Brainstorm

by Odyssey
Who created the worlds first
crossword puzzle?
Arthur Wynne
for New York World (newspaper) for
Christmas edition published on December
21, 1913.
Question 1
Who took the worlds first
photograph & when ?
Joseph Nicephore Niepce
took the first photograph, View from the
window at Le Gras in 1826.
Question 2
Name the first Indian car
manufacturer ?
Hindustan Motors (HM)
popularly known for their model,
Ambassador.
Question 3
Which was Indias first
commercial bank?
Bank of Calcutta
became operational on 2nd of June, 1806.
Question 4
Where is the worlds first
skyscraper ?
Chicago
Home Insurance Building in 1885.
Question 5
Which was Indias first
newspaper ?
Hicky's Bengal Gazette
It was a weekly newspaper, and was
founded on January 29, 1780, in Calcutta,
the capital of British India. The paper
ceased publication on March 23, 1782.
Question 6
Where was the worlds first
motel established ?
Motel Inn, located at San Luis Obispo,
California, US, in 1925.
Question 7
Who made the first mobile
phone call ?
The first mobile phone call was made by
Dr. Martin Cooper
of Motorola to Joel S. Engel, head of
research for Bell Labs on
April 3
rd
, 1973.
Question 8
Name Indias first TV serial ?
Hum Log
First episode: 07 Jul 1984
Last episode: 17 Dec 1985
Number of episodes: 154
Run time: 25 minutes
Question 9
Which was the first graphical
computer game ?
OXO (Noughts and Crosses)
In 1952, Alexander S. Douglas made the first
graphical computer game. It is a version of
tic-tac-toe for the EDSAC computer at the
University of Cambridge.
Question 10
When was the first radio
broadcast made ?
Christmas Eve of 1906
by R. Fessenden from Brant Rock,
Massachusetts.
Question 11
When were the first Olympics
of the modern era held?
The 1896 Summer Olympics
held in Athens, Greece.
Question 12
Which was the first Indian city
to get electricity?
Darjeeling, in 1897
Question 13
Who was the first man to walk
in space ?
Alexey Leonov
On 18 March 1965, he became the first
human to walk in space, for about 12
minutes.
Question 14
Which was the first bank to
introduce the ATM concept in
India ?
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation(HSBC), in 1987
Question 15
Brainstorm
by Odyssey