• The last surviving direct descendant of Abraham Lincoln was Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, Lincoln’s great-grandson, who died in 1985.

Cable TV’s History Channel has an annual award to honor the movie that has contributed the most to the public’s understanding and appreciation of history. It is the Harry Award, named for:

A) A U.S. president

B) A Greek historian

C) A famous magician

D) The founder of the History Channel

Saturday’s answer: The last of the 48 continental United States to be admitted to the Union was Arizona, in 1912.