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Quiz: Americana (Special Abraham Lincoln Edition)

Round 1 at the Old Pequliar on Feb. 3, 2009

1) Lincoln Logs were invented by the son of what American architect?

2) Over 14,000 feet high, the tallest mountain named Lincoln in the United States is part of the Mosquito Range in what state?

3) Abraham Lincoln’s image was added to the front of the penny in 1909. Until 1958, the back of the penny depicted what agricultural product?

4) Which Seattle park is named after a survivor of Booth’s assassination plot, Lincoln’s Secretary of State?

5) Lincoln, featuring the songs “Purple Toupee” and “They’ll Need a Crane,” is the second album by what alternative rock band?

6) John Keating’s students could tell you: Which Walt Whitman poem includes the line “The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won”?

7) The Lincoln Highway, the US’s first coast-to-coast highway, connected Lincoln Park, San Francisco, to what New York City landmark?

8) Two ships in the US Navy have been named the USS Abraham Lincoln. For a half point each, what kind of vessels are they?

9) “The Apotheosis of Lincoln” and “Abraham Lincoln the Martyr Victorious” are among the pictures that show Lincoln being welcomed into heaven by what politician?

10) “If she were a president, she’d be Baberaham Lincoln,” says Garth about Wayne’s unbelievably hot girlfriend. What’s her name?

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Gifts

1) According to legend, Laocoon and Cassandra both warned against accepting what large gift?
2) In the bible, Herodias’ daughter asks her for advice on what gift to request from King Herod. What does she add to her daughter’s wish list?
3) The bridal registry was invented in 1924 at what Chicago department store?
4) The word “regifting” was popularized by a 1995 episode of what television show?
5) “The Gift,” a story song about a man who mails himself to his girlfriend, appears on the album White Light/White Heat by what legendary band?
6) In the episode “Christmas Party” on The Office, what gift does Michael buy for Ryan, completely blowing the $20 limit?
7) In Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Sleeping Beauty, what present does Carabosse give Princess Aurora on her sixteenth birthday?
8) In the O. Henry story “The Gift of the Magi,” Jim sells his watch so he can buy what present for his wife Della?
9) In “The Riddle Song,” the singer gives his love a cherry that has no stone. According to the song, how can there be a cherry that has no stone?
10) You can set up your Amazon.com Wish List to not show you what’s been purchased just before your birthday, in the month of December, and just before three holidays. Name two of those holidays.

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