| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The Wild West is generally considered as a period between what years? | 1860-1890 | 79%
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| What was Buffalo Bill's real name? | William Cody | 68%
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| What was the most useful and important animal Native Americans used? | Buffalo | 61%
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| What did Doc Holliday die from? | Tuberculosis | 57%
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| There were five Earp brothers. Which one did not exist? | Billy | 53%
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| What was the name of Butch Cassidy's gang of criminal outlaws? | The Wild Bunch | 52%
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| In which state is the town of Tombstone located? | Arizona | 50%
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| What was the profession of gunfighter and gambler Doc Holliday? | Dentist | 50%
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| Who joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in 1884 and later got nickname “Little Miss Sureshot?” | Annie Oakley | 49%
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| In which state is Dodge City located? | Kansas | 45%
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| Who was the U.S. commander that lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn? | George Armstrong Custer | 44%
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| What was the name of a mail service using relays of horse-mounted riders in American Wild West? | Pony Express | 44%
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| Which Native American chief worked in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show? | Sitting Bull | 43%
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| In what town did the gunfight at the O.K. corral take place? | Tombstone | 43%
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| Who was the last surviving participant of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral? | Wyatt Earp | 43%
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| Which Indian tribe was involved in the Wounded Knee massacre? | Sioux | 39%
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| How old was Billy the Kid when he was murdered? | 21 | 37%
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| Who killed Jesse James? | Robert Ford | 37%
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| In which state is the town of Deadwood located? | South Dakota | 37%
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| What cards was Wild Bill Hickok holding when he was shot? Today, that is known as the "Dead Man's Hand". | Aces & eights | 36%
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| A heroic sheriff named Pat Garrett caught and jailed Billy the Kid. Then what happened? | Billy escaped | 35%
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| Where was Wild Bill Hickok killed? | Deadwood | 35%
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| Who killed Billy the Kid? | Pat Garrett | 35%
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| What was Jesse James' gang called? | The James-Younger Gang | 35%
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| What was the name of the hideout where Butch Cassidy would hide? | Hole in the Wall | 34%
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| What was the route of that service? | Missouri-California | 34%
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| Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman known for being an acquaintance of... | Wild Bill Hickok | 34%
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| Where was Allan Pinkerton, the founder of Pilkerton's Detective Agency from? | Scotland | 33%
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| Whose pseudonym was William H. Bonney? | Billy the Kid | 32%
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| What country's military forces shot dead Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? | Bolivia | 31%
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| Henry McCarty was better known by what nickname? | Billy the Kid | 28%
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| Who was not killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral? | Ike Clanton | 28%
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| Who was "The Queen of the Oklahoma Outlaws"? | Belle Starr | 27%
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| What weapon has become known as "the gun that won the west"? | Colt peacemaker | 27%
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| Which famous Indian leader was killed in the early skirmishes leading up to the Wounded Knee battle? | Sitting Bull | 27%
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| How long the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral lasted? | 30 seconds | 26%
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| Kid Curry was part of which notorious gang? | The Wild Bunch | 25%
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| Which US president promised peace with Indians and then provoked one of the bloodiest conflicts in the West? | Ulysses S. Grant | 25%
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| Who did the Pinkerton's detectives kill when they threw a bomb through the window of Jesse James' house? | Jesse's young half-brother | 24%
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| What happened to him after he was convicted of the murder of Jesse James? | He was released | 22%
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| Which Apache leader is second only to Geronimo when it comes to that tribe’s historical significance? | Cochise | 20%
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| Who was the leader of the Lakota Tribe, who defeated US forces in the Battle of Little Bighorn? | Crazy Horse | 18%
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| Who offered a $10,000 reward for the capture of Jesse James, dead or alive? | Governor Crittenden | 18%
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| What was Harry Longabaugh's outlaw nickname? | Sundance Kid | 18%
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| How many people were killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral? | 3 | 16%
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| Who was the leader of Comanche tribe? | Quanah Parker | 13%
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