Tag: General Knowledge
Who was the first woman pilot? Who was the first woman to fly combat missions? The first WOMAN PILOT was Mlle Elise Deroche, better known by her self-assumed title, …
Who was the First Woman Photographer? The first WOMAN PHOTOGRAPHER was the Parisian daguerreotypist Antoinette de Correvont, who opened a portrait studio at Munich in 1843. In Britain it …
Who was the First Woman Novelist? The first WOMAN NOVELIST in Britain was Mrs Aphra Behn whose first published works of fiction, The Unfortunate Bride, The Dumb Virgin, The …
Who was the first woman editor of a national newspaper? The first WOMAN EDITOR of a National Newspaper was Rachel Beer, aunt of World War I poet Siegfried Sassoon, …
Who designed the water closet? The first WATER CLOSET was designed by the Elizabethan poet Sir John Harington and installed at his country seat, Kelston, near Bath, in 1589, …
When was the first quartz wrist watches manufactured? The first QUARTZ WRIST WATCHES were announced in December 1967 by Switzerland’s Horological Electronic Centre on behalf of the 31 Swiss …
When was the electronic wrist watch introduced? The first ELECTRONIC WRIST WATCH was the Bulova Accutron tuning-fork watch, introduced in the USA on 25 October 1960. The tuning fork …
Mention the earliest record that refers to a watch? In a letter dated 1462 the earliest watch is referred to by Italian clock maker Bartholonew Manfrede. Further references are: …
Who Built the First Video Game? First VIDEO GAME The first VIDEO GAME was built in 19`8 by physicist Willy Higinbotham at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, Long Island. It …
Who organized old Cars Competition? First VETERAN MOTORING The first VETERAN MOTORING as an organized activity stemmed from a letter written by H.E. Rendall to an English motor cycling …
