Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Robert Lincoln loved to play golf. In 1901 he entered the Ekwanok President's Cup golf tournament.

Where did Robert finish?

[Rob Wick]

Last?

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Rob

[RJNorton]

Good job, Rob. Close enough. Robert beat only one golfer and finished second to last.

Here is a photo of Robert on the golf course:

Source: Lincoln Collection, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

President William Howard Taft putting with Robert and caddie in the foreground.

[RJNorton]

No googling please.

What country was the very first outside the United States to have a city named after Abraham Lincoln?

[Rob Wick]

Wild guess, but Brazil?

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Rob

[RJNorton]

That is an excellent guess, Rob, but it wasn't Brazil.

[Gene C]

Great Brittan ?

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Great Britain.

[Anita]

Argentina? I know they have a city they named Lincoln in 1865 after the assassination. but don't know if it's the earliest.

[AussieMick]

Congo?

[RJNorton]

Kudos, Anita! Argentina it is!

I came across this information in the Spring 2019 edition of the Lincoln Forum Bulletin:

"A 30-inch high, original bronze bust of Lincoln - the work of New York sculptor Frank R. Porcu - has been gifted by the Forum to the South American township of Lincoln, Argentina.

The town - some four hours northwest of Buenos Aires - is believed to be the first municipality outside the United States named for Abraham Lincoln. The designation was ordered by Argentinian president Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811-1888), a passionate admirer of the American president. Sarmiento went on to write and publish a Spanish language Lincoln biography."

[RJNorton]

No googling please. Thank you.

During the early part of the 20th century Germany operated a large steamer named the President Lincoln. On one of its voyages to America it was transporting an animal in a cage. The cage was located on the deck forward of the bridge. One day, as the President Lincoln was traveling across the Atlantic, one of the ship's cooks took a break and was sitting on the ship's rail. Suddenly the animal in the cage let out with a mighty sneeze. The cook, relaxing on the rail, was startled by the huge sneeze, and he fell overboard into the Atlantic. Others on the ship saw what happened and lowered a lifeboat. The astounded cook was saved.

What kind of animal sneezed loudly in his cage aboard the President Lincoln?

[AussieMick]

Elephant? I'll leave that.... I know the US was sent one, but I thought it was from an Asian country.

[Rob Wick]

I'm going to guess gorilla.

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Rob

[RJNorton]

Nope, it wasn't an elephant or a gorilla.