1) What was the original title of NBC's The Today Show (or Today)?
2) This woodwind instrument, popular in both jazz and classical idioms, was invented on this date in 16910 in Nuremberg, Germany.
3) On this date in 1963, this guest host became the first of a total of 124 guest hosts to fill in for Johnny Carson over the course of his 29 years of hosting The Tonight Show.
4) On this date in 1914, Henry Ford introduced the assembly line method of manufacturing automobiles. This innovation made it possible for Ford Motor Company to turn out Model Ts at what rate?
Answers:
1) The Rise and Shine Revue (pictured here: Dave Garroway)2) the clarinet
3) Jimmy Dean was the first to host the show. At the time, Jimmy Dean was known only as a country music singer. It would be years before he began his second career as a purveyor of breakfast sausage.
4) The assembly line meant a new Model T could be manufactured at the rate of one every 90 minutes.
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