Complete the information using the past tense passive of the verb in brackets.

1.The first escalator ... at the Paris exhibition (WAS SEEN).

2.Puccini's opera Tosca WAS first ... (PERFORMED)

3.Paper clips ... (WERE INVENTED)

4.Coca Cola ... to Great Britain (WAS INTRODUCED)

5.The word "brunch" ... for the first time (HEAR)

6.Umberto I, the king of Italy ... and ... (WAS SHOOT, KILLED)

7.The Book The Wizard of Oz ... (WAS PUBLISHED)

8.The minimum age of coal miners ... from 12 to 13 (WAS RAISED)

9.Hamburgers ... for the first time (WERE EATEN)

10.The first Davis Cup ... by the US men's tennis team (WAS WON)

11.The Central London Underground Railway ... by the Price of Wales (WAS OPENED)

12.The ancient palace of Knosses ... by Sir Arthur Evans (WAS DISCOVERED)

13.The Kodak Brownie camera ... on sale in the US (WAS PUT)

14.The telephone ... by one in fifty people in the USA (WAS USED)