Questions:
1) The first woman to be nominated for Vice President by a major U.S. political party was born on August 26, 1935. Who?
2) During the rise of the bebop era, who was the house pianist at Minton's Playhouse?
3) Dr. Lee DeForest was born on August 26, 1873. He invented something that all of you listening [to my show] today can be thankful for. What?
4) Who was the girl singer in Gene Krupa's band?
Answers:
1) Geraldine Ferraro.
2) Thelonious Monk.
3) The 3-element vacuum tube, making possible all of our wonderful electronic technology -- radio... television... radar traps... One of Dr. DeForest's early inventions was stolen by his competitor's spies, so he planted trees outside the windows of his laboratory -- so the spies couldn't see DeForest for the trees.
4) Anita O'Day.
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