Washington & Lincoln

 

This time the category is "Presidential Trivia" and the following questions are all about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

1. Who painted the famous portrait of George Washington, copied in reverse on the dollar bill?
2. What was Martha Washington's maiden name?
3. In the painting of "Washington Crossing the Deleware" by Emanuel Leutze, what is historically wrong with the picture?
4. What newspaper printed Washington's "Farewell Address"?
5. On December 12 1799, Washington wrote in his diary: " Morning Snowing and abt 3 inches deep mer 28 at night." What was the significance of these words?
6. Barely a few days after Lincolns' assassination, his son fell into the path of an oncoming train at the station. What well known personage of the day saved the boys life?
7. What was the name of the doctor, who unknowingly tended John Wilkes Booth, after Booth had been shot, and was jailed as a co-conspirator?
8. How did Lincoln actually earn the nickname "Honest Abe"?
9. When did Lincoln deliver the Emancipation Proclamation?
10. How many stars were on the American Flag when Lincoln became president?

Answers to Washington and Lincoln Trivia

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