American Wild West

Do you remember the events and famous figures from American Wild West?
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1. The Wild West is generally considered as a period between what years?
1860-1890
1760-1790
1830-1860
1790-1830
2. There were five Earp brothers. Which one did not exist?
Virgil
Wyatt
Morgan
Billy
3. What was Buffalo Bill's real name?
Henry McCarty
Marion Morrison
Ed Schieffelin
William Cody
4. Who joined Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show in 1884 and later got nickname “Little Miss Sureshot?”
Annie Oakley
Pearl Hart
Calamity Jane
Belle Starr
5. Which Native American chief worked in Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West show?
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Red Cloud
Geronimo
6. What was the name of Butch Cassidy's gang of criminal outlaws?
The Regulators
The Wild Bunch
The Young Guns
The House
7. What was the name of the hideout where Butch Cassidy would hide?
The Unknown Castle
The Fortress
Hole in the Wall
Blindman Hills
8. What country's military forces shot dead Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid?
Canada
Bolivia
Venezuela
Mexico
9. In which state is Dodge City located?
Nevada
Kansas
Colorado
Arizona
10. Kid Curry was part of which notorious gang?
The Cowboys
The Rustlers
The James-Younger
The Wild Bunch
11. What was the profession of gunfighter and gambler Doc Holliday?
Veterinarian
Laywer
Dentist
Banker
12. What did Doc Holliday die from?
Poisoning
Thrown from his horse
Tuberculosis
Dysentery
13. In which state is the town of Deadwood located?
Missouri
South Dakota
New Mexico
Nevada
14. What cards was Wild Bill Hickok holding when he was shot? Today, that is known as the "Dead Man's Hand".
Aces & eights
Aces & jacks
Aces & fours
Aces & queens
15. Where was Wild Bill Hickok killed?
Lincoln
Santa Fe
Deadwood
Tombstone
16. Who was the leader of Comanche tribe?
Quanah Parker
Cochise
Red Cloud
Chief Joseph
17. Which famous Indian leader was killed in the early skirmishes leading up to the Wounded Knee battle?
Sitting Bull
Red Cloud
Chief Joseph
Crazy Horse
18. Which Indian tribe was involved in the Wounded Knee massacre?
Cree
Sioux
Apache
Navajo
19. Which Apache leader is second only to Geronimo when it comes to that tribe’s historical significance?
Red Cloud
Squanto
Cochise
Crazy Horse
20. Who was the leader of the Lakota Tribe, who defeated US forces in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Geronimo
Cochise
21. What was the most useful and important animal Native Americans used?
Bear
Buffalo
Beaver
Coyote
22. Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman known for being an acquaintance of...
Billy the Kid
George Armstrong Custer
Wild Bill Hickok
Wyatt Earp
23. Henry McCarty was better known by what nickname?
Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy
The Tall Texan
Billy the Kid
24. In which state is the town of Tombstone located?
Kansas
Arizona
Texas
Missouri
25. What was Jesse James' gang called?
The Jesse-Frank Gang
The Wild Bunch
The Young Guns
The James-Younger Gang
26. Who killed Jesse James?
Doc Holliday
Wyatt Earp
Robert Ford
Billy Clanton
27. What happened to him after he was convicted of the murder of Jesse James?
He was murdered
He was released
He was imprisoned
He was hanged
28. Who offered a $10,000 reward for the capture of Jesse James, dead or alive?
President Chester A. Arthur
Attorney Brewster
Private detective Pinkerton
Governor Crittenden
29. Who did the Pinkerton's detectives kill when they threw a bomb through the window of Jesse James' house?
Jesse's father
Jesse's brother Frank
Jesse's mother
Jesse's young half-brother
30. A heroic sheriff named Pat Garrett caught and jailed Billy the Kid. Then what happened?
Billy was hanged
Billy killed Pat Garrett
Billy escaped
Billy wounded Pat Garrett
31. Who killed Billy the Kid?
Jesse James
Pat Garrett
John Henry Tunstall
Ike Clanton
32. How old was Billy the Kid when he was murdered?
25
15
21
33
33. In what town did the gunfight at the O.K. corral take place?
Dodge City
El Paso
Tombstone
Lincoln
34. How long the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral lasted?
30 minutes
3 minutes
30 seconds
3 hours
35. How many people were killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
7
3
5
4
36. Who was not killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral?
Billy Clanton
Tom McLaury
Frank McLaury
Ike Clanton
37. Whose pseudonym was William H. Bonney?
Billy the Kid
Buffalo Bill
Ike Clanton
Jesse James
38. Where was Allan Pinkerton, the founder of Pilkerton's Detective Agency from?
Scotland
Waled
United States
Ireland
39. What was Harry Longabaugh's outlaw nickname?
Butch Cassidy
Sundance Kid
Black Bart
Buffalo Bill
40. Who was "The Queen of the Oklahoma Outlaws"?
Laura Bullion
Calamity Jane
Belle Starr
Pearl Hart
41. Which US president promised peace with Indians and then provoked one of the bloodiest conflicts in the West?
Andrew Johnson
James A. Garfield
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
42. What was the name of a mail service using relays of horse-mounted riders in American Wild West?
Cowboy Express
Buffalo Express
Royal Express
Pony Express
43. What was the route of that service?
Missouri-California
Mississippi-California
Nevada-California
Nebraska-California
44. Who was the U.S. commander that lost the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Ulysses S. Grant
George Armstrong Custer
Jesse James
George S. Patton
45. What weapon has become known as "the gun that won the west"?
Winchester riffle
Colt peacemaker
Smith & Wesson revolver
Sharps derringer
9 Comments
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Level 55
Feb 25, 2022
Cool quiz! I love the wild west
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Level 53
Feb 25, 2022
Thanks for playing :)
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Level 63
Feb 25, 2022
Great quiz. I got the Robert Ford one wrong because he WAS eventually murdered, but not by the law (which is likely what the question meant). He faced no legal repercussions, but someone angry over it murdered him years later.

If you haven’t seen it, ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,’ covers it. It is a fantastic movie far too few people have seen.

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Level 53
Feb 25, 2022
Thanks. I haven't seen the movie but I definitely will.
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Level 52
Feb 25, 2022
Tremendous film. Easily one of the best westerns of the past 20 years.
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Level 71
Nov 4, 2023
Cool quiz, but I think #4 gives away the answer to #1.
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Level 53
Nov 4, 2023
Yes, you are right. I will fix it.
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Level 87
Nov 4, 2023
Nice quiz. It's got a few typos which, if fixed, would make this a quiz I'd nominate
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Level 53
Nov 4, 2023
Thanks. Please let me know.