Trivia Quiz on American West

1. What year was Geronimo captured in

A) 1885

B) 1882

C) 1886

D) 1890

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2. Name of the "cow town" Joseph McCoy developed in the 1860s

A) Abilene

B) Abaline

C) Dodge City

D) Wichita

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3. Where was the first Pony Express set up

A) St. Joseph, Missouri

B) Outer Mongolia

C) Sacramento, California

D) Fort Laramie, Wyoming

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4. Name Indian chief who rode in Roosevelt's inaugural procession

A) Sitting Bull

B) Chief Joseph

C) Crazy Horse

D) Geronimo

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5. Devil's tower, the first us national monument, is located in what state

A) Montana

B) Colorado

C) Nebraska

D) Wyoming

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6. Who did Chief Sitting Bull call "Little sure shot"

A) Calamity Jane

B) Buffalo Bill Cody

C) Annie Oakley

D) Wyatt Earp

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7. Buffalo Bill's real name was___.

A) William F Cody

B) Bill Cody

C) William f cody

D) William Cody

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8. How many bags of mail were lost by the Pony Express

A) One

B) Two

C) Three

D) Four

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9. The Comstock load is a silver deposit in what US state

A) California

B) Colorado

C) Nevada

D) Idaho

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10. Where was first time, in 1894, the Mormons settled

A) Arizona

B) Nevada

C) Utah

D) California

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11. How did Buffalo Bill stick to one glass whisky a day

A) A pint glass

B) Quart glass

C) A tumbler

D) A shot glass

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12. Who was the only survivor of custer's last stand

A) General George Armstrong Custer

B) His horse

C) Captain Marcus Reno

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13. Which fort did Custer depart from on May 17, 1876, with the Seventh Cavalry on his way to the Little Big Horn

A) Fort Leavenworth

B) Fort Phil Kearny

C) Fort Laramie

D) Fort Abraham Lincoln

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14. What city did the mormons establish as their headquarters in 1847

A) Provo, Utah

B) Ogden, Utah

C) Salt Lake City

D) Independence, Missouri

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15. Camels were used as pack animals in __________ and Arizona as late as 1870.

A) Nevada

B) California

C) New Mexico

D) Utah

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16. What started in 1849 when gold was discovered at sutter's mill

A) The Klondike Gold Rush

B) The california gold rush

C) The Australian Gold Rush

D) The Colorado Gold Rush

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17. This Sioux Indian toured with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

A) Crazy Horse

B) Sitting Bull

C) Red Cloud

D) Spotted Tail

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18. Who was the only survivor of Custer's last stand?

A) Frederick Benteen

B) Marcus Reno

C) His horse

D) Captain Myles Keogh

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19. What was George A Custer's horses' name?

A) Thunder

B) Dixie

C) Scout

D) Comanche

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20. What name did the indians give the black soldiers that were fighting against them in the late 1800's

A) Dark Riders

B) Buffalo soldiers

C) Colored Troopers

D) Black Falcons

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21. She was the greatest trick shot artist of all time.

A) Annie Oakley

B) Calamity Jane

C) Belle Starr

D) Buffalo Bill Cody

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22. In which battle was George A. Custer defeated?

A) Battle of Little Bighorn

B) Battle of the Rosebud

C) Battle of the Washita River

D) Battle of Slim Buttes

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