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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-28-2016
5000?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-28-2016
Very good try, Eva, but it was a lesser amount than $5,000.00.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 01-28-2016
I agree with Finnigan, even though he hasn't answered yet.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 01-28-2016
Just taking a wild guess and wondering how prosperous Nebraska was then - $10?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-28-2016
Too low, Laurie. Gene got it --> the answer is on Finnigan's page:
http://iltomb.org/faq.html
"The State of Illinois donated $50,000, the largest single amount. The States of New York, Missouri, Nevada, and Nebraska each donated $10,000, $1,000, $500, and $500, respectively."
Gene, you win best wishes for a wonderful January day.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 01-28-2016
Thanks Roger, I'll tell my boss I just won the day off from work!
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-29-2016
Another thread discusses "Lincoln Borne By Loving Hands", which was painted by Carl Bersch. He also painted this gentleman. Who is he?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-30-2016
Could it be Grover Cleveland?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-30-2016
A brilliant guess, Roger, but, sorry, not correct.
Hint #1: Bersch painted this in 1860.
Hint #2: He was a nobleman.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-30-2016
Hint 3: His achievements include unification and welfare.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-30-2016
Hint #4: Amongst others, a US state capital and a pickled herring bear his name.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-30-2016
(01-30-2016, 09:43 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Hint #4: Amongst others, a US state capital and a pickled herring bear his name.
Otto von Bismarck?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-30-2016
Kudos, Roger, that is correct. His Serene Highness Otto Eduard Leopold Prince of Bismarck, High Born Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen and Duke of Lauenburg created the first welfare state in the modern world. British PM Benjamin Disraeli said of him: "Be careful of that man—he means every word he says".
Roger, you win the #2 popular German fast food - a fish bun with Bismarck herring, exclusively served by our current chancellor in appropriate location (a beach wicker chair):
RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 01-30-2016
Staying in the German theme: If you read the story of the Arabia in the OTHER posting, some of the 1850s treasures found in the remains were Frozen Charlottes. What were these?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Susan Higginbotham - 01-30-2016
(01-30-2016, 10:54 AM)L Verge Wrote: Staying in the German theme: If you read the story of the Arabia in the OTHER posting, some of the 1850s treasures found in the remains were Frozen Charlottes. What were these?
Little dolls, named for a poem about a young lady who goes out for a ride and freezes to death because she was too proud of her dress to wrap up warmly.