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RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - J. Beckert - 11-08-2013
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.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Eva Elisabeth - 11-08-2013
Hint#1: It was the second time such had happened.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - RJNorton - 11-08-2013
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.)
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - RJNorton - 11-08-2013
(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?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Eva Elisabeth - 11-08-2013
Joe was right: Roger, you nailed it. The account dated Feb. 28, 1837. Mr. Crapps was a storekeeper at Vandalia.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - J. Beckert - 11-13-2013
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?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Gene C - 11-13-2013
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
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - J. Beckert - 11-13-2013
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.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - RJNorton - 11-13-2013
E. A. Sothern?
![[Image: EA%20Sothern%20as%20Lord%20Dundreary,%20...esized.jpg]](http://www.josephhaworth.com/images/Fellow%20Actors/E.A.%20Sothern/EA%20Sothern%20as%20Lord%20Dundreary,%201858-Photo-B&W-Resized.jpg)
E. A. Sothern
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - J. Beckert - 11-13-2013
Sorry Roger, it was not E.A. Sothern, who looks hauntingly like Booth in that picture. Let's make that Hint # 1.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Rogerm - 11-13-2013
(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?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - J. Beckert - 11-13-2013
Sorry, Roger, it was not Bernhardt either.
Hint # 2 - This person was a member of the profession they were bashing.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Eva Elisabeth - 11-13-2013
Joe, I have no clue, just like guessing. So, any of the "Our American Cousin"- cast? W. Ferguson?
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - J. Beckert - 11-13-2013
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.
RE: Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels - Gene C - 11-13-2013
Laura Keene?