A First Time for Everything

1 Who was the first footballer to score five goals in FA Cup finals?

2 In 1990, who became the Irish Republic’s first female President?

3 Who was the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom Derby?

4 Which stadium hosted the first FA Cup final?

5 Which was the first pop group to appear in Madame Tussauds as waxwork models?

6 Who was the first British female astronaut to travel into space?

7 In what year did the UK first triumph in the Eurovision Song Contest?

8 Chang and Eng born in 1811, were the first recorded cases of what?

9 “Ladies and gentlemen rock and roll” were the first words heard on which TV station that made its broadcasting debut in 1981?

10 In which city was the first football World Cup final played?

11 David Sneddon was the first winner of which TV reality show?

12 Who was the first singer to broadcast live from the Millennium Dome?

13 Who was the first artist to have a posthumous number one hit single in the UK?

14 Who topped the charts in 1988 with the song, First Time?

15 Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?

16 What are the only two pieces that can move first in the game of chess?

17 Who was the first winner of the European Footballer of the Year Award?

18 Who were the first English football club to win a European trophy?

19 Who was the first woman to present Blue Peter?

20 Who was the first man to present Blue Peter?

21 What was the first song to be played on Radio One?

22 What was the first song to be performed on Top of the Pops?

23 Who was the first cricketer to be voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year?

24 In 1990, who became the first Radio One DJ to be knighted?

25 Who was the first black film star to win an Oscar?

ANSWERS

1 Ian Rush
2 Mary Robinson
3 Steve Cauthen
4 The Oval
5 The Beatles
6 Helen Sharman
7 1967, Sandie Shaw
8 Siamese twins
9 MTV
10 Montevideo
11 Fame Academy
12 Cliff Richard
13 Buddy Holly
14 Robin Beck
15 Gertrude Ederle
16 Knight and pawn
17 Stanley Matthews
18 Tottenham Hotspur, the European Cup Winners Cup in 1963
19 Leila Williams
20 Christopher Trace
21 Flowers in the Rain
22 I Only Want to be With You
23 Jim Laker
24 Jimmy Savile
25 Hattie McDaniel, Best Supporting Actress in Gone With the Wind