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Question	Answer	% Correct
What was Buffalo Bill's real name?	William Cody	87%
What was the most useful and important animal Native Americans used?	Buffalo	81%
The Wild West is generally considered as a period between what years?	1860-1890	75%
Who joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in 1884 and later got nickname “Little Miss Sureshot?”	Annie Oakley	72%
In which state is the town of Tombstone located?	Arizona	70%
Who was the U.S. commander that lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn?	George Armstrong Custer	70%
What was the name of a mail service using relays of horse-mounted riders in American Wild West?	Pony Express	70%
What was the profession of gunfighter and gambler Doc Holliday?	Dentist	69%
What was the name of Butch Cassidy's gang of criminal outlaws?	The Wild Bunch	68%
What did Doc Holliday die from?	Tuberculosis	63%
There were five Earp brothers. Which one did not exist?	Billy	62%
In which state is the town of Deadwood located?	South Dakota	61%
In which state is Dodge City located?	Kansas	60%
Whose pseudonym was William H. Bonney?	Billy the Kid	59%
Which Indian tribe was involved in the Wounded Knee massacre?	Sioux	59%
What was the name of the hideout where Butch Cassidy would hide?	Hole in the Wall	57%
Who killed Jesse James?	Robert Ford	57%
In what town did the gunfight at the O.K. corral take place?	Tombstone	56%
What was the route of that service?	Missouri-California	54%
Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman known for being an acquaintance of...	Wild Bill Hickok	52%
A heroic sheriff named Pat Garrett caught and jailed Billy the Kid. Then what happened?	Billy escaped	51%
How old was Billy the Kid when he was murdered?	21	50%
What country's military forces shot dead Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?	Bolivia	49%
What cards was Wild Bill Hickok holding when he was shot? Today, that is known as the "Dead Man's Hand".	Aces & eights	48%
Where was Wild Bill Hickok killed?	Deadwood	46%
What was Jesse James' gang called?	The James-Younger Gang	46%
Who killed Billy the Kid?	Pat Garrett	45%
Where was Allan Pinkerton, the founder of Pilkerton's Detective Agency from?	Scotland	44%
Who was "The Queen of the Oklahoma Outlaws"?	Belle Starr	42%
Which Native American chief worked in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show?	Sitting Bull	41%
What weapon has become known as "the gun that won the west"?	Colt peacemaker	37%
What happened to him after he was convicted of the murder of Jesse James?	He was released	35%
Who was not killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral?	Ike Clanton	35%
Which US president promised peace with Indians and then provoked one of the bloodiest conflicts in the West?	Ulysses S. Grant	32%
Who offered a $10,000 reward for the capture of Jesse James, dead or alive?	Governor Crittenden	30%
How long the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral lasted?	30 seconds	29%
What was Harry Longabaugh's outlaw nickname?	Sundance Kid	29%
Which Apache leader is second only to Geronimo when it comes to that tribe’s historical significance?	Cochise	28%
Who was the leader of the Lakota Tribe, who defeated US forces in the Battle of Little Bighorn?	Crazy Horse	28%
Kid Curry was part of which notorious gang?	The Wild Bunch	28%
Which famous Indian leader was killed in the early skirmishes leading up to the Wounded Knee battle?	Sitting Bull	27%
Who did the Pinkerton's detectives kill when they threw a bomb through the window of Jesse James' house?	Jesse's young half-brother	25%
Henry McCarty was better known by what nickname?	Billy the Kid	23%
How many people were killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral?	3	19%
Who was the leader of Comanche tribe?	Quanah Parker	15%