Early American Authors Quiz Game Showing 10,901-10,950 of 14,459

[Ruth]

Good Lord! We're on message #10900!
What have y'all been talking about?

[Joanna]

Ruth wrote: "Rule #1- no research or cheating of any kind
(If we don't know the answer, then we'll learn together)
*our new slogan, perhaps?*
Rule #2- Always post a recap prior to giving the answers.
Rule #3- J..."

😁🤔😆🤣

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Well, I best call it a night; Zamba and I have a tea party in my cupboard...😴📗👀☕🤗🤗🤗🤗

[Ruth]

Meg, Dorothy,
Your thoughts?

[Ruth]

😄

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Ruth wrote: "Good Lord! We're on message #10900!
What have y'all been talking about?"

It was all Dorry! 🏃‍♀️💨

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Good Lord! We're on message #10900!
What have y'all been talking about?"

It was all Dorry! 🏃‍♀️💨"

That's right! 😆

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Well, I best call it a night; Zamba and I have a tea party in my cupboard...😴📗👀☕🤗🤗🤗🤗"

Yeah me too, although I won't be sleeping in a cupboard... 🤣🤗

[Joanna]

Ruth wrote: "Meg, Dorothy,
Your thoughts?"

On what?

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Well, I best call it a night; Zamba and I have a tea party in my cupboard...😴📗👀☕🤗🤗🤗🤗"

Yeah me too, although I won't be sleeping in a cupboard... 🤣🤗"

Well, I won't be either, we have some business to take care of before we retire... And our business always gets taken care of in the cupboard...👀📗☕

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Well, I best call it a night; Zamba and I have a tea party in my cupboard...😴📗👀☕🤗🤗🤗🤗"

Yeah me too, although I won't be sleeping in a cupboard... 🤣🤗"

Well, I won't be eith..."

Reading and drinking tea?

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Well, I best call it a night; Zamba and I have a tea party in my cupboard...😴📗👀☕🤗🤗🤗🤗"

Yeah me too, although I won't be sleeping in a cupboard... 🤣🤗"

Well, I ..."

I'm imagining the tea, but I do have a chapter to finish, or I'll never sleep...👀📗🤣

[Ruth]

Emma's quiz rules.
You're getting sleepy 😑

Goodnight, ladies🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "I'm imagining the tea, but I do have a chapter to finish, or I'll never sleep...👀📗🤣."

Ahhh!

[Joanna]

Ruth wrote: "Emma's quiz rules.
You're getting sleepy 😑

Goodnight, ladies🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤"

Ohhh...I shall consult with Dorathea! 😂
Goodnight, Ruth! 🤗

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Ruth wrote: "Emma's quiz rules.
You're getting sleepy 😑

Goodnight, ladies🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤"

Goodnight, dear Ruth! 🤗💕

[Pamela]

I'm up and ready for the day. The fog is so dense that I can barely see through the glass on my back door! I have an early appointment and have to go out driving in this mess before 7:00 a.m.! 🌫🚗🔦😟
Pammy Jo

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Pamela wrote: "I'm up and ready for the day. The fog is so dense that I can barely see through the glass on my back door! I have an early appointment and have to go out driving in this mess before 7:00 a.m.! 🌫🚗🔦😟..."

Oh dear, I'll be praying for safety! 🙏 It's really foggy here, too. 😟

[Lily Rose]

Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Good Lord! We're on message #10900!
What have y'all been talking about?"

It was all Dorry! 🏃‍♀️💨"

😲

[Lily Rose]

Meg wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Emma's quiz rules.
You're getting sleepy 😑

Goodnight, ladies🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤🤗❤"

Ohhh...I shall consult with Dorathea! 😂
Goodnight, Ruth! 🤗"

*Dorothea. And I thought it was Ruth who put the quiz rules...

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Good Lord! We're on message #10900!
What have y'all been talking about?"

It was all Dorry! 🏃‍♀️💨"

😲"

Maybe you had some help...? 🤣

[Ruth]

☀ Good morning everyone ☀

Hi Dorothy,
I was divining Emma's list of quiz rules.
She invited us to guess in message# 10897.

