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Here is the april 15, 2008 quiz. Check back July 15, 2009 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 #39
Answers will appear July 15, 2009 so come on back.

1. Alfred Packer is reported to have eaten five of Hinsdale County's seven
a. horses
b. aspens
c. democrats

2. The Maroon Bells are found near
a. Aspen
b. San Jose
c. Santa Fe

3. Olive Oatman is best remembered as a
a. bandit
b. "entertainer"
c. captive

4. The famous book Commerce of the Prairies concerns which trail?
a. Bozeman
b. Santa Fe
c. Oregon

5. "Forty rod" usually refers to
a. distance
b. whiskey
c. a bad farm

6. The Coeur d' Alene is found in
a. Oregon
b. Idaho
c. Kansas

7. The "Strauss" of the California gold rush produced
a. Viennese waltzes
b. beer
c. pants

8. ". . . from where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever" are the famous words of
a. Geronimo
b. Chief Joseph
c. Custer

9. The "unsinkable Molly Brown" was an early day
a. aircraft carrier
b. swimmer
c. socialite

10. Butch Cassidy held up the bank in
a. Salt Lake City
b. Tombstone
c. Telluride

Answers to test 38
1-b, 2-a, 3-a, 4-c, 5-b, 6-b, 7-b, 8-c, 9-a, 10-b

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