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Deadwood - Season 1 Trivia

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1.
  "Deadwood " The HBO Series   great trivia quiz  
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Always crude and vulgar but interestingly entertaining. How much do you know about the first season of "Deadwood" on HBO?
Easier, 10 Qns, delainey, Sep 04 17
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 2 - "Deep Water"   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Another quiz about life in the Dakota Territory in 1876.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 7   great trivia quiz  
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In the episode "Bullock Returns To The Camp", two teenagers show up in Deadwood searching for their father.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Oct 06 06
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 1   popular trivia quiz  
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Are you tired of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"? Try this quiz on HBO's new western series.
Easier, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 12 - "Sold Under Sin"   popular trivia quiz  
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In the first season's finale, many of the characters' true intentions and loyalties are revealed.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 8   popular trivia quiz  
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In "Suffer The Little Children" the true motives of Miles and Flora become known.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 9   popular trivia quiz  
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In "No Other Sons or Daughters", Deadwood takes the first step to becoming a real city instead of an illegal camp in Indian territory.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 11    
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In the episode "Jewel's Shoe Is Made For Walking" Al Swearengen continues to face a murder warrant and a new sheriff is appointed in Deadwood.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 6 - "Plague"    
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Shortly after the burial of Wild Bill Hickok, Deadwood is struck by a smallpox outbreak.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 3    
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In the episode "Reconnoitering the Rim", a new group of characters arrives in Deadwood.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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trivia question Quick Question
The episode opens with Seth Bullock riding alone down a mountain trail. What happens to him?

From Quiz ""Deadwood" - Episode 6 - "Plague""




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  "Deadwood" - Episode 5 - "The Trial Of Jack McCall    
Multiple Choice
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The fate of Wild Bill Hickok's murderer is placed in the hands of a jury in a lawless town.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 10 23
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973 plays
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 10 - "Mr. Wu"    
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Mr. Wu, the boss of Deadwood's Chinese community, presents Al Swearengen a difficult dilemma.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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  "Deadwood" - Episode 4 - "Here Was A Man"    
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The bad blood between Wild Bill Hickok and Jack McCall comes to an end at Tom Nuttall's No. 10 Saloon.
Average, 10 Qns, rblayer, Mar 08 05
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Deadwood - Season 1 Trivia Questions
1. The episode opens with the dawning of a new day in Deadwood. A sleepless Al Swearengen stands alone on the balcony of the Gem Saloon surveying the street below. Who brings him coffee?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 12 - "Sold Under Sin"

Answer: Dan Dority

It is suggested that since his breakup with Trixie, Al does not sleep well, and her normal morning duties have been undertaken by Swearengen's murderous henchman.

2. The episode begins with Al Swearengen ranting to Trixie about the murder warrant against him. Who does Al reveal as his victim?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 11

Answer: Policeman

Swearengen admits to stabbing an extortionist "mick cop", thus causing his present problems with the law and the Yankton magistrate.

3. The episode opens with Bullock and Star chatting in their hardware store. About what is Seth complaining?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 10 - "Mr. Wu"

Answer: Volunteering as health commissioner

"What was in my mind to raise my hand," Seth asks Sol as he works on plans for a city infirmary and for waste disposal. The only reason Bullock volunteered as health commissioner was to avoid becoming sheriff.

4. The episode begins with Al Swearengen studying the gold nugget brought to him by Trixie. What bad news does Al learn when he later meets with a federal magistrate from Yankton regarding the annexation of Deadwood?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 9

Answer: There is a warrant for his arrest for a murder in Chicago

The magistrate also suggested that a steady stream of bribes would help grease the wheels of progress. He quoted Al the sum of $5000 to take care of the murder warrant.

5. As the episode begins, what does E.B. Farnum suggest as a solution to the problem with Seth Bullock and Alma Garrett, and their reluctance to sell him the gold claim?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 8

Answer: Murder them both in their sleep

Al Swearengen rejects E.B.'s murderous suggestion as "unnecessary bloodshed" could bring in federal regulators.

6. The episode opens with Seth Bullock and Charlie Utter entering into a stockade in search of Jack McCall. Who or what tips them off that McCall is nearby?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 7

Answer: They see his horse

The very identifiable paint horse was provided to Jack McCall by Al Swearengen as his means of escape from Deadwood.

7. The episode opens with Seth Bullock riding alone down a mountain trail. What happens to him?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 6 - "Plague"

Answer: He is attacked by an Indian

Bullock manages to kill his attacker, but soon falls unconscious from a tomahawk blow to his head.

8. At the beginning of the episode many people are lined up to view Wild Bill Hickok's body. What are many of them doing as they pass by?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 5 - "The Trial Of Jack McCall

Answer: Shooing flies off the body

One man was even trying to sell pieces of an Indian's scalp to the people in line. Seth Bullock, demanding respect for his dead friend, put a stop to it.

9. The episode begins with Wild Bill Hickok and Jack McCall playing poker. Where are they?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 4 - "Here Was A Man"

Answer: The Bella Union

Joanie Stubbs is the dealer.

10. The episode opens with Al Swearengen looking out of his second story bedroom window. What does he see in the street?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 3

Answer: A parade of prostitutes

The Gem Saloon, owned by Swearengen, had never had any competition in providing female companionship for the gold miners and prospectors.

