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Wild Bill Hickok Trivia Quiz

Wild Bill Hickok - Part 1.

A multiple-choice quiz by caseywb14. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
caseywb14

Time
5 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
288,264

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. People all over the world know the name Wild Bill, but what was his real name? Hint

James Hickok

Joe Hickok

John Hickok

Jesse Hickok

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where was Wild Bill born? Hint

Downers Grove ILL

Plano ILL

Homer ILL

Springfield ILL

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Question 3 of 10

3. Wild Bill wanted to seek adventure, so he left for Kansas. In what year did he leave? Hint

1856

1858

1857

1855

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Question 4 of 10

4. Wild Bill was good friends with Buffalo Bill. In what year did they first meet? Hint

1857

1859

1855

1853

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Question 5 of 10

5. Kid Carson was Wild Bill's childhood hero, but did he ever get to met him in person?

Yes

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Question 6 of 10

6. Wild Bill would fight for the union in the civil war, but what year did he join? Hint

1863

1864

1862

1861

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Question 7 of 10

7. Hickok killed Davis Tutt on July 12 1865. What was the fight about? Hint

a gun

a watch

a horse

money

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the relationship between Hickok and General Custer? Hint

Hickok scouted for Custer in the Indian wars

They mined for gold in Deadwood together

They were poker buddies

They never met

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Question 9 of 10

9. In his later years what disease did Wild Bill suffer from? Hint

glaucoma

diabetes

cancer

tuberculosis

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Question 10 of 10

10. In what year did "Harper's Monthly Magazine" publish the exploits of Wild Bill? Hint

1866

1871

1874

1867

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. People all over the world know the name Wild Bill, but what was his real name?

Answer: James Hickok

Wild Bill was born to William Alonzo and Polly Butler Hickok. He was the fourth son, and born under the name of James Butler Hickok. James was one of seven children.

2. Where was Wild Bill born?

Answer: Homer ILL

When Wild Bill was born in Homer, Illinois in 1837, it was a small frontier village. It was then found out that there was a larger town in Illinos also called Homer, so they changed the name to Troy Grove.

3. Wild Bill wanted to seek adventure, so he left for Kansas. In what year did he leave?

Answer: 1856

Wild Bill would leave for Kansas with his brother Loronzo in 1856. They were going out to set a family claim, but Loronzo returned shortly after, while Wild Bill would join the free state movement.

4. Wild Bill was good friends with Buffalo Bill. In what year did they first meet?

Answer: 1857

Buffalo Bill claimed to have met Wild Bill in 1857. He said Wild Bill saved him from a beating at the hands of camp bullies. From then until Hickok's death they were friends.

5. Kid Carson was Wild Bill's childhood hero, but did he ever get to met him in person?

Answer: yes

He met Kit Carson in 1859. According to Hickok they meet in Santa Fe, and Kit had given him a drangon colt as a present.

6. Wild Bill would fight for the union in the civil war, but what year did he join?

Answer: 1861

Hickok signed up as a teamster and in 1862 he becomes a wagon master. He is also said to have been a sharpshooter and later became a spy for the Union.

7. Hickok killed Davis Tutt on July 12 1865. What was the fight about?

Answer: a watch

Davis Tutt beat Wild Bill in a poker game, but Hickok did not have enough money to pay his debt, so Tutt took his watch and told him he would walk up and down the street showing off the watch until Hickok paid. It was considerd the first ever "real West high noon" shoot-out.

8. What was the relationship between Hickok and General Custer?

Answer: Hickok scouted for Custer in the Indian wars

Wild Bill first met Custer in 1866, then scouted for him in 1867. Hickok was friends with George and Elizabeth Custer.

9. In his later years what disease did Wild Bill suffer from?

Answer: glaucoma

Wild Bill suffered from glaucoma. It is a disease that slowly leads to blindness.

10. In what year did "Harper's Monthly Magazine" publish the exploits of Wild Bill?

Answer: 1867

"Harper's Magazine" published highly exaggerated tales of Wild Bill. Hickok became a household name for the remainder of his life. Hickok was the one that told the exaggerated tales to the writers. It was something his family would later said he regreted.

Source: Author caseywb14

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