Jan. 14, 2025

Benedict Arnold Trivia

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Mark Ellison reveals surprising facts about America's most famous traitor. From heroic battle injuries to secret French connections, this episode explores the complex story behind the betrayal. Learn which future president accidentally intercepted his secret message and discover what personal item ended up in King George III's collection.

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Caalarocus Shark media greeting's history buffs. I'm Mark Ellison, and

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welcome to a revolutionary edition of five Daily Trivia questions.

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Let's explore some fascinating facts about America's most famous trader.

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Question one, Which heroic battle injury led to Arnold's bitterness

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and what surprising object did doctors find in his leg

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forty years later? Question two? What unusual business deal with

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the French army made Arnold rich before the war and

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how did it later help him escape capture? Question three?

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Which future president accidentally intercepted Arnold's secret message to the

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British because of what daily habit? Question four? What specific

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incident at his Philadelphia mansion party sparked Arnold's final decision

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to switch sides? Question five? Which of Arnold's personal items

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ended up in King George the Third's private collection after

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being found? Where We'll be right back with these treasonous

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answers after this break, Welcome back trivia fans, Let's reveal

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today's answers. Question one asked which heroic battle injury led

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to Arnold's bitterness and what surprising object did doctors find

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in his leg forty years later? Answer at Saratoga, his

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leg was crushed by his own horse while leading a charge,

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and decades later doctors found his Continental Army commission paper

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still lodged in the bone. He had kept the paper

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in his boot during the battle. Question two asked what

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unusual business deal with the French army made Arnold rich

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before the war and how did it later help him

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escape capture. Answer. He supplied horses to the French military

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in Canada, giving him detailed knowledge of escape routes later

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used to flee to British Territory. His old French business

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contacts helped him avoid American patrols. Question three asked which

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future president accidentally intercepted Arnold's secret message to the British

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because of what daily habit. Answer James Munroe discovered the

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message while collecting riverstones for his daily skipping practice, finding

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the waterproof case containing Arnold's plans. The stone skipping spot

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is now a historical marker. Question four asked what specific

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incident at his Philadelphia mansion party sparked Arnold's final decision

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to switch sides. Answer. A Continental Congress member refused to

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drink a toast to George Washington, revealing to Arnold how

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many other leaders were considering switching sides. The same glass

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from that toast is in Philadelphia's Museum of the American Revolution.

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Question five asked which of Arnold's personal items ended up

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in King George the Third's private collection after being found

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ware and answer. His silver handled sword was found in

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a London pawn shop, and the King bought it to

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display as a symbol of American division. The sword remained

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in the royal collection until being returned to America in

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nineteen seventy six. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions.

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