Monday Mix - From Tomatoes to YouTube
Join Mark Ellison for a fascinating journey through diverse worlds of knowledge! Today's episode uncovers the surprising truth about a common garden plant once feared as deadly poison, reveals Thomas Edison's inventive revenge against misquoting...
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0:03 Calorogus Shark Media. Greetings trivia fans. I'm Mark Allison, and today we've got an exciting mix of questions from across the world of knowledge. Question one, Which common garden plant, first cultivated by the Aztecs was once considered a highly poisonous decorative flower until proven edible? Question two? What unusual object did Thomas Edison invent in eighteen seventy seven, specifically to get revenge on politicians who were misquoting his quotes?
0:45 Question three? Which Olympic sport was created by a gym teacher in eighteen ninety one who was asked to invent an indoor winter activity? Question four? What every day item was accidentally invented in eighteen fifty three when a chef, angry at a customer's complaint about thick fries sliced potatoes paper thin out of spite? Question five? What became the first video to reach one billion views on YouTube in twenty twelve. We'll be right back with these fascinating answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers.
1:30 Question one, Which common garden plant was once considered poisonous until proven edible. Answer. The tomato was considered a decorative but deadly plant in Europe and American colonies until the late eighteen hundreds. Italian and Spanish immigrants helped prove it was safe for eating. Question two. What did Thomas Edison invent to prevent misquotation? Answer the phonograph. Edison was frustrated by newspapers misquoting his statements and one away to record exact words. This led to his invention of sound recording. Question three, Which Olympic sport was created for indoor winter activity? Answer?
2:11 Basketball was invented by doctor James Naysmith at the YMCA Training School now Springfield College in Massachusetts, specifically as a less rough indoor winter sport. Question four What everyday item was invented by an angry chef? Answer? Potato chips were first created by chef George Crumb at Moons Lake House in Saratoga Springs, New York, in response to a customer's complaint about thick French fries. Question five. What was the first video to reach one billion YouTube views? Answer? Gangnam's Style by PSI became the first YouTube video to reach one billion views on December twenty first twenty twelve. That concludes today's five Daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison in Today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.
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