Encyclopedias

0:03 Calaruga shark media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme is from the British Museum to Wikipedia, celebrating museums, encyclopedias and how we share knowledge? Question one. In eighteen oh two, a dark granodiorite slab bearing the same decree in hieroglyphics, demotic and ancient Greek went on display at the British Museum, giving scholars the key to unlocking ancient Egyptian writing. What is the name of this famous artifact? Question two? Born amid the Scottish Enlightenment, the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica seventeen sixty eight seventeen seventy one was compiled by printer William Smelly and issued in three volumes. In Which city was this pioneering reference work first published? Question three?

1:01 Known as the Free Encyclopedia that Anyone Can Edit, Wikipedia went live at the start of the twenty first century, transforming how people create and share knowledge online. On what date did Wikipedia launch? Question four? An American network of museums and research centers was funded by the bequest of a British scientist who never set foot in the United States, leaving his estate to establish an institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge? Who was this benefactor? Question five? Commissioned in the eighteenth century, is the largest collection of Chinese literature and learning ever assembled. The Siku Kwanschu Complete Library of the Four Treasuries was compiled under which Qing dynasty Emperor will be right back with these answers after this break, welcome back. Question one. What British museum artifact helped decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs? Answer the Rosetta Stone. The Rosetta Stone enabled Jean Francois Champollion to announce the decipherment of hieroglyphs in eighteen twenty two. Its tri lingual inscription made it possible to compare scripts and decode a language long loss to history. Question two. In what city was the first Encyclopedia Britannica published? Answer? Edinburgh? The inaugural Britannica appeared

2:34 in Edinburgh, reflecting the city's dynamic intellectual culture. Later editions and the company's base shifted, with operations eventually centered in London and then Chicago. Question three on what date did Wikipedia launch? Answer? January fifteenth, two thousand and one. Launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Wikipedia quickly grew from a small English language site into a global, multi lingual project. Its open collapse. Aaborative model relies on citations, volunteer editors, and freely licensed content. Question four Who endowed the Smithsonian without ever visiting the US? Answered? James Smithson. James Smithson's bequest led to the creation of the Smithsonian Institution in eighteen forty six. His gift laid the foundation for a complex that now includes museums, galleries, the National Zoo, and far reaching research programs. Question five, under which emperor was the Sicku Quanshue compiled answer the Chianlong Emperor compiled from seventeen seventy two to seventeen eighty two. The Siku Quantchu organized knowledge into classics, Jing History, Sure Masters, z and collections.

3:42 G It preserved countless works, though some were censored across several Imperial manuscript sets. That concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.