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Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
11-08-2013, 01:44 PM
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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
I don't know what languages Weichmann spoke, Eva. I'm also drawing a blank on your question, but I'll bet Roger nails it.

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11-08-2013, 02:32 PM (This post was last modified: 11-08-2013 02:32 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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Hint#1: It was the second time such had happened.
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11-08-2013, 02:33 PM
Post: #378
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Joe, I checked Weichmann's book, and in the introduction, Floyd Risvold writes that Weichmann "was an exceptional student and is said to have mastered seven languages and the Pitman system of phonography (shorthand)." Personally I do not remember ever seeing a list of these languages. (That's not to say one does not exist.)
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11-08-2013, 02:37 PM
Post: #379
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(11-08-2013 02:32 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Hint#1: It was the second time such had happened.

Eva, the move of Illinois' capital from Vandalia to Springfield?
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11-08-2013, 04:06 PM (This post was last modified: 11-08-2013 04:44 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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Joe was right: Roger, you nailed it. The account dated Feb. 28, 1837. Mr. Crapps was a storekeeper at Vandalia.
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11-13-2013, 08:37 AM
Post: #381
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
Regarding actors of the Civil War era, what notable 19th. century person said there were less than a half dozen good ones in America and in Europe less than 20?

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11-13-2013, 09:03 AM
Post: #382
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The Barrymores?

I don't know yet, but while surfing the net looking for something else, I found this interesting web site.

http://content.lib.washington.edu/sayreweb/index.html

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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11-13-2013, 09:32 AM
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It wasn't one of the Barrymores Gene, but Edwin Booth's 100 night run of Hamlet was a record that was unbroken until 1922, when John Barrymore played Hamlet for 101 nights.

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11-13-2013, 09:40 AM
Post: #384
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels
E. A. Sothern?

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E. A. Sothern
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11-13-2013, 09:43 AM
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Sorry Roger, it was not E.A. Sothern, who looks hauntingly like Booth in that picture. Let's make that Hint # 1.

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11-13-2013, 10:24 AM
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(11-13-2013 08:37 AM)J. Beckert Wrote:  Regarding actors of the Civil War era, what notable 19th. century person said there were less than a half dozen good ones in America and in Europe less than 20?

Was it Sarah Bernhardt?
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11-13-2013, 10:27 AM (This post was last modified: 11-13-2013 11:17 AM by J. Beckert.)
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Sorry, Roger, it was not Bernhardt either.

Hint # 2 - This person was a member of the profession they were bashing.

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11-13-2013, 01:08 PM
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Joe, I have no clue, just like guessing. So, any of the "Our American Cousin"- cast? W. Ferguson?
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11-13-2013, 02:30 PM
Post: #389
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Sorry Frau Eva - it's not Ferguson, but this person did appear in Our American Cousin over 10 times.

Hint # 2 7/8 - This person is in every Lincoln assassination book ever written.

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11-13-2013, 02:45 PM
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Laura Keene?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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