Sports by their Honors
The Naismith Awards
What is basketball?
Born in 1809 into a frontier family, young Abe Lincoln had only one year of schooling, but read the Bible, Shakespeare, and learned logic from the elements of this ancient Greek mathematician.
Who is Euclid?
Ford adapted this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about an Oklahoma family forced west during one of America’s greatest economic hardships.
What is the Grapes of Wrath?
The Canadian Pacer & the Arabian
What is horse?
A Southwest Avocado Salad & Dave's Triple
What is Wendy's?
The Gold Glove and Silver Slugger Awards (both sound like it could be boxing, but it's not)
What is baseball?
Lincoln was a struggling 30 year old lawyer when he began wooing this 21 year old, and though she came from a prominent family and had many suitors, eventually won her hand in marriage.
Who is Mary Todd?
This Utah-Arizona landscape became a signature backdrop for many of this director’s frontier films.
What is Monument Valley?
The Irish Draught & the Lipizzaner
What is horse?
A Meatzza Pizza and a Chicken Habanero Sandwich
What is Domino's?
The Slammy Awards
What is professional wrestling?
Lincoln grew frustrated with many of his commanders, but with none more so than this general, who did a brilliant job of readying the Union Army to fight but proved reluctant to commit it to battle.
Who is George McClellan?
This actor portrayed a young Abraham Lincoln in a 1939 film directed by Ford, and later appeared in such Ford films as My Darling Clementine and the Grapes of Wrath.
Who is Henry Fonda?
The Mulefoot & the Hampshire
What are hogs?
A Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch and Nacho Fries
What is Taco Bell?
The Dinah Shore Trophy Awards
What is golf?
At the White House on August 10, 1863, Lincoln met for the first time with this man to discuss the treatment of thousands of black soldiers recently inducted into the Union Army.
Who is Frederick Douglas?
This 1962 epic about westward expansion used three directors and featured a large ensemble cast including John Wayne, Henry Fonda, and James Stewart.
What is How The West Was Won?
The Shiba Inu & the Saluki
What is dog?
An Impossible Slider with Smoked Cheddar Cheese
What is White Castle?
The Ballon D'Or
What is soccer?
On April 4th, 1865, Lincoln made a daring and dangerous visit to this newly captured Capitol, walking its still burning street to cheers of jubilant former enslaved people.
What is Richmond?
This is the number of Oscars Ford won for Best Director, more than any other director in history.
What is four?
The Large Black & the Large White?
A 2-Piece Pacific Cod Meal, including Hushpuppies
What is Long John Silvers?