Questions:
1) Before her success as a comedienne, Ellen DeGeneres once considered pursuing a career doing what?
2) On this date in 1955, the isolation booth was first introduced on the $64,000 Question quiz show, a format which subsequently was imitated by many shows thereafter. Contestants were for shut away in the soundproof glass chamber for the final series of questions as a way to ensure that they weren't being fed the answers. The show had been the subject of great scandal for rigging the outcome of the game. Who was the host of the program?
3) In 1976, 155 women were the first to be admitted to a U.S. military academy. Others followed, but which institution was the first to break the barrier?
4) Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange is under the protection at the Ecuadorian Embassy - in what city?
Answers:
1) Ellen wanted to be a professional golfer.
2) Hal March
3) The U.S. Air Force Academy
4) London
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