First in the World (Sports)
Cricket
Q: Who was the first cricketer to score a century in One Day Internationals (ODIs)?
A: Viv Richards (West Indies, 1986)
Q: Who was the first player to score a double century in ODIs?
A: Sachin Tendulkar (India, 2010)
Q: Who was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in ODIs?
A: Wasim Akram (Pakistan, 1985)
Q: Who was the first player to score 100 international centuries?
A: Sachin Tendulkar (India)
Q: Who was the first team to win the ICC Cricket World Cup?
A: West Indies (1975)
Football (Soccer)
Q: Who was the first player to win the FIFA World Cup?
A: Uruguay (1930)
Q: Who was the first player to win the Ballon d'Or?
A: Stanley Matthews (England, 1956)
Q: Who was the first team to win the UEFA Champions League?
A: Real Madrid (1956)
Q: Who was the first player to score a goal in a World Cup match?
A: Lucien Laurent (France, 1930)
Q: Who was the first woman to score in a World Cup match?
A: Michelle Akers (USA, 1991)
Basketball
Q: Who was the first player to score 100 points in a single NBA game?
A: Wilt Chamberlain (USA, 1962)
Q: Who was the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game?
A: Lisa Leslie (USA, 2002)
Q: Who was the first team to win the NBA Championship?
A: Philadelphia Warriors (1947)
Q: Who was the first player to win the MVP award in the NBA?
A: Bob Pettit (USA, 1956)
Q: Who was the first player to be drafted first overall in the NBA?
A: Chuck Share (USA, 1950)
Tennis
Q: Who was the first player to win a Grand Slam title?
A: Maud Watson (Wimbledon, 1884)
Q: Who was the first man to win all four Grand Slam tournaments in a single calendar year?
A: Don Budge (USA, 1938)
Q: Who was the first woman to win the U.S. Open?
A: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (1915)
Q: Who was the first player to win 20 Grand Slam singles titles?
A: Roger Federer (Switzerland, 2018)
Q: Who was the first player to win the French Open, Wimbledon, and U.S. Open in the same year?
A: Rod Laver (Australia, 1969)
Athletics
Q: Who was the first man to run a mile in under 4 minutes?
A: Roger Bannister (UK, 1954)
Q: Who was the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in athletics?
A: Betty Robinson (USA, 1928)
Q: Who was the first athlete to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds?
A: Jim Hines (USA, 1968)
Q: Who was the first woman to break the 2-minute barrier in the 800 meters?
A: Jarmila Kratochvílová (Czech Republic, 1983)
Q: Who was the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours?
A: Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya, 2019, unofficial)
Swimming
Q: Who was the first person to swim across the English Channel?
A: Captain Matthew Webb (UK, 1875)
Q: Who was the first swimmer to win 8 Olympic gold medals in a single Games?
A: Michael Phelps (USA, 2008)
Q: Who was the first woman to swim the English Channel?
A: Gertrude Ederle (USA, 1926)
Q: Who was the first swimmer to break the 50-second barrier in the 100 meters freestyle?
A: Jim Montgomery (USA, 1976)
Q: Who was the first person to achieve a Triple Crown in swimming?
A: Doris 'Granny' Kearns (USA)
Golf
Q: Who was the first golfer to win a major championship?
A: Horace Rawlins (USA, 1895 U.S. Open)
Q: Who was the first player to win the Masters Tournament?
A: Horton Smith (USA, 1934)
Q: Who was the first woman to compete in a men's professional golf tournament?
A: Babe Didrikson Zaharias (USA)
Q: Who was the first golfer to earn $1 million in career winnings?
A: Jack Nicklaus (USA)
Q: Who was the first golfer to win the British Open?
A: Willie Park Sr. (Scotland, 1860)
