Dec. 10, 2024

Human Rights Day

Human Rights Day

Joe is off today but guest host Johnny Mac examines pivotal moments in human rights history. From Eleanor Roosevelt's secret gavel to lost Hollywood footage, this episode reveals surprising stories about the fight for human dignity. Learn which...

Joe is off today but guest host Johnny Mac examines pivotal moments in human rights history. From Eleanor Roosevelt's secret gavel to lost Hollywood footage, this episode reveals surprising stories about the fight for human dignity. Learn which musician nearly lost their Grammy performance over a declaration and discover how a common classroom item was invented to teach human rights.

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Kalarocas Shock Media, Greeting's history makers. I'm Johnny Max Hoving

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in for journey Joe Mitchell, and welcome to a powerful

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edition of five daily trivia questions on Human Rights Day.

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Let's explore some remarkable moments in the fight for human dignity.

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Question one? What surprising object did Eleanor Roosevelt keep in

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her purse while drafting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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in nineteen forty eight? Question two? Which famous musician had

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their Grammy performance canceled in nineteen eighty five for mentioning

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the Declaration during rehearsal. Question three? What unexpected discovery in

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Nobel's vault in twenty twelve revealed how close Human Rights

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Day came to being in September instead? Question four? Which

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Hollywood movie was secretly filmed in nineteen sixty three to

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document the March on Washington then disappeared for forty years?

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Question five? What common classroom item was invented in nineteen

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forty nine specifically to help teach the Universal Declaration of

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Human Rights. We'll be right back with these inspiring answers

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after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers.

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Question one asked what surprising object did Eleanor Roosevelt keep

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in her purse while drafting the Universal Declaration of Human

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Rights in nineteen forty eight. Answer. She carried a miniature

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un gavel made from wood of the first atomic bomb

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test site, saying it reminded her what they were working

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to prevent. She tapped it quietly on the table whenever

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discussions became heated. Question two asked which famous musician had

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their Grammy performance canceled in nineteen eighty five for mentioning

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the Declaration during rehearsal. Answer. Bob Dylan's performance was initially

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canceled after he referenced Article nineteen in rehearsal, but was

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reinstated after Paul McCartney threatened to boycott. The incident led

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the Grammys to create their Human Rights Award category. Question

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three asked what on a inspected discovery in Nobel's vault

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in twenty twelve revealed how close Human Rights Day came

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to being in September. Instead. Answer, researchers found the original

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un vote tally showing December tenth won by just one

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vote over September twenty eighth, with several countries switching their

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choice at the last minute. The September date was favored

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because it was Gandhi's birthday. Question four asked which Hollywood

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movie was secretly filmed in nineteen sixty three to document

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the March on Washington, then disappeared for forty years. Answer.

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The Day They Walked, featuring Sidney Poitier as narrator, was

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shelved after Kennedy's assassination and rediscovered in a studio vault

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in two thousand and three. The film included never before

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seen footage of behind the scenes organizing. Question five asked

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what common classroom item was invented in nineteen forty nine,

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specifically to help teach the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Answer The classroom flip chart was created by UNESCO to

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display all thirty human rights articles in classrooms around the world.

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The original design is still used in new and educational

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programs today. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. Joes

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back tomorrow, Have a great day.