Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) The first televised presidential news conference was conducted on January 19th (I won't say the year). There wasn't much on TV back then, but some viewers still complained because he pre-empted their test pattern. Who was the president?

2) Name the first English child born in America (on August 18, 1587).

3) On January 19, 1977, U.S. President Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who had been convicted of treason for her World War II Japanese propaganda broadcasts. We knew her better as?

4) Dolly Parton was born on January 19, 1946. Can you name the 1992 movie in which she co-starred with James Woods?

Answers:

1) Dwight Eisenhower, in 1955

2) Virginia Dare

3) Tokyo Rose

4) Straight Talk.

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