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0:03 Calorogus Shark Media Greeting's knowledge seekers. I'm Mark Ellison, and welcome to a variety edition of five daily trivia questions. Let's explore some fascinating facts from across the spectrum. Question one, Which Olympic sport used to award medals for poetry until what unusual incident? In nineteen forty eight? Question two? What common food item did NASA spend twenty three million dollars to develop in the nineteen sixties, only to discover that Soviet cosmonauts were using what instead? Question three? Which hit song was originally written as a commercial jingle for what product before being rejected for being too catchy? Question four?

0:59 What every day opt was invented by a hotel owner after guests kept complaining about what specific problem? Question five? Which famous landmark was almost painted yellow instead of its iconic color because of what wartime shortage? We'll be right back with these wide ranging answers after this break. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one asked which Olympic sport used to award medals for poetry until what unusual incident? In nineteen forty eight? Answer Art competitions were Olympic events until nineteen forty eight, when two poets were caught plagiarizing ancient Greek works. The medals awarded for arts between nineteen twelve to nineteen forty eight are still counted in official Olympic records.

1:55 Question two asked what common food item did NASA spend twenty three million dollars to develop in the nineteen sixties, only to discover that Soviet cosmonauts were using what instead? Answer? NASA developed the space pen, while Soviet cosmonauts simply used pencils. The space pen development did lead to pressurized pen technology we use today. Question three asked which hit song was originally written as a commercial jingle for what product before being rejected for being too catchy. Answer Sweet Caroline was written for a Pepsi commercial, but rejected because focus groups couldn't stop singing it. Neil Diamond bought back the rights for one thousand, five hundred dollars. Question four asked what everyday object was invented by a hotel owner after guests kept complaining about what specific problem. Answered The hotel do not Disturb sign was invented after guests complained about staff interrupting honeymoons. The original wooden sign is still displayed at the Hotel DuPont. Question five asked which famous landmark was almost painted yellow instead of its iconic color because of what wartime shortage. Answer The Golden gate Bridge was almost painted sunshine yellow due to a wartime shortage of its signature international orange paint. Partial test painting can still be seen on one support beam that concludes today's five daily

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