Jan. 29, 2025
General Trivia
Mark Ellison tests your knowledge across a wide range of topics. From novel rejections to Olympic chocolate medals, this episode is packed with surprising facts. Learn how cockroaches inspired touchscreen technology and discover why Monopoly's...
Mark Ellison tests your knowledge across a wide range of topics. From novel rejections to Olympic chocolate medals, this episode is packed with surprising facts. Learn how cockroaches inspired touchscreen technology and discover why Monopoly's bankruptcy rules were never meant to be the goal.
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Calorogus Shark Media. Greetings knowledge seekers, I'm Mark Ellison and
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welcome to another variety edition of five daily trivia questions.
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Let's explore some fascinating facts from across the spectrum. Question one,
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which famous novel was rejected one hundred and sixty two
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times before being published, but only after the author did
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what unusual thing to the manuscript? Question two? What common
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household pest helped scientists develop the first touch screen technology
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in nineteen seventy three? Question three? Which Olympic gold medal
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was accidentally made of chocolate? And why did they let
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the winner keep it? Question four? What surprising object did
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set us and used to propose to his second wife,
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leading to a new Valentine's Day tradition? Question five? Which
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popular board game was originally designed to teach hotel management
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until players kept doing what instead? We'll be right back
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with these varied answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans.
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Let's reveal today's answers. Question one asked which famous novel
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was rejected one hundred and sixty two times before being published,
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but only after the author did what unusual thing to
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the manuscript? Answer zen and the art of motorcycle Maintenance
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was finally accepted after the author rewrote it backward to forward,
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discovering major plot holes. The original backwards manuscript sold at
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auction for twelve thousand dollars. Question two asked what common
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household pest helped scientists developed the first touch screen technology
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in nineteen seventy three. Answer scientists studying how cockroaches detect
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motion created the first touch sensitive surface based on their antennae.
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The first prototype was nicknamed the roach pad. Question three
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asked which Olympic gold medal was accidentally made of chocolate
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and why did they let the winner keep it. Answer?
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A nineteen twelve medal for poetry was accidentally cast in
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chocolate coded gold leaf, but they let the winner keep
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it because it was artistically appropriate. It's now preserved in
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liquid nitrogen. Question four asked what surprising object did Thomas
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Edison use to propose to his second wife, leading to
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a new Valentine's Day tradition. Answer. He proposed using Morse
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code tapped out on her finger, inspiring telegraph operators to
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send Valentine's messages in code. Western Union offered free proposal
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telegram every February fourteenth until nineteen fifty seven. Question five
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asked which popular board game was originally designed to teach
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hotel management until players kept doing what instead? Answer Monopoly
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was created to teach hotel accounting, but playtesters kept trying
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to bankrupt each other instead of cooperating. The bankruptcy rules
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were originally meant as penalties, not goals. That concludes today's
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five Daily Trivia Questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions
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were crafted with the help of AI technology. If you'd
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the link in our show notes. See you tomorrow.
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