Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who was the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capital Rotunda?

2)  On this date in 1938, Orson Welles stirred a national panic with his radio drama. Listeners believed the "simulated" news bulletins in the drama were real and that Grovers Mill, NJ, actually was being invaded by men from Mars.

3)  Boxing fans may recall that on this date in 1974, Muhammed Ali regained the world championship title by knocking out this heavyweight champ.

4)  On this date in 1984, Linda Ronstadt performed

Answers:

1)   Rosa Perks was interred in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on this date in 2005.

2)  It was a dramatization of H.G. Wells' novel War of the Worlds.

3)  George Foreman

4)  Ronstadt attempted the role of Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme.  The performance was a production of Joseph Papp for the New York Shakespeare Festival.