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1. Who beat the fictitious Phileas Fogg by going around the world in 72 days rather than 80?

2. Who was the first person to fly solo from East to West across the Atlantic?

3. Who was the first woman to command a space shuttle mission?

4. Who was the first woman to fly over the North Pole?

5. Who was the first woman to drive in the Indy 500?

6. Who founded the city of Miami, Fla.?

7. What African mountain did Mary Henrietta Kingsley climb?

8. Who was the first black aviator to get a pilot's license?

9. Who was the first woman member of the Royal Geographic Society?

10. Who was Lewis and Clark's guide?

1. Who beat the fictitious Phileas Fogg by going around the world in 72 days rather than 80?
Nellie Bly

2. Who was the first person to fly solo from East to West across the Atlantic?
Beryl Markham

3. Who was the first woman to command a space shuttle mission?
Eileen Collins

4. Who was the first woman to fly over the North Pole?
Louise Arner Boyd

5. Who was the first woman to drive in the Indy 500?
Janet Guthrie

6. Who founded the city of Miami, Fla.?
Julia Tuttle

7. What African mountain did Mary Henrietta Kingsley climb?
Mount Cameroon

8. Who was the first black aviator to get a pilot's license?
Bessie Coleman

9. Who was the first woman member of the Royal Geographic Society?
Isabella Lucy Bird Bishop

10. Who was Lewis and Clark's guide?
Sacajawea

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