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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-28-2016 08:40 AM

5000?


RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-28-2016 10:16 AM

Very good try, Eva, but it was a lesser amount than $5,000.00.


RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 01-28-2016 10:59 AM

I agree with Finnigan, even though he hasn't answered yet.


RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 01-28-2016 11:15 AM

Just taking a wild guess and wondering how prosperous Nebraska was then - $10?


RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-28-2016 11:30 AM

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 11:49 AM

Thanks Roger, I'll tell my boss I just won the day off from work!
Big Grin


RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-29-2016 08:12 PM

Another thread discusses "Lincoln Borne By Loving Hands", which was painted by Carl Bersch. He also painted this gentleman. Who is he?
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RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-30-2016 06:47 AM

Could it be Grover Cleveland?


RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-30-2016 07:01 AM

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 08:07 AM

Hint 3: His achievements include unification and welfare.


RE: Extra Credit Questions - Eva Elisabeth - 01-30-2016 09:43 AM

Hint #4: Amongst others, a US state capital and a pickled herring bear his name.


RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 01-30-2016 09:54 AM

(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 10:48 AM

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):
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RE: Extra Credit Questions - L Verge - 01-30-2016 10:54 AM

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 11:10 AM

(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.