+- Lincoln Discussion Symposium (https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium)
+-- Forum: Lincoln Discussion Symposium (https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/forum-1.html)
+--- Forum: Trivia Questions - all things Lincoln (https://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussionSymposium/forum-8.html)
+--- Thread: Extra Credit Questions (/thread-3582.html)
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
RE: Extra Credit Questions - J. Beckert - 02-10-2013
I know she eventually settled elsewhere, but something tells me it's France.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-10-2013
Certainly a logical guess, Joe, but it's not France.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - ReignetteC - 02-10-2013
Two guesses: Frankfurt, Germany or Leamington, England?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-10-2013
Another logical guess, Reignette, but also not correct.
Hint #1: She spent 7 weeks traveling here.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 02-10-2013
I'm sure that this is not correct, but if it were me, the answer would be Austria. I love that country and the city of Vienna.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-10-2013
Lots of good guesses so far but none correct.
Hint #2: Of this place Mary wrote, "I can scarcely permit myself to attempt a description."
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 02-10-2013
Scotland?
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-10-2013
That's it, Rob! Mary wrote about visiting Scotland in a letter to Rhoda White dated August 30, 1869.
You win two free tickets to the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 02-10-2013
Does anyone besides me think that Mary's frequent travels through the countries of Europe may have exacerbated Tad's illness? Tuberculosis ran in my family until modern medicine. I have ancestors from both Scotland and England who came to America to escape the climates that doctors of the 1700s caused the disease. When my great-grandparents were married in Baltimore, she had a touch of the disease. My great-grandfather was working in the city, but was advised to bring his wife to his family's home in Southern Maryland for the fresher air.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-15-2013
During his presidency Abraham Lincoln gave this silver watch to someone. Whom did he give it to?
![[Image: silverwatch.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/silverwatch.jpg)
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 02-15-2013
Dennis Hanks?
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 02-15-2013
Another question: which poet said of Lincoln:
"...if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays-what epics-would have been made out of him!"
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 02-15-2013
Correct, Rob. Kudos. Indeed Dennis Hanks was the recipient of the watch.
You win a free sandwich of your choice at Ferguson's Greenback Restaurant.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 02-15-2013
Bill,
Sandburg would be too easy, but it sounds like him, so I'm going to guess Walt Whitman, since Sandburg has been called the 20th century Whitman.
Best
Rob
(02-15-2013, 09:59 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: Another question: which poet said of Lincoln:
"...if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays-what epics-would have been made out of him!"
RE: Extra Credit Questions - LincolnMan - 02-15-2013
(02-15-2013, 10:18 AM)Rob Wick Wrote: Bill,
Sandburg would be too easy, but it sounds like him, so I'm going to guess Walt Whitman, since Sandburg has been called the 20th century Whitman.
Best
Rob
(02-15-2013, 09:59 AM)LincolnMan Wrote: Another question: which poet said of Lincoln:
"...if the old Greeks had had this man, what trilogies of plays-what epics-would have been made out of him!"
Rob: great guess! You're are exactly right.