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WORLDLY FIRSTS

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NEW ZEALAND NATIVE EDMUND HILLARY AND HIS SHERPA GUIDE TENZING NORGAY BECAME THE FIRST PEOPLE TO EVER REACH THIS PLACE ON EARTH IN 1953

SUMMIT OF MOUNT EVEREST 

2

AN EXPEDITION ORIGINALLY LED BY THIS FAMOUS EXPLORER WAS THE FIRST TO CIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE, THOUGH HE DIED IN THE PHILIPPINES

FERDINAND MAGELLAN 

3

WAGER 1-10

IN 1964 THIS ASIAN COUNTRY BECAME THE FIRST ON THE CONTINENT TO HOST THE OLYMPIC GAMES

TOKYO, JAPAN

4

NORWEGIAN EXPLORER ROALD AMUNDSEN WAS IN A RACE WITH BRITISH EXPLORER ROBERT FALCON SCOTT TO REACH THIS GEOGRAPHICAL SITE, WITH THE NORWEGIAN TEAM WINNING DUE TO THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH SLED DOGS

SOUTH POLE

5

THIS SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY WON THE VERY FIRST WORLD CUP FOR SOCCER IN 1930, A FEAT THAT THEY ONLY ACCOMPLISHED AGAIN IN 1950

URUGUAY

DOUBLE LETTERS

1

THIS IS THE GREEK GOD OF MEDICINE, AND HAS THE JOB OF PULLING THE SUN ACROSS THE SKY

APOLLO

2

THIS COMEDY DUO IS KNOWN FOR FILMS SUCH AS UP IN SMOKE, AND BORN IN EAST LA

CHEECH AND CHONG

3

THIS FAMOUS ILLUSIONIST BORN DAVID SETH KOTKIN, HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR 38 EMMY'S 

DAVID COPPERFIELD

4

IN 1898 THIS COMPANY STARTED OUT MAKING RUBBER HORSESHOE PADS AND POKER CHIPS, THEY NOW HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE DEAL WITH NASCAR

GOODYEAR RUBBER AND TIRE COMPANY

5

RUNNING FOR A TOTAL OF 218 EPISODES THIS IS THE LONGEST RUNNING LIVE ACTION SUPERHERO TV SHOW IN HISTORY

SMALLVILLE

THE HUMAN BODY

1

BLOOD CELLS ARE FORMED IN THIS TYPE OF SEMI-SOLID TISSUE WHICH IS FOUND INSIDE OF BONES

MARROW

2

WAGER 1-10

THIS PARACHUTE SHAPED STRUCTURE SEPARATES THE HUMAN TORSO INTO ABDOMEN AND THORAX

DIAPHRAGM 

3

THIS, THE ONLY FREE-FLOATING BONE IN THE HUMAN BODY, IS SOMETIMES REFFERED TO AS THE LINGUAL OR TONGUE BONE

HYOID

4

THIS ORGAN WHICH IS USED TO FILTER THE BLOOD AND TO RECYCLE IRON, IS THE LARGEST MASS OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE IN THE BODY

SPLEEN

5

MEANING "SHORT" IN LATIN THIS ARTERY FEEDS BLOOD INTO THE ARMS 

BRACHIAL 

FUN AND GAMES

1

IN THIS BOARD GAME CREATED BY MILTON BRADLEY IN 1960, YOUR FIRST DECISION IS "GO TO WORK, OR GO TO COLLEGE"

THE GAME OF LIFE

2

BONUS QUESTION! 1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER!

IN A GAME OF MONOPOLY WHAT TWO COLORS OF PROPERTIES HAVE THE LEAST NUMBER OF SQUARES

BROWN AND DARK BLUE

3

THIS GAME IS WON BY CORRECTLY GUESSING AND BLUFFING ABOUT THE DEFINITIONS OF OBSCURE WORDS

BALDERDASH

4

WAGER 1-10

IN A STANDARD GAME OF CLUE THIS IS THE NAME OF THE VICTIM OF THE MURDER YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE.

MR BODY

5

ANNE, RICHARD, SAM, AND ERIC ARE ALL CHARACTERS IN THIS GAME CREATED IN THIS 1979 GAME WHERE THEY ARE JOINED WITH 20 OTHER CHARACTERS

GUESS WHO

MISC

1

FORD WAS KNOWN TO HAVE SAID IN 1913 THAT YOU COULD GET THIS VEHICLE IN ANY COLOR YOU WANT, AS LONG AS YOU WANT BLACK

MODEL T

2

THIS POPULAR FORM OF EXECUTION IN FRANCE WAS STILL IN USE WHEN THE FIRST STAR WARS MOVIE WAS IN THEATERS

GUILLOTINE

3

THE GREEN LANTERNS RING OF WILL POWER, IS USELESS AGAINST THIS COLOR BECAUSE IT MEANS FEAR

YELLOW

4

THIS LARGE FAST-GROWING TREE NATIVE TO THE AMERICA'S WITH LIGHT WEIGHT WOOD GETS IT'S NAME FROM THE SPANISH WORD FOR RAFT

BALSA

5

USUALLY TAKING THE ROLE OF VILLIAN THIS IS THE NAME OF THE THREE HEADED DRAGON THAT FIGHTS GODZILLA

KING GODOHRA