[Ruth]

Today's❓❓❓quiz❓❓❓ game

This accomplished man and N.E.L. author had
a maternal grandmother came from a
Puritan family that was among the first Pilgrims
to flee to Massachusetts for religious freedom
and her father was "the sort of rebel destined
to transform colonial America."
Who is the author?
(Clue: think outside of the fireside authors box)
https://pin.it/1AMpavz

[Pamela]

Benjamin Franklin

[Pamela]

The way the question is worded, I think you are looking for a man, but then you said "HER father" which confused me. The grandmother is Mary Morrell Folger and her husband was Peter Folger. I still think it's Benjamin Franklin you are looking for as the answer, though. Benjamin Franklin's father was Josiah Franklin and his mother was Abiah Lee (Folger) Franklin. Benjamin Franklin is one of my favorites and I have admired him since I was a child. I feel so fortunate to live so near Philadelphia and the many sites related to Franklin.

[Pamela]

Interesting to note that Mary Morrell came to the Colonies as an indentured servant. Peter Folger was on the same ship as Mary. He was sailing with his parents. Peter paid 20 pounds to pay off Mary's servitude, as he fell deeply in love with Mary. After they married, Peter and Mary moved to Martha's Vineyard, where Peter became a teacher and a translator for the Wampanoag people. I always thought that Peter and Mary's story was quite romantic. Benjamin Franklin, on the other hand, had quite a reputation for being unfaithful. He did not take after his grandfather, who was a devoted husband, according to everything I have read about him. Nevertheless, I still admire Franklin's brilliance.

[Joanna]

Pamela wrote: "Interesting to note that Mary Morrell came to the Colonies as an indentured servant. Peter Folger was on the same ship as Mary. He was sailing with his parents. Peter paid 20 pounds to pay off Mary..."

That's really interesting, Pammy Jo!

[Pamela]

After rereading the question several times, I am still not sure why the question is about "this accomplished 👨man" and yet later in the question it says "her👧father was the sort of rebel destined to transform Colonial America." If it is Benjamin Franklin, it should say "his father was the sort of rebel..." I'm sticking with Benjamin Franklin as my answer, but I really am confused by the wording of the question.🤔🧐🤔🧐🤔🤷‍♀️
Pammy Jo

[Joanna]

Pamela wrote: "After rereading the question several times, I am still not sure why the question is about "this accomplished 👨man" and yet later in the question it says "her👧father was the sort of rebel destined t..."

I'm going to agree with you, since you usually know what you're talking about! 🧐😂 Probably the "her" was just a typo...

[Pamela]

Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "After rereading the question several times, I am still not sure why the question is about "this accomplished 👨man" and yet later in the question it says "her👧father was the sort of r..."

Another interesting bit of info is that most often writers spell Mary's maiden name as Morrell, yet her tombstone has her name written as Mary Morrill Folger. As they say in PA Dutch Country...that has often "wondered" me! 😁😂🤣😅😆
Pammy Jo

[Pamela]

More of interest...Mary Morrell Folger is mentioned by name in chapter 24 of "Moby Dick" as being an ancestor of the Folger Whalers. She is also the 5th great grandmother of James Folger who founded the Folger Coffee company.

After remembering and sharing all of this information, what if I am wrong and the answer is not Benjamin Franklin at all??!!😳😮☺
Pammy Jo

[Joanna]

Pamela wrote: "After remembering and sharing all of this information, what if I am wrong and the answer is not Benjamin Franklin at all??!!😳😮☺"

Then thou shalt be in trouble for throwing me off too! 😤🤣🤗

[Ruth]

Congratulation, Pammy!
Benjamin Franklin is the correct answer.

"Her" (Benjamim's grandmother/Mary's), of course.

"Accomplished" describes a man who,
as a boy ran away from home and started
life with nothing, accomplished great
things in his lifetime.

