Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) NBC debuted this show, the first television western, on this date in 1949. What was the name of the show?

2) How many presidents were born British subjects?

3) Gunther Schuller is responsible for forging elements of jazz and classical music together, creating the movement that is referred to as what?

4) Who was the oldest person to have been elected president?

Answers:

1) Hopalong Cassidy

2) There were eight: Washington, both John and John Quincy Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson and W.H. Harrison.

3) "Third Stream"

4) Ronald Reagan. He famously deflected any objections related to his age by humorously remarking in his debate that he would not "exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience."