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  Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter   popular trivia quiz  
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Take this quiz and find out how much you know about the famous sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.
Tough, 10 Qns, Buddy1, Mar 20 11
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  Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.    
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Annie Oakley entertained both common folk and royalty with her expert marksmanship. At the height of her career, she was one of the most famous women in the United States and perhaps the world. She became an icon of the Wild West.
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  The Life of Annie Oakley    
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I did a school report on Annie Oakley and I was really interested about her life. I received my information at dorchesterlibrary.com. Enjoy!
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In what year did Annie and her husband join Buffalo Bill's wild west show?

From Quiz "Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot."





Annie Oakley Trivia Questions
1. Annie Oakley was born on 13th August 1860 to Susan and Jacob Mosey (or Moses) in Darke County, Ohio. What was her real birth name?

From Quiz Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.

Answer: Phoebe Ann Mosley

The family name is a little confusing. Annie's brother John insisted the family name was Moses with Annie herself insisting it was Mosey. Other variations of the surname used are Mosley and Mozee.

2. In what state was Annie Oakley born?

From Quiz Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter

Answer: Ohio

Annie Oakley was born in Darke County, Ohio on August 13, 1860. Her parents were Susan Wise and Jacob Mosey. Annie was the sixth of nine children.

3. What year was Annie born?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: 1860

Annie was born August 13, 1860 in Darke County, Ohio.

4. After her father's death in 1866, Annie was sent to work in the county poor house. At the beginning of spring 1870, a family hired her as a live-in to help on their farm. What was the name of the family?

From Quiz Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.

Answer: Annie never told anyone their name

Ann never revealed the name of the family and referred to them as the wolves. She adopted the name Oakley from the kind gentleman who bought her a train ticket after hearing of the abuse she suffered at the hands of the family.

5. What was Annie's first name?

From Quiz Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter

Answer: Phoebe

Annie Oakley's real name was Phoebe Ann Mosey. Her siblings liked to call her Annie, and later she became professionally known as Annie.

6. What disease did Annie's sister, Mary Jane, die from?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: Tuberculosis

When Mary Jane died Annie was only 6 years old. Mary Jane was also the eldest child.

7. To which U.S. president did Annie write a letter offering the services of 50 female sharpshooters during war?

From Quiz Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter

Answer: William McKinley

Annie wrote the letter to William McKinley but he refused her offer. Annie's offer even included the sharpshooters providing their own guns and ammunition. McKinley's successor as president, Theodore Roosevelt, did recognize her when he named his cavalry "Rough Riders" which was named after Buffalo Bill's show, which Annie was a part of.

8. How many brothers and sisters did Annie have counting Mary Jane?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: 7

Her brothers and sisters were Mary Jane, Lydia, Elizabeth, Catherine, Sarah Ellen, John Henry and Hilda.

9. Whom did Annie claim she married on 23rd August 1876?

From Quiz Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.

Answer: Frank Butler

Frank later claimed the couple was married on 20th June 1882. After Annie won the shooting contest in Cincinnati, they started to see each other as a couple. They eventually developed their own act Butler & Oakley in 1882, after Butler's partner (Baughman) became ill.

10. How did Annie become a sharpshooter?

From Quiz Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter

Answer: shooting the heads off squirrels

Annie taught herself to shoot. She became such a good shot she would shoot small animals and then sell them. At the age of 15, when she had accumulated enough money, she gave it to her mother, so that the farm's mortgage could be paid.

11. What city did Annie first meet Frank (her husband)?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: Cincinnati, Ohio

She met Frank during a shooting contest. She beat Frank by one shot!

12. At the beginning of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Annie wrote a letter to President William McKinley, with what unusual offer?

From Quiz Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.

Answer: She would train a regiment of 50 women sharpshooters

In a letter, Annie wrote to President McKinley she offered the services of 50 lady sharpshooters to fight in the Spanish-American war, however, McKinley refused her offer even when she offered to supply rifles and ammunition.

13. How many half-siblings did Annie have?

From Quiz Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter

Answer: 1

When Annie was six, her father died. Later, her mother Susan remarried and gave birth to Annie's youngest sibling, Emily. Susan would once again become a widow.

