Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What did Marvin Middlemark invent for the television?

2)  This post-war era car managed to turn a lot of heads because itlooked pretty much the same coming or going.

3)  Born on this date in either 1755 or 1757 (the birth year is in dispute), he is known as a Founding Father. He also served as the country's first Secretary of the Treasury?

4)  On this date in 1964, this Surgeon General unequivocally stated cigarette smoking was a definite cause of lung disease.

Answers:

1)  Middlemark was responsible for the invention of the dipole antenna, also known as "rabbit ears."

2)  Alexander Hamilton

3)  The 1947-52 Studebaker Starlight coupe was the particular answer we were looking for. The windows, along with other details, make the car’s front and rear ends look so similar that it was often called the “coming or going Studebaker.”

The 1948 Studebaker Starlight Coupe

There have been other cars said to look the same coming or going. One example is the 1958 Zundapp Janus 250.   More recently, a 2009 Auto Show revealed the Renault Nervastella, which achieves the same effect.

The 1958 Janus Zundapp

The Zundapp again - here you can see the seats face opposite directions.

The Renault Nervastella

4)  Luther Terry was the Surgeon General who declared smoking cigarettes was the # 1 cause of lung disease.