{"id":60625,"date":"2020-08-07T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=60625"},"modified":"2020-08-07T12:12:26","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:12:26","slug":"bored-with-quarantine-fun-look-up-quotes-game-to-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/bored-with-quarantine-fun-look-up-quotes-game-to-play.html","title":{"rendered":"Bored with Quarantine? Fun \u2018Look Up Quotes\u2019 Game to Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction:<\/em><\/strong> In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak suggests a game to shake the quarantine blues: finding quotes in historical newspapers. Mary is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background.<\/em><\/p>\n

By now you\u2019re probably bored with your quarantine routine.<\/p>\n

I know I am!<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I\u2019m going to share some fun \u201clook-up\u201d activities to exit that feeling of blas\u00e9 and ennui we all have from being cooped up. These ideas are fun to share with friends or to teach students from home.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:<\/a>
Photo: Neil Armstrong on the Moon, taken by Buzz Aldrin, 20 July 1969. Credit: NASA\/Buzz Aldrin; Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This game requires searching for quotes in GenealogyBank\u2019s Historical Newspaper Archives<\/a> and saving to your folder. Pick a theme and see how many quotes your quarantine friends or family can find.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve set some rules for this trivia challenge, but you are welcome to modify them as you choose.<\/p>\n

Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n

Set the clock for 30 minutes and score 10 points per quote. If two people find the same quote, add 5 points to the person who finds the earliest example. Subtract 5 points if the quote was published posthumously (after death.)<\/p>\n

Here are some suggested themes.<\/p>\n

Abolitionists<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a wonderful change a few short years have wrought! I left Maryland a slave, I return to her a freeman!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"An<\/a>
Evening Bulletin (Providence, Rhode Island), 23 November 1864, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First Ladies<\/strong><\/p>\n

So much attention is paid to presidential quotes, but little to their significant others. Although a little challenging to find, see how many quotes by first ladies you can find.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are six little Roosevelts and it costs a great deal to educate and clothe them properly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"An<\/a>
Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas), 21 June 1900, page 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you like this idea, add these topics to the mix:<\/p>\n