Category: General Knowledge
Which was the first motion film to involve the use of actors? Who was the first film actor? The first MOTION PICTURE FILM TO INVOLVE THE USE OF ACTORS …
When was the film awards competition held? The first FILM ACADEMY AWARDS for feature length films were made in connection with a special cinema competition held at the International …
Which was the first feature film running over one hour? The first FILM FEATURE (over 1 hr running-time) was the 70 min Australian Production The Story of the Kelly …
Who were the first field-marshals? The first FIELD-MARSHALS were George, Earl of Orkney, Governor of Edinburgh Castle. and John, 2nd Duke of Argyll, destined, according to Pope, ‘to shake …
Which was the first fax machine in commercial use? When was fax introduced for public service? The first FAX MACHINE in commercial use was the Pantelegraph developed by Fr. …
Who started the first fashion show? The first FASHION Snow was mounted in 1899 by the couturier Lucile (Mrs James Wallace), sister of the popular novelist Elinor Glyn at …
When did the first fashion photographs appear in magazines? The first FASHION PHOTOGRAPHS appeared in the Parisian fashion journal La Mode Pratique in December 1891. The photographs were tinted …
Who started the first fan club? The first FAN CLUB was The Keen Order of Wallerites, founded in London by fans of the popular actor-manager Lewis Waller. It was …
When did the exclamation mark appear in print for the first time? The first EXCLAMATION MARK used in print appears in the Catechism of Edward VI, printed by J. …
Who invented the international language called the ‘Esperanto’? The first ESPERANTO textbook was Lingvo Internacia, published in Russian by Dr Ludovic Zamenhof, a Polish oculist, under the pseudonymn ‘Dr …
