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Death in the Old West Trivia Quiz

The American west was full of people who led interesting lives. How much do you know about their deaths?

A multiple-choice quiz by kirk645. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
kirk645

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
194,370

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
2577

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 64 (5/10), Linda_Arizona (8/10), Guest 104 (3/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Outlaw John Wesley Hardin was shot dead while playing what? Hint

Dice

Poker

Piano

Billiards

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Question 2 of 10

2. What famous cattleman and trailblazer died of gangrene caused by Indian arrow wounds? Hint

Oliver Loving

Augustas McCrae

Charlie Goodnight

Jesse Chisholm

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Question 3 of 10

3. Whose last words were "Quien es?" Hint

Santa Anna

Belle Starr

Pancho Villa

Billy the Kid

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Question 4 of 10

4. Called the "Last of the Great Outlaws" this man died on March 21, 1916. Hint

Henry Starr

Frank James

Cole Younger

Emmet Dalton

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Question 5 of 10

5. Whose last words were "This is funny"? Hint

Wyatt Earp

Sam Bass

Bat Masterson

Doc Holliday

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Texas outlaw died on his/her birthday? Hint

Sam Bass

Sam Starr

John Wesley Hardin

Belle Starr

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Question 7 of 10

7. All the following men were shot from behind except - Hint

Wild Bill Hickock

Billy the Kid

Jesse James

John Wesley Hardin

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Earp brothers of Tombstone, Arizona were all either killed or seriously wounded by gunfire except for one. Who was the lucky brother? Hint

Virgil

Wyatt

James

Warren

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was murdered while urinating along a New Mexico road? Hint

Pat Garrett

Buckshot Roberts

John Tunstall

Alexander McSween

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Question 10 of 10

10. Captain Tom Custer rode to his death at the Little Bighorn with his older brother, George Armstrong, and his less famous younger brother. What was the name of the younger Custer brother? Hint

Austin

Boston

Foster

Dustin

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Outlaw John Wesley Hardin was shot dead while playing what?

Answer: Dice

Hardin was playing dice in the Acme Saloon in El Paso, Texas when he was gunned down. His last roll was four sixes.

2. What famous cattleman and trailblazer died of gangrene caused by Indian arrow wounds?

Answer: Oliver Loving

Riding ahead of a cattle drive, Oliver Loving and a companion were attacked by Indians and Loving was wounded by arrows. He died of gangrene in Fort Sumner, New Mexico on September 25, 1867. Gus McCrae is a fictional character based on Loving.

3. Whose last words were "Quien es?"

Answer: Billy the Kid

Billy was shot dead late at night in the dark bedroom of his friend, Pete Maxwell. Sensing someone else in the room, Billy asked "Quien es?" (Who is it?). Pat Garrett shot toward the voice and killed the Kid.

4. Called the "Last of the Great Outlaws" this man died on March 21, 1916.

Answer: Cole Younger

Thomas Coleman Younger, the famous Missouri outlaw, died of natural causes at his sister's home in Lee's Summit, Missouri.

5. Whose last words were "This is funny"?

Answer: Doc Holliday

Doc Holliday died in bed in a hospital in Colorado. Legend has it that Doc thought it was funny for him to die with his boots off.

6. Which Texas outlaw died on his/her birthday?

Answer: Sam Bass

Sam Bass was born on July 21, 1851 and died on July 21, 1878 (or so we are told).

7. All the following men were shot from behind except -

Answer: Billy the Kid

Wild Bill, Jesse James, and J. W. Hardin were all shot in the back of the head. Billy died from a single bullet to the heart.

8. The Earp brothers of Tombstone, Arizona were all either killed or seriously wounded by gunfire except for one. Who was the lucky brother?

Answer: Wyatt

James, a Tombstone saloon keeper was wounded in the Civil War. Warren was shot dead and Virgil was crippled by a shotgun blast. Morgan Earp was also shot to death in Tombstone and a sixth brother, Baxter, never lived in Tombstone, Arizona.

9. Who was murdered while urinating along a New Mexico road?

Answer: Pat Garrett

Garrett was shot from ambush on February 29, 1908 while relieving himself beside a road.

10. Captain Tom Custer rode to his death at the Little Bighorn with his older brother, George Armstrong, and his less famous younger brother. What was the name of the younger Custer brother?

Answer: Boston

Also along on the fatal day was Henry Reed, the Custer's nephew and James Calhoun, the Custer's a brother-in-law.

Source: Author kirk645

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