| BEETSON | Queensland's first State of Origin captain (7) |
| MCDONALD | Queensland's first State of Origin coach (8) |
| ARTIE | Qld's first State of Origin captain, in 1980, ... Beetson (5) |
| GLOSSOP | NSW's first State of Origin rugby league coach (7) |
| ARTIEBEETSON | First Qld State of Origin captain, in 1980 (5,7) |
| TEDGLOSSOP | NSW's first State of Origin coach, in 1980 (3,7) |
| ELIAS | NSW State of Origin captain 1990, '91 (5) |
| GALLEN | NSW State of Origin captain 2011-16 (6) |
| TED | NSW's first State of Origin coach, - Glossop (3) |
| LEIS | NSW lock in the first State of Origin game, in 1980, Jim ... (4) |
| LOCKYER | Queensland's most capped State of Origin player (7) |
| MUNSTER | Queensland's 2020 State of Origin Wally Lewis Medal winner, 2020 (7) |
| SCOTT | Queensland's first long-serving State of Origin fullback (5) |
| BRIQUET | Pommie grabbing 30% of Queensland's solid fuel (7) |
| UFOS | First state of union beamed up to flying saucers (4) |
| LAW | Queensland's first Sheffield Shield-winning cricket captain (3) |
| TRIMBLE | Queensland's most prolific Sheffield Shield runs-scorer until record eclipsed by Stuart Law (7) |
| INDIANA | State with the first state-funded public school system |
| AUGUSTUSGREGORY | Who was Queensland's first Surveyor-General and led the 1858 expedition to find Leichhardt, only fin |
| TORNADO | In 1948, Oklahoma became the first state to issue one of these lifesaving alerts |
