Extra Credit Questions

[Eva Elisabeth]

5000?

[RJNorton]

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

[Gene C]

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

[L Verge]

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

[RJNorton]

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.

[Gene C]

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

[Eva Elisabeth]

Another thread discusses "Lincoln Borne By Loving Hands", which was painted by Carl Bersch. He also painted this gentleman. Who is he?
   

[RJNorton]

Could it be Grover Cleveland?

[Eva Elisabeth]

A brilliant guess, Roger, but, sorry, not correct.

Hint #1: Bersch painted this in 1860.

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Hint #2: He was a nobleman.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Hint 3: His achievements include unification and welfare.

[Eva Elisabeth]

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

[RJNorton]

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

Otto von Bismarck?

[Eva Elisabeth]

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):
       

[L Verge]

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?

[Susan Higginbotham]

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.