissioned in 1963, what was Britain’s first nuclear-powered submarine?
6 Deposed in 1969, Idris was which country’s first and only king?
7 An ARP detachment leader, Thomas Alderson was the first recipient of which medal?
8 Bridget Bishop was the first woman to be tried and convicted at which 1692 trials?
9 What was first demonstrated at Merstham Quarry, Surrey, on July 14, 1867?
10 Which hotel hosted John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s first 1969 ‘Bed-In’ for peace?
11 In a Royal Family context, who were Dookie and Jane?
12 Not a Penny More, Not Penny Less (1976) was whose first novel?
13 Which German was the first photographer to win the Turner Prize?
14 In 1976, who became Spain’s first democratically elected prime minister since the Second Spanish Republic?
15 The Canadian engineer, Sandford Fleming, was the first to propose which worldwide system?
16 In 1977, the user interface architect Bill Fernandez became which company’s first employee?
17 Which country hosted the first World Sauna Championships in 1999?
18 Who became the first officially licensed female British boxer in 1998?
19 Which Zimbabwean-born batsman was first branded “a flat-track bully” by John Bracewell?
20 Which first American woman to win the Nobel prize in literature is pictured?
