Jan. 10, 2026
Famous Speeches
Famous Speeches: I Have a Dream, Gettysburg Address, history's greatest orators.
You may also like ODD ONE OUT. a new podcast with Mark Ellison! Mark gives you 4 words, you decide which word does not belong. Three rounds daily, quick and fun,
Portions of today's trivia podcast were made with the help of AI.
WEBVTT
1
00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:09.240
Calaruga shark media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison, and today's theme
2
00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:12.400
is famous speeches. I Have a Dream Gettysburg Address, History's
3
00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:17.280
greatest orators. Question one. On August twenty eighth, nineteen sixty three,
4
00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.679
during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin
5
00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:23.879
Luther King Junior delivered his I Have a Dream address
6
00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:33.240
from the steps of which iconic American landmark. Question two.
7
00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:36.399
In the opening of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, he says,
8
00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:39.280
four score and seven years ago. How many years does
9
00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:47.560
that phrase represent? Question three? Delivered in the House of
10
00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:51.079
Commons on June fourth, nineteen forty, Winston Churchill's we shall
11
00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:54.439
Fight on the Beach's speech followed which dramatic World War
12
00:00:54.479 --> 00:01:06.079
II evacuation. Question four Pericles's celebrated funeral oration praising Athenian democracy,
13
00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:08.439
is known to us today because it was recorded by
14
00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:11.840
which ancient historian in his history of the Peloponnesian War.
15
00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:21.319
Question five. On July fifth, eighteen fifty two, Frederick Douglas
16
00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:24.040
delivered what to the slave is the fourth of July
17
00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:32.280
in the Corinthian Hall of which US city. We'll be
18
00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:38.200
right back with these answers after this break welcome back.
19
00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:41.760
Question one at which landmark was I have a dream delivered?
20
00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.640
Answer the Lincoln Memorial. King spoke at the Lincoln Memorial
21
00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.920
in Washington, d c. Symbolically linking his civil rights message
22
00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:52.920
to Abraham Lincoln's legacy of emancipation. The setting underscored the
23
00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.319
call for freedom and equality. Question two, how many years
24
00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.319
is four score and seven? Answer eighty seven years equals
25
00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:03.680
twenty years four score eighty plus seven totals eighty seven.
26
00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:06.680
Lincoln was pointing back to seventeen seventy six, the year
27
00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:11.560
of American independence. Question three What event preceded Churchill's we
28
00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:16.479
Shall Fight on the Beaches? Answer? The Dunkirk evacuation. Churchill
29
00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:19.400
spoke just after hundreds of thousands of Allied troops were
30
00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:23.080
rescued from Dunkirk. The speech steeled British resolve against a
31
00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:28.319
possible Nazi invasion. Question four Who preserved Pericle's funeral oration?
32
00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:33.319
Answer Thucydides. Thucydides included the oration in book two of
33
00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:37.080
his history, offering insight into Athens' civic ideals during the
34
00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:40.240
early years of the Peloponnesian War. Question five in which
35
00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.199
city did Douglas deliver his fourth of July Address Answer, Rochester,
36
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.719
New York. Douglas, then based in Rochester, used the occasion
37
00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:51.360
to highlight the contradiction between American ideals of liberty and
38
00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.719
the reality of slavery. The speech remains a landmark in
39
00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:59.400
abolitionist rhetoric. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm
40
00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:02.120
Mark Ellison and to Day's questions were crafted with the
41
00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:04.199
help of AI technology. See you Tomorrow.
1
00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:09.240
2
00:00:09.320 --> 00:00:12.400
3
00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:17.280
4
00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.679
5
00:00:20.760 --> 00:00:23.879
6
00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:33.240
7
00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:36.399
8
00:00:36.520 --> 00:00:39.280
9
00:00:39.320 --> 00:00:47.560
10
00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:51.079
11
00:00:51.079 --> 00:00:54.439
12
00:00:54.479 --> 00:01:06.079
13
00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:08.439
14
00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:11.840
15
00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:21.319
16
00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:24.040
17
00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:32.280
18
00:01:32.319 --> 00:01:38.200
19
00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:41.760
20
00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.640
21
00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.920
22
00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:52.920
23
00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:56.319
24
00:01:56.359 --> 00:02:00.319
25
00:02:00.359 --> 00:02:03.680
26
00:02:04.040 --> 00:02:06.680
27
00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:11.560
28
00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:16.479
29
00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:19.400
30
00:02:19.439 --> 00:02:23.080
31
00:02:23.120 --> 00:02:28.319
32
00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:33.319
33
00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:37.080
34
00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:40.240
35
00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:44.199
36
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:47.719
37
00:02:47.759 --> 00:02:51.360
38
00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.719
39
00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:59.400
40
00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:02.120
41
00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:04.199
