Extra Credit Questions
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01-28-2016, 07:40 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
5000?
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01-28-2016, 09:16 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Very good try, Eva, but it was a lesser amount than $5,000.00.
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01-28-2016, 09:59 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
I agree with Finnigan, even though he hasn't answered yet.
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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01-28-2016, 10:15 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Just taking a wild guess and wondering how prosperous Nebraska was then - $10?
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01-28-2016, 10:30 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
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. |
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01-28-2016, 10:49 AM
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Thanks Roger, I'll tell my boss I just won the day off from work!
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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01-29-2016, 07:12 PM
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01-30-2016, 05:47 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Could it be Grover Cleveland?
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01-30-2016, 06:01 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2016 06:23 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
A brilliant guess, Roger, but, sorry, not correct.
Hint #1: Bersch painted this in 1860. Hint #2: He was a nobleman. |
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01-30-2016, 07:07 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Hint 3: His achievements include unification and welfare.
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01-30-2016, 08:43 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Hint #4: Amongst others, a US state capital and a pickled herring bear his name.
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01-30-2016, 08:54 AM
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01-30-2016, 09:48 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2016 10:00 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
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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01-30-2016, 09:54 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
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?
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01-30-2016, 10:10 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
(01-30-2016 09:54 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. |
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