Questions:
1) James Arness played Matt Dillon on TV's Gunsmoke. Originally the part was offered to a movie actor. Who was he?
2) What is the alternate name for Memorial Day?
3) Who was the first U.S. president to have died in office?
4) According to Nielsen Media Research, what was the all-time most watched television episode?
Answers:
1) John Wayne was originally offered the role. He turned it down and recommended Arness for the part. (bonus trivia: Arness was the older brother of Peter Graves of Airplane! and Mission Impossible fame.)
2) Decoration Day
3) William Henry Harrison caught a cold at his inauguration. In cold and wet weather he gave a two hour speech. The cold worsened to pleurisy and pneumonia and Harrison died a month later.
4) The most-watched television episode (as of May 2007) was the final episode of M.A.S.H.
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