Dec. 31, 2024

New Year's Eve Trivia

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Journey Joe Mitchell counts down fascinating facts about New Year's Eve traditions. From Times Square ball drop mishaps to champagne celebrations, this episode explores the history behind our holiday customs. Learn how pigeons affected the first ball drop and discover which radio timing mistake created a beloved tradition.

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Calirogus Shark media greeting celebration seekers. I'm journey Joe Mitchell,

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and welcome to a festive edition of five daily trivia questions.

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Let's explore some fascinating facts about New Year's Eve traditions.

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Question one. What unexpected crisis at the first time square

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ball drop in nineteen oh seven led to a tradition

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that's still followed by the crew today. Question two? Which

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famous band leader accidentally created the midnight champagne tradition when

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his live radio show timing went wrong in nineteen twenty nine.

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Question three? What unusual ingredient was in the original Times

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Square ball that had to be changed after pigeons kept

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trying to eat it? Question four? Which misheard lyrics in

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aldlang sign became so common that sheet music publishers started

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printing them as correct. Question five? What New Year's tradition

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started an ancient Babylon made its way to Times Square

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through a nineteen thirties radio contest. We'll be right back

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with these celebratory answers after this break. Let's reveal today's answers.

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Question one asked what unexpected crisis at the first time

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square ball drop in nineteen oh seven led to a

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tradition that's still followed by the crew today. Answer. The

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ball got stuck halfway down and the crew had to

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throw their hats in the air to distract the crowd.

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Now the crew always removes their hats at exactly eleven

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fifty nine. The original stuck ball is displayed in the

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Times Square Museum. Question two asked which famous band leader

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accidentally created the midnight champagne tradition when his live radio

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show timing went wrong in nineteen twenty nine. Answer. Guy

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Lombardo's band started late, so he had the audience pop

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champagne to cover the silence until they were ready. The

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Roosevelt Hotel still serves Lombardo reserve champagne every New Year's.

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Question three asked what unusual ingredient was in the original

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Times Square ball that had to be changed after pigeons

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kept trying to eat it. Answer. The ball was covered

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in breadcrumbs mixed with glitter to make it sparkle, but

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had to be replaced with aluminum after pigeons became a problem.

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One piece of the original ball is baked into a

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special New Year's bread each year. Question four asked which

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misheard lyrics in Ald Lang's sign became so common that

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sheet music publishers started printing them as correct. Answer for

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the Sake of was misheard as for Old Time's Sake

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and became so popular that Robert Burns's original Scottish lyrics

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were officially changed. The original handwritten lyrics are only displayed

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once a year. In Edinburgh. Question five asked what New

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Year's tradition started? An ancient Babylon made its way to

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Times Square through a nineteen thirties radio contest answer making

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noise at midnight to ward off evil spirits. The radio

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contest sought the loudest noisemaker, leading to modern horns and noisemakers.

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The winning noisemaker from nineteen thirty nine is still used

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to start the ball drop that concludes this year's five

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daily trivia questions. I'm Journey Joe Mitchell and see you

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next year.

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