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Twelve Days of Xmas Trivia
12-28-2017, 03:28 PM (This post was last modified: 12-28-2017 03:30 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #31
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You are on the right track, she was an actress. I'm afraid right now I don't know if the "M" has some significance, there's no "M" in her name at least.
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12-28-2017, 05:17 PM
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Could it be Jeannie Gourlay?
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12-28-2017, 05:59 PM
Post: #33
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Good idea, Roger, but not she.
Hint #2: This actress literally got in touch with one of the Lincolns.
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12-28-2017, 07:36 PM (This post was last modified: 12-28-2017 07:37 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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Hint #3: It didn't happen in the US (and y'all know the story for sure).
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12-28-2017, 08:55 PM
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Did it happen on a ship? Is it Sarah Bernhardt, who supposedly saved Mary Lincoln from falling down some stairs?
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12-28-2017, 09:56 PM (This post was last modified: 12-29-2017 12:21 AM by AussieMick.)
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Your 'one of the Lincolns' implies to me that it wasnt Mary or Abraham. "literally got in touch" ... I suppose it could be a seance (although the 'literally' would need to be stretching the credibility). I 'll check with a friend .... ( Google) ... Nellie Colburn ?
Oh ... I see it didnt happen in the US ... hmmm ... Germany?
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12-29-2017, 06:58 AM (This post was last modified: 12-29-2017 07:04 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #37
RE: Twelve Days of Xmas Trivia
Good reasoning, Mick, but kudos again, Laurie - you got my hints 100% correctly - it happened aboard the steamer "L'Amerique" that they got in touch because Sarah saved Mary when falling headfirst down a stairway during Mary's journey back to the US from her second trip to Europe.

According to her memoirs, Sarah Bernardt said: "You might have been killed, Madame." Mary replied: "Yes, but it was not God's will." Bernhardt later concluded: "I had just done this unhappy woman the only service I ought not to habe done her - I saved her from death." Mary disembarked almost unnoticed when huge crowds met Bernhardt on the docks upon the ship's arrival in NYC.
   
"Lucky Luke" is a popular (Belgian I think) comic in Europe.

Laurie: 4
Bill: 1
Dennis: 1
Gene: 1

   
Five Golden Rings - First five books of the Old Testament

This gentleman is from a book I suppose only Dave Taylor owns despite me.
Who is he supposed to be?
   
Another point will score (s)he who specifies the scene/incident depicted.
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12-29-2017, 07:35 AM
Post: #38
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Could it be Samuel Mudd going on a house call and carrying his doctor's bag?
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12-29-2017, 09:49 AM
Post: #39
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Excellent guess, Roger, but it's not Dr. Mudd. The gentleman is well-known however.
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12-29-2017, 10:07 AM
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Edwin Stanton on his way to a Cabinet meeting. He is carrying his briefcase. If not Stanton, maybe Gideon Welles?
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12-29-2017, 10:49 AM
Post: #41
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I'll go with Gideon Welles too.

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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12-29-2017, 11:18 AM
Post: #42
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Very smart guesses, too, but he's none of those gentlemen.
Hint #1: I will answer yes/no questions, so please try to "approach".
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12-29-2017, 11:49 AM
Post: #43
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You mentioned Dave Taylor - is he someone who knew John Wilkes Booth?
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12-29-2017, 12:00 PM (This post was last modified: 12-29-2017 12:28 PM by L Verge.)
Post: #44
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That has to be a Lego figure from the related book on the assassination, and since Eva uses the word "approach" in her hint, I'm guessing it is a lawyer, but the beard is losing me.

I'm going to change the subject to Presidential assassinations, not just Lincoln. Garfield was in a train station, so maybe he had a valise or briefcase in his hand when "approached" and shot by Guiteau? Yes? No?
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12-29-2017, 12:28 PM (This post was last modified: 12-29-2017 12:31 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
Post: #45
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Garfield and train station is extremely smart (and right the correct incident), Laurie, but it isn't Garfield.
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