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Who was the first man to run a marathon in under two hours?
Kenenisa Bekele
Haile Gebrselassie
Eliud Kipchoge
Usain Bolt
Mo Farah
Correct answer is C
Eliud Kipchoge was the first man to run a marathon in under two hours, completing it in 1:59:40 in 2019, albeit in a non-competition event.
Who is the first woman to be appointed as the head of the European Central Bank?
Christine Lagarde
Angela Merkel
Jean-Claude Trichet
Mario Draghi
Michel Barnier
Correct answer is A
Christine Lagarde was appointed as the first female president of the European Central Bank in 2019.
Who holds the record for the most Academy Awards for acting?
Meryl Streep
Katharine Hepburn
Jack Nicholson
Daniel Day-Lewis
Tom Hanks
Correct answer is B
Katharine Hepburn holds the record for the most Academy Awards for acting, with 4 Oscars for Best Actress.
Who is the first person to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen?
Tenzing Norgay
Reinhold Messner
Edmund Hillary
David Hempleman
George Piggott
Correct answer is B
Reinhold Messner was the first person to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, achieving this feat in 1978.
Who was the first woman to serve as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Margaret Thatcher
Theresa May
Indira Gandhi
Golda Meir
Benazir Bhutto
Correct answer is A
Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving from 1979 to 1990.