1. what did mary antoinette say when they told her there was no bread?
a) let them eat crusts (that is what was meant by “cake”). Not very nice, but practical advice.
b) Nothing. Populist rhetoric existed back then, too.
2. what picture is on the back of the 2-dollar bill?
The constitunal convention.
3. who was the first US president to appear on a US coin?
Washington appeared on a prototype coin earlier, but the first regularly circulated coin with a prez was the 1909 penny, which comemorated the 100th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth. On the 150th anniversary, the Lincoln memorial was put on the reverse. On the 200th anniversary there will be four new reverse designs.