Feb. 3, 2025

Philadelphia Trivia

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Mark Ellison kicks off Super Bowl week exploring the City of Brotherly Love. From Liberty Bell legends to soft pretzel origins, this episode reveals surprising stories about Philadelphia. Learn which founding father created the first hospital and discover how a famous movie scene transformed museum steps.
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Callarogashark Media. Greetings, city Slickers, I'm Mark Ellison, and super

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Bowl Week begins with fascinating facts about the city of

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brotherly love. Question one, which two competing stores both claim

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to have invented the cheese steak in what year? Using

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what unique type of cheese? Question two? What surprising sound

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effect was added to the original Liberty bell crack and

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which president was being honored at the time. Question three,

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which famous museum steps became a tourist attraction after what

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nineteen seventy six movie scene leading to what permanent addition

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in two thousand and six? Question four? What common snack

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food was accidentally invented in Philadelphia when a pretzel maker

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did what in eighteen fifty three? Question five? Which founding

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father established North America's first hospital in Philadelphia and what

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unusual admission policy made it unique. We'll be right back

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with these historic answers after this break. Welcome back trivia fans,

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Let's reveal today's answers. Question one asked which two competing

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stores both claimed to have invented the cheese steak in

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what year using what unique type of cheese? Answer Pat's

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claims nineteen thirty Gino's claims nineteen thirty one, and both

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say they originally used prob alone before cheese Whiz was

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introduced in nineteen fifty two. The original price was five

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cents per sand which Question two asked what surprising sound

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effect was added to the original Liberty bell crack and

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which president was being honored at the time. Answer. The

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bell made a musical e fie when it cracked during

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George Washington's birthday celebration in eighteen forty six. The note

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was recorded and is used in Philadelphia orchestra performances. Question

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three asked which famous museum's steps became a tourist attraction

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after what nineteen seventy six movie scene, leading to what

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permanent addition In two thousand and six answer the Philadelphia

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Museum of Art steps from Rocky, leading to a permanent

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Rocky statue at the base. Over two million people recreate

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the run annually. Question four asked what common snack food

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was accidentally invented in Philadelphia when a pretzel maker did

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what in eighteen fifty three answer soft pretzels became a

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Philadelphia staple when a baker fell asleep, burning the first batch,

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but creating the crispy crust. He started selling them on

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the street for a penny each. Question five asked which

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founding father established North america first hospital in Philadelphia and

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what unusual admission policy made it unique. Answer Benjamin Franklin

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founded Pennsylvania Hospital in seventeen fifty one, making it the

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first to admit patients regardless of ability to pay. The

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original building still operates as part of penn Medicine. That

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concludes today's five Daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and

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today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.

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check the link in our show notes. See you tomorrow.

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