Famous Firsts
This American aviator was the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
This sport is officially recognized as Canada’s national winter sport.
What is ice hockey?
This stringed instrument is usually played with a bow and rests beneath the musician’s chin.
What is a violin?
I have hands and a face, but I cannot clap or smile.
What is a clock?
This country is directly north of the United States.
What is Canada?
In 1969, this astronaut became the first person to walk on the Moon.
Who was Neil Armstrong?
This city is the capital of British Columbia.
What is Victoria?
This brass instrument commonly has three valves and is played by buzzing the lips.
What is a trumpet?
I have many pages and a cover, but I am not a bed.
What is a book?
The cities of Sydney and Melbourne are located in this country.
What is Australia?
This woman became the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.
Who was Margaret Thatcher?
Canada shares its longest international border with this country.
What is the United States?
This large percussion instrument consists of a stretched surface played with sticks or the hands.
What is a drum?
I become wetter the more I dry.
What is a towel?
The Nile River flows through this northeastern African country before reaching the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Egypt?
In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit of this mountain.
What is Mount Everest?
This Canadian province is the country’s largest by population.
What is Ontario?
This woodwind instrument uses a single reed and was famously played by Benny Goodman.
What is a clarinet?
I have keys but no locks, and you can use me to write without a pen.
What is a keyboard?
: This South American country is home to the city of Rio de Janeiro.
What is Brazil?
In 1903, this woman became the first person to win two Nobel Prizes.
Who was Marie Curie?
This territory, created in 1999, is Canada’s newest territory.
What is Nunavut?
This large stringed instrument is played upright and is commonly found in orchestras and jazz groups.
What is a double bass?
I travel around the world while remaining in one corner.
What is a postage stamp?
The historic city of Dubrovnik lies along the coast of this European country.
What is Croatia?