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Cowboy Trivia

Here is the April 15, 2008 quiz. Check back July 15, 2008 for the answers and a new quiz for you! Changes will be made every three months.

Are you really a wise hombre, or a dude in levis?

Here's a painless way to get a little book larnin' about western history.
Before you saddle ol' Paint and trot off over the horizon-take this quiz. Rate yourself like so:

9 to 10 correct answers, you're an historian
6 to 8 correct answers, you're a wise hombre
3 to 5 correct answers, you're lackin' in book larnin', friend
0 to 2 correct answers, you're a tenderfoot, Buddy, but keep on trying'.

The test will change every three months.
This is taken from Wise Hombre Quizzes for Westerners by Lannon Mintz, but don't go to cheating by looking up the answers! Print this out so you will be ready for the answers.
Test #35
Answers will appear July 15, 2008 so come on back.

1. The world's first train robber was
a. Jesse James
b. Black Jack Ketchum
c. John Reno

2. Long's Peak is now part of which park?
a. Glacier
b. Yosemite.
c.Rocky Mountain

3. The Old West's unofficial record of 12 spouses belongs to
a. Custer
b. Liver-eating Johnson
c. Calamity Jane

4. When someone is "buffaloed", they are
a. confused
b. surrounded
c. running

5. The Fremont Expedition that ended disastrously in Colorado's frozen mountains was his
a. first
b. thirty-first
c. fourth

6. The famous scout accompanying Fremont on that expedition was
a. Bill Williams
b. Kit Carson
c. Jed Smith

7. Considered the best of Idaho's ghost towns is
a. Garnet
b. Silver City
c. South Pass City

8. Ben K. Green is one of the West's most entertaining
a. bunco artists
b. writers
c. rodeo stars

9. The lady who starred in "Duel In the Sun" was
a. Greer Garson
b. Jane Wyman
c. Jennifer Jones

10. A first edition of Lewis and Clark's "Expedition" costs about
a. $50.00
b. $10,000
c. $500.00

Answers to test 34 1-b, 2-a, 3-a, 4-a, 5-c, 6-a, 7-c, 8-a, 9-c, 10-c




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