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American Wild West
Do you remember the events and famous figures from American Wild West?
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| First submitted | February 3, 2021 |
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1.
The Wild West is generally considered as a period between what years?
1790-1830
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1860-1890
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1830-1860
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1760-1790
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2.
There were five Earp brothers. Which one did not exist?
Morgan
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Billy
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Wyatt
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Virgil
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3.
What was Buffalo Bill's real name?
Henry McCarty
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Marion Morrison
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Ed Schieffelin
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William Cody
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4.
Who joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in 1884 and later got nickname “Little Miss Sureshot?”
Calamity Jane
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Pearl Hart
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Belle Starr
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Annie Oakley
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5.
Which Native American chief worked in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show?
Sitting Bull
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Crazy Horse
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Red Cloud
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Geronimo
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6.
What was the name of Butch Cassidy's gang of criminal outlaws?
The House
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The Young Guns
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The Regulators
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The Wild Bunch
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7.
What was the name of the hideout where Butch Cassidy would hide?
The Fortress
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The Unknown Castle
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Blindman Hills
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Hole in the Wall
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8.
What country's military forces shot dead Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
Bolivia
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Venezuela
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Canada
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Mexico
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9.
In which state is Dodge City located?
Kansas
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Nevada
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Colorado
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Arizona
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10.
Kid Curry was part of which notorious gang?
The Wild Bunch
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The James-Younger
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The Rustlers
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The Cowboys
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11.
What was the profession of gunfighter and gambler Doc Holliday?
Dentist
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Laywer
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Veterinarian
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Banker
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12.
What did Doc Holliday die from?
Dysentery
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Poisoning
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Thrown from his horse
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Tuberculosis
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13.
In which state is the town of Deadwood located?
New Mexico
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Nevada
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South Dakota
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Missouri
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14.
What cards was Wild Bill Hickok holding when he was shot? Today, that is known as the "Dead Man's Hand".
Aces & fours
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Aces & jacks
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Aces & eights
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Aces & queens
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15.
Where was Wild Bill Hickok killed?
Santa Fe
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Deadwood
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Tombstone
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Lincoln
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16.
Who was the leader of Comanche tribe?
Quanah Parker
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Red Cloud
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Cochise
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Chief Joseph
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17.
Which famous Indian leader was killed in the early skirmishes leading up to the Wounded Knee battle?
Crazy Horse
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Red Cloud
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Chief Joseph
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Sitting Bull
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18.
Which Indian tribe was involved in the Wounded Knee massacre?
Navajo
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Apache
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Cree
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Sioux
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19.
Which Apache leader is second only to Geronimo when it comes to that tribe’s historical significance?
Cochise
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Squanto
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Crazy Horse
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Red Cloud
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20.
Who was the leader of the Lakota Tribe, who defeated US forces in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Crazy Horse
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Geronimo
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Cochise
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Sitting Bull
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21.
What was the most useful and important animal Native Americans used?
Coyote
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Buffalo
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Bear
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Beaver
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22.
Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman known for being an acquaintance of...
Wild Bill Hickok
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George Armstrong Custer
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Wyatt Earp
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Billy the Kid
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23.
Henry McCarty was better known by what nickname?
The Tall Texan
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Billy the Kid
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Butch Cassidy
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Sundance Kid
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24.
In which state is the town of Tombstone located?
Arizona
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Missouri
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Texas
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Kansas
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25.
What was Jesse James' gang called?
The Wild Bunch
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The Jesse-Frank Gang
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The James-Younger Gang
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The Young Guns
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26.
Who killed Jesse James?
Doc Holliday
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Billy Clanton
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Robert Ford
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Wyatt Earp
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27.
What happened to him after he was convicted of the murder of Jesse James?
He was released
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He was murdered
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He was imprisoned
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He was hanged
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28.
Who offered a $10,000 reward for the capture of Jesse James, dead or alive?
President Chester A. Arthur
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Private detective Pinkerton
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Governor Crittenden
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Attorney Brewster
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29.
Who did the Pinkerton's detectives kill when they threw a bomb through the window of Jesse James' house?
Jesse's father
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Jesse's young half-brother
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Jesse's brother Frank
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Jesse's mother
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30.
A heroic sheriff named Pat Garrett caught and jailed Billy the Kid. Then what happened?
Billy was hanged
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Billy killed Pat Garrett
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Billy escaped
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Billy wounded Pat Garrett
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31.
Who killed Billy the Kid?
Pat Garrett
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Ike Clanton
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Jesse James
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John Henry Tunstall
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32.
How old was Billy the Kid when he was murdered?
33
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15
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25
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21
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33.
In what town did the gunfight at the O.K. corral take place?
Lincoln
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Dodge City
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Tombstone
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El Paso
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34.
How long the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral lasted?
30 seconds
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3 minutes
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30 minutes
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3 hours
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35.
How many people were killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
7
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3
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4
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5
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36.
Who was not killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
Tom McLaury
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Billy Clanton
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Frank McLaury
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Ike Clanton
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37.
Whose pseudonym was William H. Bonney?
Jesse James
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Ike Clanton
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Buffalo Bill
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Billy the Kid
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38.
Where was Allan Pinkerton, the founder of Pilkerton's Detective Agency from?
Waled
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Scotland
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Ireland
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United States
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39.
What was Harry Longabaugh's outlaw nickname?
Sundance Kid
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Butch Cassidy
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Buffalo Bill
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Black Bart
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40.
Who was "The Queen of the Oklahoma Outlaws"?
Belle Starr
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Calamity Jane
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Laura Bullion
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Pearl Hart
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41.
Which US president promised peace with Indians and then provoked one of the bloodiest conflicts in the West?
Andrew Johnson
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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James A. Garfield
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42.
What was the name of a mail service using relays of horse-mounted riders in American Wild West?
Cowboy Express
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Royal Express
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Buffalo Express
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Pony Express
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43.
What was the route of that service?
Nebraska-California
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Mississippi-California
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Missouri-California
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Nevada-California
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44.
Who was the U.S. commander that lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Ulysses S. Grant
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George S. Patton
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George Armstrong Custer
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Jesse James
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45.
What weapon has become known as "the gun that won the west"?
Winchester riffle
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Smith & Wesson revolver
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Colt peacemaker
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Sharps derringer
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