14. What date did Annie Oakley marry Frank E. Butler?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: August 23, 1876

I guess when they met at the competition they liked each other so much they decided to get married!

15. Who was the Chicago newspaper owner who published a story about Annie, claiming she was a drug addict and a thief?

From Quiz Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.

Answer: William Randolph Hearst

In 1903, William Randolph Hearst accused Annie of being a drug addict and thief in his newspaper. She decided to fight Hearst in court along with other newspapers who printed the same lies. She won her case and Hearst was ordered to pay her $27,000 but the other newspapers retracted their stories.

16. In 1875, Annie won a shooting match in Cincinnati, Ohio. Whom did she beat?

From Quiz Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter

Answer: Frank Butler

Annie won the match by one point; she shot all 25 targets but Frank missed one. Shortly after this, they began their relationship and also started working together. Annie married Frank in 1882 and would continue to be married until Annie's death in 1926.

17. What was the name of Frank's pet poodle?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: George

Frank would do a trick where he would shoot an apple off George's head. Wow, talk about trust!

18. Annie took part in a shooting competition in London on 20th July 1887 in front of which future English Monarch?

From Quiz Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.

Answer: Edward VII

It was Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and Annie was part of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.

19. In her autobiography, what year did Annie Oakley say she was born in, even though it was incorrect?

From Quiz Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter

Answer: 1866

Annie looked young, and that was an important part of her professional image. She lied and said she was born in 1866, so it would appear that she really was as young as she looked. Near the end of her life, when she wrote her autobiography, she gave her birth year as 1866. In truth, she was born in 1860, on the date August 13.

20. What happened in March 1884?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: The Indian Sitting Bull adopted her.

In 1890, Sitting Bull was shot and died.

21. In what year did Annie and her husband join Buffalo Bill's wild west show?

From Quiz Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.

Answer: 1885

Annie joined the wild west show in 1885. William "Buffalo Bill" Cody knew about Annie but refused to hire her as he already had a sharpshooter, Captain Adam Bogardus. An unfortunate accident in 1884 paved the way for Annie to join the Wild West show. A steamboat carrying the performers sank in the Mississippi River this had a great effect on Bogardus who left the show shortly afterwards leaving a place for Annie.

22. Who gave Annie the nickname 'Watanya Cicilla'?

From Quiz Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter

Answer: Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull's name for Annie, Watanya Cicilla, means Little Sure Shot, which is how it was presented in advertisements. Annie received this nickname in 1885. Sitting Bull had adopted Annie in 1884, the previous year.

23. What year did Annie and Frank join the Wild West Show?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: 1885

Annie was mostly in the spotlight but Frank didn't care. He was just her manager and assistant.

24. Who was the great American Indian Chief who gave Annie her nickname "Little Sure Shot"?

From Quiz Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.

Answer: Sitting Bull

Chief Sitting Bull, was so impressed with Annie's shooting abilities he wanted to adopt her as his daughter and gave her the name, Watanya Cicilla meaning Little Sure Shot.

25. What year did Annie and Frank retire from performing together?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: 1913

Frank and Annie gave their last performance in Marion, Illinois before settling down in a newly-built house in Cambridge, MD. However, her new life did not suit her and four years later, Annie came out of retirement. She continued to perform well into her sixties.

26. After a long and happy marriage, Annie sadly died on 3rd November 1921, closely followed three weeks later by Frank (on November 21st). How long were they married?

From Quiz Annie Oakley:Little Sure Shot.

Answer: 39 years

They were married for almost 40 years.

27. What happened to Annie in 1901?

From Quiz Annie Oakley, Sharpshooter

Answer: She was in a train accident.

As a result of the train accident, Annie had a spinal injury leaving her partially paralyzed. Fortunately, she made a quick recovery. Her shooting wasn't affected by this and her legend continued to increase.

28. What date did Annie die?

From Quiz The Life of Annie Oakley

Answer: November 3, 1926

Frank died three weeks later. They are buried in Greenville, Ohio side by side. Both of their tombstones say, "At Rest."

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