Water Aid Quiz C/D 31/05

[Ninnynanny]

Answers based on being the "First" to achieve or to be etc.
no. 19 Was she the first Iron Lady 5, 4

no. 21 Benjamin Franklin wrote a safe conduct passport for this man. 7, 5, 4

no. 32 Who tried to sell her gold medals to contribute toward WW1 efforts, but they were refused by the French National Bank 5, 5

no. 44 Their attainment had been achieved 2 months earlier, by a sheep, a rooster and a duck. 8, 7, 1', 8, 3, 4-8, 7, 2, 6 The answer is about the first hot air balloon flight, but I cannot work out the answer. Thank you very much for any help

[aelmpvw]

32 marie curie

[aelmpvw]

21 captain james cook

[Fibonacci]

19 think of famous lady prime-ministers
32 easily googled with the wording
who tried to sell her gold medals to contribute toward ww1 efforts, but they were refused by the "french national bank"

[emmie]

golda meir ?

[emmie]

no 19 ^

[Fibonacci]

44) Google: November 21, 1783 Paris looks like you will need their full names and titles

[Ninnynanny]

Thank you all for your help. Maybe I should use Google not Bing

[aelmpvw]

bing works fine for me :-)

[elliemay1]

Golda Meir was an Israeli stateswoman, politician, teacher, and kibbutznik who ... the first in any country in the Middle East, she has been described as the "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics. //