11. Episode 2 begins with E.B. taking the hotel's laundry to the Chinese launderer. Besides laundry, what else is in E.B.'s cart?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 2 - "Deep Water"

Answer: Dead body

The very accommodating laundry will not only wash clothes, but will dispose of bodies which are fed to the hogs.

12. What was one of Seth Bullock's last official acts as a marshall in the Montana territories?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 1

Answer: Hanging a horse thief

Bullock was faced with a lynch mob and kept things legal by personally hanging the horse thief on the front porch of his office.

13. Al Swearengen is played by this talented British actor.

From Quiz "Deadwood " The HBO Series

Answer: Ian McShane

Born is Blackburn, England, Ian McShane stars as the foul mouthed Al Swearengen, owner of The Gem Saloon.

14. A calvary detachment arrives in Deadwood. Who is the commanding general?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 12 - "Sold Under Sin"

Answer: Crook

General Crook and his men are in the process of making reprisals against the Indians for the Custer massacre at Little Big Horn. They stop in Deadwood for supplies and recreation for the men, many of whom desert to prospect for gold.

15. Jewel, Al Swearengen's physically challenged floor sweeper, takes a book to Doc Cochran. What subject do they discuss?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 11

Answer: Leg braces

Jewel's disability causes her to have to drag her leg as she walks, a subject of great irritation to her employer, Al Swearengen.

16. Mr. Wu goes to the Gem Saloon to see Al Swearengen. What offensive act does he commit?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 10 - "Mr. Wu"

Answer: He enters the front door

Asians are far from being equal citizens in Deadwood, and may only enter a premises from the rear. The non-English speaking Wu communicates with Swearengen by drawing a picture of his opium courier being robbed and killed by two white men.

17. What does one of E.B. Farnum's hotel employees find in the laundry?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 9

Answer: A letter from Wild Bill Hickok to his wife

E.B. takes the letter that was written only hours before Hickok's death, and after berating his employee, slips it into his pocket for further evaluation.

18. Riders noisily return to Deadwood with smallpox vaccine and news of a new treaty with the Indians. What two chiefs have agreed to lead their tribes back to the agency?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 8

Answer: Red Cloud and Spotted Elk

Swearengen sees peace with the Indians as a financial boom to the local economy and another reason to keep Seth Bullock around as the perfect front man.

19. What does Bullock do to McCall when he finds him?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 7

Answer: Knocks him out with a gun barrel

Bullock and Utter tie up the unconscious McCall and turn him over to federal authorities in Yankton.

20. Who is Joanie hustling to learn to play craps at the Bella Union?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 6 - "Plague"

Answer: Ellsworth

Ellsworth never stood a chance after Cy Tolliver gave Eddie Sawyer the signal to switch to loaded dice.

21. Where is the trial of Jack McCall held?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 5 - "The Trial Of Jack McCall

Answer: Gem Saloon

Newspaperman, A.W. Merrick takes charge of jury selection and assigning lawyers to act as judge, prosecutor and defense counsel. They are all chosen by a random drawing names.

22. In the last poker hand, Wild Bill wins all of McCall's money. What was Bill's winning hand?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 4 - "Here Was A Man"

Answer: Pair of fours

Jack, who was trying to bluff with a jack high hand, was furious that he was beaten with such a low ranking hand. Aces and eights, the 'Dead Man's Hand', was what Hickok was reputed to be holding when he was shot in the back.

23. What is the name of the new saloon in Deadwood?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 3

Answer: Bella Union

Cy Tolliver owns the new establishment with Eddie Sawyer as his assistant and Joanie Stubbs the madame.

24. From what country did the massacred Metz family come?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 2 - "Deep Water"

Answer: Norway

They are often referred to derogatorily as 'squareheads'.

25. Who is Bullock's business partner?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 1

Answer: Sol Star

Seth and Sol are life-long friends.

26. Deadwood is in this territory.

From Quiz "Deadwood " The HBO Series

Answer: Dakota territory

South Dakota was a territory in 1876. Deadwood was a violent outpost for people looking to get rich quick.

27. Magistrate Clagett from Yankton accompanies the soldiers as they arrive in Deadwood. He meets with Al Swearengen regarding a murder warrant against him out of Chicago. How much of a bribe does Swearengen offer the magistrate to quash the warrant?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 12 - "Sold Under Sin"

Answer: Nothing

The magistrate shows no fear of the menacing Swearengen saying, "You can't murder an order." Swearengen later states that the magistrate, "don't go back to Yankton alive."

28. The newspaper editor A.W. Merrick is very excited about a package delivered by the stagecoach. What is in the package?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 11

Answer: Camera

Merrick takes his camera, which has a 210 mm lens, and immediately begins a pictoral history of Deadwood. His first two photos are of Mayor E.B. Farnum, Tom Nuttall and Sheriff Stapleton.

29. The magistrate in Yankton sends two messengers to see Swearengen. What is the name of the one who first speaks with Al?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 10 - "Mr. Wu"

Answer: Silas Adams

Swearengen and Farnum were busily stuffing envelopes with bribe money when the two bagmen appeared at the Gem Saloon. Al is infuriated when he reads that the magistrate wants more bribe money to settle an old Chicago murder warrant against him.

30. Bella Union employees Eddie Sawyer and Joanie Stubbs remain disturbed about the brutal executions of Miles and Flora. Where does Joanie see the dress that Flora had worn?

From Quiz "Deadwood" - Episode 9

Answer: In a muddy pig sty

For a fee, the Chinaman Wu's pigs are available for dead body disposal.

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