Old West Trivia 

How well do you know the Old West?

HARVEST FAIR  OLD WEST TRIVIA QUESTIONS

SECTION  I -THE EASY ONES.

1.  This famous lawman made the  mistake of sitting with his back to the door and holding “the dead man’s hand”.   Who  was he?

2. In what town did this  famous gunfight happen in 1881?  And what was the name of the gunfight?

3. The battle of the Little Big Horn happened in what state?

4. Identify the 1^st name of these famous old west characters

            Masterson

            Hickok

            Bull

            Cody

            Cloud

            The Kid

            Oakley

            Jane

            Holiday

5. Link the famous Native American Chief with his tribe

            Chief Joseph                                                  Apache

            Sitting Bull                                                     Apache

            Red Cloud                                                      Sioux

            Geronimo                                                       Nez Perce     

            Cochise                                                           Sioux

SECTION   II  - THE HARDER ONES

6. This old west town had so much silver to mine that they said they had, “Silver by the ton.”  What is the name of the town and what state is it in?

7.  In what states  were these Old West towns?

            Dodge City

            Deadwood

            Nevada City

8.   In 1869 the transcontinental Railroad was completed in  Promontory  Point Utah,  with a gold spike.  What were  two  ethnic groups that helped build the Railroad?

SECTION III.   –  NO PILGRIMS ALLOWED IN THIS SECTION.

9. Who was the first African- American  Cowboy to write his own Autobiography?

10. In the winter of 1886-87, thousands of cattle died in an extremely severe winter that followed a summer of drought.  What was this called?        

11. Name the African – American Cowboy that invented the event called “Bull doggin”.

12. Who invented the cowboy hat?

13.  Her real name was Martha Canary. What was  the Old West nickname that she was known by? 

THE ANSWERS ARE BELOW 

HARVEST FAIR  OLD WEST TRIVIA    ANSWERS

1. Wild Bill Hickok 

2.  Tombstone,  Arizona; Shoot Out at the OK  Corral    

3.  Montana 

4.         Bat Masterson

            Wild Bill Hickok

            Sitting Bull

            Buffalo Bill Cody

            Red Cloud

            Billie the Kid

            Annie Oakley

            Calamity Jane    

            Doc  Holliday

5.       Chief Joseph- Nez Perce

            Sitting Bull-Sioux

            Red Cloud-Sioux

            Geronimo-Apache

            Cochise-Apache 

6. Silverton, Colorado 

7.  .  In what state were these Old West towns?

            Dodge City   Kansas

            Deadwood    South Dakota

            Nevada City  California 

8.  Chinese and Irish 

9.  Nat Love. 

10. The Big Die-Up 

11. Bill Pickett 

12. John Stetson 

13. Calamity Jane

HOW MANY CORRECT ANSWERS DID YOU GET? 

0-1    Take your American History class again tenderfoot!

          Or come to the HARVEST FAIR to learn more about Old West History. 

2-4    Keep tryin’ Pilgrim! 

5-8     Fair to midlin’ 

8-10   Pretty darn good 

11-12  Ya outa write  a book or a movie, or be in one! 

ANYWAY YA LOOK AT IT, IF YA COME TO THE HARVEST FAIR, YA’LL BE ABLE TO   LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE OLD WEST AND HAVE FUN DOIN’ IT!!

Cuz we are all kind of young’ns at heart.  We gotta be!   We’re still playin’ Cowboys and  Indians!!

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