Jan. 2, 2026

Famous Rivalries

Famous Rivalries
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Famous Rivalries: historic competitions in sports, business, and science.

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Portions of today's trivia podcast were made with the help of AI.

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Caalaroga, shark media, Piam Mark Ellison, and today's theme is

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famous rivalries, historic competitions in sports, business and science. Question one.

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In the seventeenth century priority dispute between Isaac Newton and

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, which branch of mathematics were they each

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accused of claiming first, igniting decades of nationalistic controversy, and

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shaping modern mathematical notation. Question two. During the late nineteen

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the century war of Currents between Thomas Edison's direct current

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and Nikola Tesla's alternating current, championed by George Westinghouse, which

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type of power system illuminated the eighteen ninety three World's

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Columbian Exposition in Chicago, signaling a public victory in the rivalry.

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Question three. In the cour Bola Wars of the nineteen

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seventies and nineteen eighties, what marketing campaign invited consumers to

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blind taste test pepsi against Coca Cola, a publicity stunt

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that pressured Coke into launching the controversial nineteen eighty five

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New Coke reformulation. Question four. The NBA's profile soared in

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the nineteen eighties thanks to the rivalry between Magic, Johnson

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and Larry Bird. Which two franchises did they headline? Squaring

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off in three NBA finals that defined the decade? Question five?

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In the Titanic Chess Rivalry of the nineteen eighties, who

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captured the world title from Anatoly Karpov in nineteen eighty five,

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becoming the youngest undisputed world chess champion at the time.

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We'll be right back with these answers after this break.

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Welcome back. Question one, what mathfield did Newton and Leibniz dispute? Answer? Calculus?

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Newton and Leibniz independently developed calculus, but a bitter priority

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battle followed, with the Royal Society favoring Newton. Leibnitz's notation

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like and ddx became standard, while the rivalry influenced scientific

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communities across England and the continent. Question two which current

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lit the eighteen ninety three World's Fair Answer? Alternating Current AC?

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Westinghouse used Tesla's AC system to power the fare, demonstrating

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long distance transmission and efficiency over Edison's DC. The spectacle

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helped cement AC as the standard for electrical grids worldwide.

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Question three, what blind taste test escalated the Cola Wars

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answer the Pepsi Challenge. Debuting in nineteen seventy five, the

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Pepsi Challenge showcased consumer preferences in blind tastings and grabbed headlines.

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Coca Cola's response with New Coke backfired, leading to the

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swift return and of Coca Cola Classic. Question four, Which

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teams did Magic and Bird? Headline? Answer? Los Angeles Lakers

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and Boston Celtics Johnson's Showtime Lakers and Birds Blue Collar

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Celtics met in the nineteen eighty four, nineteen eighty five,

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and nineteen eighty seven finals. Their duel, born in the

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nineteen seventy nine NCAA title game, revitalized the league and

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became a cultural touchstone. Question five. Who dethroned Karpoff in

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nineteen eighty five? Answer? Gary Kasparov. Kasparov won the nineteen

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eighty five match in Moscow at age twenty two, beginning

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a long rain at top chess. His battles with Karpoff

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are among the most analyzed in chess history and helped

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popularize the game globally. That concludes today's five Daily Trivia Questions.

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I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the

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help of AI technology, see you tomorrow,