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Trivia Advent Calendar
12-07-2015, 10:15 AM
Post: #256
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One of the Todd brothers or half-brothers?
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12-07-2015, 10:29 AM
Post: #257
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(12-07-2015 09:09 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  Excellent guess, Herr Beckert, but it's not he.

Hint #1: If not here, I would have posted this on the "MTL Trivia" thread.

OK - with this hint I think I know - Mary Lincoln's nephew, Edward Lewis Baker?
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12-07-2015, 10:37 AM
Post: #258
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Smart idea, Laurie, but kudos, Roger is correct!!! Here's a nice article for those who aren't familiar with Lewis:
https://featherfoster.wordpress.com/2013...wis-baker/
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12-07-2015, 10:42 AM
Post: #259
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Thanks for posting this, I have never seen his photo.

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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12-07-2015, 10:44 AM (This post was last modified: 12-07-2015 10:45 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #260
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Thanks, Gene - I've long tried to find a photo of him and just lately succeeded!
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12-07-2015, 06:05 PM
Post: #261
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Where is #8, and what is special about it?
   
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12-07-2015, 06:08 PM
Post: #262
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It looks like what is now the ghettos of DC where the Hale family lived.

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12-07-2015, 06:16 PM (This post was last modified: 12-07-2015 06:16 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #263
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Good guess, Thomas, but, I'm sorry, not correct.
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12-07-2015, 06:21 PM
Post: #264
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Is that the persimmon tree near the Soldiers Home where President Lincoln convinced Charles Forbes to eat some of the green fruit, and Forbes spit it out and exclaimed, "Mr. President, I am poisoned! I am poisoned!"
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12-07-2015, 06:25 PM (This post was last modified: 12-07-2015 06:41 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #265
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I love that story! Excellent guess, Roger, but, sorry, not correct either!

Hint #1: Roger's guess is inasfar correct as this is some kind of original, historic tree.
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12-07-2015, 07:21 PM
Post: #266
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I think that's a Sycamore tree in Gettysburg that was a silent witness to what transpired there in 1863.

"There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg"
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12-07-2015, 09:08 PM (This post was last modified: 12-07-2015 09:09 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #267
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Kudos, Joe - you nailed it, it's one of only five trees left of those days. Here's the entire photo:
   
Your prize in memoriam John Lennon, who was shot 35 years ago (on Dec.8, 1980):
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z8Vfp48laS8
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12-07-2015, 09:47 PM (This post was last modified: 12-07-2015 09:49 PM by J. Beckert.)
Post: #268
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Danke, Frau Eva! And Frohliche Weihnachten to you, my dear!!

Although I'm a bit late in coming to the Advent Trivia fun this year, I did peruse the thread and I see that a frequent contributor to this forum has an impressive record of winning three out of the first six questions! Very admirable, but if I have my way - short lived. Without naming names, and to make the Advent Trivia fun even more fun, (for me, anyway), with your permission, I'd like to keep score and stomp a mudhole in your current frontrunner to be this year's Advent Trivia Champion!

"The Director" 3
Me 1

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12-08-2015, 06:07 PM
Post: #269
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Fröhliche Weihnachten, Joe!
To complete the scores:
Gene: 2
Roger: 2

Now what about #9, respectively where is this?

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12-08-2015, 06:12 PM
Post: #270
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It is Teddy Roosevelt looking out the window watching the Lincoln funeral procession at his grandpa's house in NYC.

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