Featured Quizzes
User Quizzes
Create Quiz
Data and Charts
Word Search
Badges and Games
About JetPunk
Message Board
Dark Mode
Food of the American Civil War Soldier - Statistics
General Stats
- This quiz has been taken 263 times
- The average score is 5 of 10
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| An omnipresent starch; sometimes the kernels were used as currency in games of chance | Corn | 82%
|
| The Most important of all; yet difficult to find clean supplies of | Water | 82%
|
| The most common food; infamously nicknamed tooth-dullers, sheet-iron crakers and Worm castles | Hardtack | 60%
|
| Primary source of protein; nasty smelling and nicknamed "sowbelly" | Salt Pork | 60%
|
| When meat wasn't available, this was the first protein substitute | Beans | 48%
|
| Other source of protein, rotted even faster than the other one | Salt Beef | 47%
|
| The one thing soldiers preferred over alcohol | Coffee | 46%
|
| A rarity, but necessary to prevent scurvy | Fresh Fruit | 37%
|
| The best source of protein; hard to maintain, target of foraging | Fresh meat | 29%
|
| Robert E. Lee called them the Confederacy's "best friend" | Peas | 8%
|
No matching quizzes found
Score Distribution
Percent of People with Each Score
Percentile by Number Answered
Your Score History
You have not taken this quiz
New and Popular