Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1901, President William McKinley died of gunshot wounds from an assassin who'd shot him eight days earlier.  Who was the Vice-President succeeding him?

2)  Who led the house band at the Savoy in the late 1930s?

3)  This Supreme Court Chief Justice resigned from the court to run for governor of New York.

4)  In 1967 the Count Basie Band featured two singers. One was Jimmy Rushing; who was the other singer?

5)  On this date in 1985, The Golden Girls premiered on NBC.  Who were the four actresses playing the primary roles?


Answers:

1)  President Theodore Roosevelt.  Here are images of the McKinley Monument in Canton, Ohio.

2)  Chick Webb. He was the person most responsible for launching Ella Fitzgerald's career.

3)  John Jay

4) Billie Holiday

5)  Bea Arthur: Dorothy; Estelle Getty: Sophia; Rue McClanahan: Blanche; Betty White: Rose