Mary and Peter had such a sweet love story
and were excellent examples to admire.
I wonder if Benjamin ever knew or recognized this?

Benjamin received letters from his sister, Jane
Franklin, teasing him philandering reputation-
he didn't care for it. Jane wanted him to turn
away from an immoral life and become a true
Christian, but he preferred secular life.

[Pamela]

Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "After remembering and sharing all of this information, what if I am wrong and the answer is not Benjamin Franklin at all??!!😳😮☺"

Then thou shalt be in trouble for throwing me off to..."

Thou shalt not worry, Meg. I was correct. I know my Ben Franklin history! He was a character!😆
Pammy Jo
*I have a few things to do at the moment, but will think of a question before the end of the day.

[Ruth]

Pamela wrote: "After rereading the question several times, I am still not sure why the question is about "this accomplished 👨man" and yet later in the question it says "her👧father was the sort of rebel destined t...
If it is Benjamin Franklin, it should say *"his* father was the sort of rebel..."
"

I see your point.
Mine was to introduce Benjamim's grandmother
(Mary Morrill Folger) and her father,
*It was Benjamim's great grandfather.

[Pamela]

Got it! 👍👌 I just wasn't quite sure and it threw me off a bit.🙂

[Pamela]

Here's my quiz question. It is in keeping with Presidential elections:

This influential New England author graduated from Harvard with Phi Beta Kappa honors. They wrote a campaign biography for a U.S. Presidential Candidate in the late 1800's. The candidate went on to win the Presidency. Name the author who wrote the future President's campaign biography. Extra Credit emojis if you can also name the President, but you win with just the correct N.E. author.

[Ruth]

Ooh! Good question.🤔

[Joanna]

Pamela wrote: "Here's my quiz question. It is in keeping with Presidential elections:

This influential New England author graduated from Harvard with Phi Beta Kappa honors. They wrote a campaign biography for a ..."

Errrggghhh!!! I was going to say Hawthorne and Franklin Pierce. Then I remembered the 'Harvard' part! 🤦‍♀️🤣

[Joanna]

Not to mention late 1800s...

[Joanna]

Wherefore is Emma today? 🧐🧐🧐

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Wherefore is Emma today? 🧐🧐🧐"

🙋🏻‍♀️

[Pamela]

Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Here's my quiz question. It is in keeping with Presidential elections:

This influential New England author graduated from Harvard with Phi Beta Kappa honors. They wrote a campaign b..."

This is not an author you would think of right away. He wrote many books. Quite a few were set in New York City. However, he was quite well known and is still being read today. His books were very popular in the late 1800's. He himself was rather controversial. Personally, I'm not a fan, but thought it would be a good question because of the approaching Presidential Election.

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Wherefore is Emma today? 🧐🧐🧐"

🙋🏻‍♀️"

Where hast thou been? 🧐

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Wherefore is Emma today? 🧐🧐🧐"

🙋🏻‍♀️"

Where hast thou been? 🧐"

Allagash.

[Pamela]

Also, after this author wrote his campaign biography for the Presidential candidate, he lengthened it into a full book and had it published as a complete biography.

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Wherefore is Emma today? 🧐🧐🧐"

🙋🏻‍♀️"

Where hast thou been? 🧐"

Allagash."

And you didn't come to see me?! 🥺

[Joanna]

Pamela wrote: "Also, after this author wrote his campaign biography for the Presidential candidate, he lengthened it into a full book and had it published as a complete biography."

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….. 🤔🤔🤔

[Emma | meadowroselibrary]

Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Wherefore is Emma today? 🧐🧐🧐"

🙋🏻‍♀️"

Where hast thou been? 🧐"

Allagash."

And you didn't come to see me?! 🥺"

You didn't invite me. 🥺

[Joanna]

Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Wherefore is Emma today? 🧐🧐🧐"

🙋🏻‍♀️"

Where hast thou been? 🧐"

Allagash."

And you didn't come to see me?! 🥺"

You didn't invite me. 🥺"

You didn't tell me you were coming! 🥺