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