[A week ago, we ment=
ioned some questions that needed more thought for a good answer. Adde=
d ideas have slowly dribbled in. I’m thinking about them. Now you wil=
l, too.]
>> Do blind Eskimos have seeing-eye dog sleds?
>> If you thro=
w a cat out of a car window at 90 mph, at what point does it become kitty l=
itter?
>> If there is=
no God, who pops up the next Kleenex in the box?
>> What do the=
y use to ship Styrofoam in?
>> How do you =
know when it’s time to tune your bagpipe?
>> When you ch=
oke a Smurf, what color does it turn?
>> Does fuzzy =
logic tickle?
>> Do they hav=
e reserved parking for non-handicapped people at the Special Olympics?
>> Do radioact=
ive cats have 18 half-lives?
~~ANSWERS TO “=
HONEST ABE” QUIZ~~
1. In 1834 Lincoln w=
on an Illinois House seat as a candidate of the WHIG party.
2. In the 1860 Presi=
dential race he was nominated in the REPUBLICAN party.
3. Iin 1864 he ran a=
s the candidate of the NATIONAL UNION party.
4. Most American vot=
ers in 1860 did not want Lincoln as President, and he garnered the all-time=
low of 38.8% of the popular vote. Next lowest percentage of vote and still=
be President was Bill Clinton (42.9%)
5. Abe’s V.P. in 186=
0 was HANNIBAL HAMLIN of Paris, Maine.
6. In 1864 Abe ran f=
or reelection against his wartime nemesis, the popular Democrat GENERAL GEO=
RGE McCLELLAN.
7. The famous Lincol=
n-Douglas Debates were held across Illinois in 1858 as Abe was seeking elec=
tion to the U.S. SENATE.
8. His son Robert To=
dd Lincoln held the position of SECRETARY OF WAR under the administrations =
of Garfield and Arthur.
9. Lincoln served as=
the official spokesman in the West for Presidential candidate JOHN C. FREM=
ONT in the 1856 election.
10. For the first ti=
me in history, a political party’s convention was held in Chicago, not BALT=
IMORE which may have helped Lincoln’s nomination.
11. Abe served just =
one term in the U.S. House representing Illinois where he took strong stand=
against the popular MEXICAN WAR, leading voters to reject his views and he=
failed to win reelection.
12. Abraham Lincoln&=
#8217;s “Boyhood National Memorial” is in the state of INDIANA
13. Lincoln’s V.P. f=
or re-election in 1864 was Andrew Johnson of Tennessee, a life-long-member =
of the DEMOCRATIC Party.
14. Lincoln remains =
the tallest man elected President, at 6 ft, 4 inches tall, also with a size=
14 shoe.
15. Lincoln was the =
first President not born in one of the 13 original states; he was born in t=
he state of KENTUCKY.
16. Lincoln is the m=
ost written-about character in American history, with 14,000 books written =
about him.
17. Lincoln’s =
son Robert was nearby when his father was assassinated in 1865 and was also=
at the scene of the shooting of Presidents GARFIELD, 1881, and McKINLEY, 1=
901.
18. The contents of =
Lincoln’s pockets on the night of the assassination weren’t rev=
ealed until February 12, 1976. In addition to spectacles, a pocketknife, a =
linen handkerchief, a gold watch fob without a watch, and a wallet with a C=
onfederate five-dollar bill (NO US MONEY)=
,
19. Lincoln had 4 so=
ns,=
ROBERT, EDDY, WILLIE, and TAD, but =
left no direct descendants to carry on =
the Lincoln name beyond them.
20. Lincoln is burie=
d in SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, not Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
BONUS: In addition t=
o John F. Kennedy, what other Presidents are buried in Arlington National C=
emetery? Only WILLIAM TAFT
~~
=Dr Bob Griffin
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[email protected]=
www.grif.net
"Jesus Knows=
Me, This I Love!