Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) On this date in 1867, Secretary of State William H. Seward made a purchase for $7.2 million. That purchase was referred to as "Seward's Folly." What did he buy?

2) The TV game show, Jeopardy debuted this date in 1964. Who was the original host?

3) Dr. Crawford Long became the first surgeon to use this substance on this date in 1842. What was it?

4) Amerigo Vespucci was the man from whom our country got its name. What was his profession?

Answers:

1) Seward purchased Alaska from Russia for .02 per acre.

2) Art Fleming

3) He was the first to use a general anesthetic in order to perform surgery, specifically, ether.

4) Vespucci was a cartographer.