Lincoln Discussion Symposium › Lincoln Discussion Symposium › Trivia Questions - all things Lincoln v
Extra Credit Questions

Threaded Mode
Extra Credit Questions
08-01-2018, 06:36 PM,
#2,971
Eva Elisabeth Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 6,598
Threads: 69
Joined: Apr 2013
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Whose (more precisely than the stone) grave is this?
   
Find
Reply
08-02-2018, 03:00 AM,
#2,972
Eva Elisabeth Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 6,598
Threads: 69
Joined: Apr 2013
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Hint #1: I will answer yes/no questions.
Hint #2: This is both, an assassination as well as a general Lincoln trivia.
Find
Reply
08-02-2018, 04:51 AM,
#2,973
RJNorton Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 13,229
Threads: 556
Joined: Jun 2012
RE: Extra Credit Questions
One of the ladies who came to comfort Mary Lincoln at the Petersen House...the grave of Mrs. Dixon?
Find
Reply
08-02-2018, 08:19 AM,
#2,974
Eva Elisabeth Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 6,598
Threads: 69
Joined: Apr 2013
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Very good guess, Roger, but (you are right as for the gender) the lady to my knowledge wasn't at Peterson House.
Find
Reply
08-02-2018, 09:43 AM,
#2,975
RJNorton Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 13,229
Threads: 556
Joined: Jun 2012
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Is it the grave of David Homer Bates' wife?
Find
Reply
08-02-2018, 03:59 PM,
#2,976
Eva Elisabeth Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 6,598
Threads: 69
Joined: Apr 2013
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Sorry for delay - another smart guess, Roger, but not she.
Hint #3: It was the wife of someone "we" know from prior to the assassination. The lady however had a special appearance in the "aftermath" of the assassination.
Find
Reply
08-02-2018, 04:10 PM,
#2,977
RJNorton Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 13,229
Threads: 556
Joined: Jun 2012
RE: Extra Credit Questions
I am now thinking Adele Cutts.
Find
Reply
08-02-2018, 04:51 PM, (This post was last modified: 08-02-2018, 04:52 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
#2,978
Eva Elisabeth Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 6,598
Threads: 69
Joined: Apr 2013
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Brilliant, Roger - well deserved victory. She was the widow of Stephen Douglas and went to see Johnson on Mary Surratt's behalf to no avail.
   
PS: Thanks much again to Bill B. for the photo!
Find
Reply
08-03-2018, 04:47 PM,
#2,979
Eva Elisabeth Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 6,598
Threads: 69
Joined: Apr 2013
RE: Extra Credit Questions
I am finally giving up to "photoshop" this image to make it Google-proof (doesn't work), so I beg you to play fair and not resent to simply image search.
Who is depicted here?
   
Find
Reply
08-03-2018, 06:26 PM,
#2,980
RJNorton Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 13,229
Threads: 556
Joined: Jun 2012
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Osborn Oldroyd?
Find
Reply
08-03-2018, 08:58 PM, (This post was last modified: 08-03-2018, 09:00 PM by AussieMick.)
#2,981
AussieMick Offline
Legendary Member
******
 		Posts: 1,503
Threads: 47
Joined: Dec 2017
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Ok, Eva. I have no specific idea ... but I'd guess that photo was taken about 1930-1940 (based on his clothing and ... well, the photo style itself) and he is aged about 45 -50. So born maybe 1880 - 1885. ?
Based on stance and confident look ... but not a politician's "cockiness" ... serious ... an academic (author or scientist) thats used to doing presentations. Whats that in the foreground ... maybe a document?

I'd guess that his main claim to fame would have occurred in ... 1920'ish
Find
Reply
08-04-2018, 12:11 AM, (This post was last modified: 08-04-2018, 12:13 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
#2,982
Eva Elisabeth Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 6,598
Threads: 69
Joined: Apr 2013
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Good idea, Roger, but not O. O.
Mick - you are on the right track. I couldn't find (out) when exactly the photo was taken but your time frame overall is quite close to "reality".
(And yes - no politician but someone used to do presentations and writing.
Find
Reply
08-04-2018, 04:51 AM, (This post was last modified: 08-04-2018, 04:52 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
#2,983
Eva Elisabeth Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 6,598
Threads: 69
Joined: Apr 2013
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Hint #1: To put it clearly - he was an author and "speaker".
Hint #2: He's (still) very popular also in Germany.
Find
Reply
08-04-2018, 04:54 AM,
#2,984
RJNorton Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 13,229
Threads: 556
Joined: Jun 2012
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Edgar Lee Masters?
Find
Reply
08-04-2018, 04:58 AM,
#2,985
Eva Elisabeth Offline
Hero Member
*******
 		Posts: 6,598
Threads: 69
Joined: Apr 2013
RE: Extra Credit Questions
Good guess, Roger, but not correct.
Find
Reply


Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 131 Guest(s)