Latest posts tagged with #SortingHistory on Bluesky
Which came first — the first spacewalk or a woman orbiting
Earth?
A woman orbiting Earth.
Tereshkova orbited Earth 48 times in 1963 — two years before
Leonov's first spacewalk in 1965.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory #historytrivia
Which came first — Bavaria's beer purity law or Cortés
tasting chocolate at the Aztec court?
Bavaria's beer purity law.
Duke Wilhelm IV signed it in 1516 — three years before Cortés
encountered chocolate with the Aztecs in 1519.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory #historytrivia
Which came first — the modern Olympic Games or pizza Margherita?
Pizza Margherita.
Legend says Esposito baked it for Italy's queen in 1889 —
seven years before Athens hosted the first modern Olympics in
1896.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory #historytrivia
Which came first — the daguerreotype or the first formal rules of baseball?
The daguerreotype.
Daguerre captured images on silver in 1839 — six years before baseball's rules were written in 1845.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory #historytrivia
Which came first — Luther's 95 Theses or the Boston Tea Party?
Luther's 95 Theses.
Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church in 1517 — 256 years before colonists dumped
tea in Boston Harbor.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory
Which came first — instructions for a computing machine or I Love Lucy?
Instructions for a computing machine.
Ada Lovelace wrote them for Babbage's Analytical Engine in 1843 — 108 years before I Love
Lucy premiered.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory
Which came first — Jaws or the first heart transplant?
The first heart transplant.
Christiaan Barnard performed it in 1967. Eight years later, Spielberg's Jaws invented the
summer blockbuster in 1975.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory
Which came first — Edison's phonograph or the creation of milk chocolate?
The creation of milk chocolate.
Daniel Peter created it in 1875 — two years before Edison's phonograph in 1877.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory
Which came first — the first Super Bowl or Motown Records?
Motown Records.
Berry Gordy founded it in 1959. By the first Super Bowl in 1967, Diana Ross, Stevie
Wonder, and Marvin Gaye were already stars.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory
Which came first — the founding of soccer or the Battle of Gettysburg?
Neither — they both happened in 1863.
Modern soccer was born in England the same year as the Civil War's bloodiest battle.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory
Which came first — Don Giovanni's premiere or the French Revolution?
Don Giovanni.
Mozart premiered it in Prague in 1787 — two years before the Revolution began in 1789.
#WhichCameFirst #SortingHistory
