[Answer] 2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet of the Romantic era. Which of these poems did he write?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet of the Romantic era. Which of these poems did he write?"

...1. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner 2. Endymion 3. Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey 4. Ozymandias Coleridge was born in Devon in 1772 and his two most famous works are 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and 'Kubla Khan'. 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' has given us the expressions 'water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink', often misquoted as 'and not a drop to drink', and an 'albatross around one's neck'. The other poems also date from the Romantic era, with 'Tintern Abbey' having been written by William Wordsworth and 'Endymion' by John Keats. 'Ozymandias' was the work of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

[Ans] Dr. Samuel Mudd was pardoned after being sentenced to life for assisting which criminal?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Dr. Samuel Mudd was pardoned after being sentenced to life for assisting which criminal?"

Dr. Samuel Mudd was a physician who was imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. After fatally shooting Lincoln on this day in 1865, Booth escaped to Mudd's home for surgery on his fractured leg. A military commission found Dr. Mudd guilty of aiding and conspiring in the murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, escaping the death penalty by a single vote. Mudd was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson and released from prison in 1869. His conviction has never been overturned. Samuel Mudd is often given as the origin of the phrase "Your name is mud."

[Answer] Dr. Samuel Mudd was pardoned after being sentenced to life for assisting which criminal?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "Dr. Samuel Mudd was pardoned after being sentenced to life for assisting which criminal?"

...Dr. Samuel Mudd was a physician who was imprisoned for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. After mortally wounding Lincoln on this day in 1865, Booth rode to Mudd's home for surgery on his fractured leg. A military commission found him guilty of aiding and conspiring in the murder, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, escaping the death penalty by a single vote. Mudd was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson and released from prison in 1869. His conviction has never been overturned. Samuel Mudd is often given as the origin of the phrase "Your name is mud."

[Ans] "Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who, during the War of 1812, was a what?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question ""Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who, during the War of 1812, was a what?"

The term Uncle Sam is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. Wilson stamped the barrels with “U.S.” for United States, but soldiers began referring to the food as “Uncle Sam’s.” A local newspaper picked up on the story and Uncle Sam gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for the U.S. federal government. Political cartoonist Thomas Nast began popularizing the image of Uncle Sam giving him the white beard and stars-and-stripes suit that are associated with the character today.

[Answer] "Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who, during the War of 1812, was a what?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question ""Uncle Sam" was based on Samuel Wilson, who, during the War of 1812, was a what?"

...The term Uncle Sam is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. Wilson stamped the barrels with “U.S.” for United States, but soldiers began referring to the food as “Uncle Sam’s.” A local newspaper picked up on the story and Uncle Sam gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for the U.S. federal government. Political cartoonist Thomas Nast began popularizing the image of Uncle Sam giving him the white beard and stars-and-stripes suit that are associated with the character today.