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Do You Read Westerns? Trivia Quiz

It started with Zane Grey and progressed through Max Brand, Jack Schaefer, Louis L'Amour and others. Yes I admit it, I read western novels. Now that my dirty little secret is out, I wonder how many others are closet Western readers.

A multiple-choice quiz by safemann. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
safemann

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
221,581

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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673

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Zane Grey wrote the "Ohio River Trilogy" about the opening of the Ohio Valley in the late 1700. Which of these books is NOT part of the trilogy? Hint

Betty Zane

The Empty Land

Spirit of the Border

Last Trail

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who is the heroic frontiersman who appears in all of the Zane Grey "Ohio River Trilogy" books? Hint

Robert Zane

Lew Wetzel

Colonel Parker

William Boyd

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Question 3 of 10

3. Was the heroic frontiersman who appears in the Zane Grey's "Ohio River Trilogy" a real person?

Yes

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Question 4 of 10

4. Jack Shaffer wrote a wonderful western novel, seen through the eyes of young Joey Starrett, that was made into a movie staring Alan Ladd in the title role. Who was this title character? Hint

Sackett

Wyatt Earp

John Wesley Harden

Shane

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was Hopalong Cassidy's (remember we are talking about the books) regular side kick? Hint

Nobody, he was a loner.

Little Beaver

Jingles P. Jones

Kato

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Question 6 of 10

6. Speaking of Hopalong Cassidy, Clarence E. Mulford wrote 28 Hopalong novels. Who wrote the other four books? Hint

Louis L'Amour

Jack Shaffer

Rex Allen

Max Brand

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" is from what novel that later became a movie? Hint

Guns in the Darkness

Death in the Afternoon

The Legend of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of these is NOT a Zane Grey story? Hint

Hondo

The Hash Knife Outfit

Riders of the Purple Sage

The Lone Star Ranger

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Question 9 of 10

9. Louis L'Amour wrote seventeen novels and two short stories about this frontier family. Who are they? Hint

The Hemingways

The Fallons

The Sacketts

The Conaghers

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Question 10 of 10

10. Let's end with a question for hard core Louis L'Amour fans: In the storey "Galloway" who is Galloway's brother? Hint

William Tell

Nolan

Parmalee

Flagan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Zane Grey wrote the "Ohio River Trilogy" about the opening of the Ohio Valley in the late 1700. Which of these books is NOT part of the trilogy?

Answer: The Empty Land

Betty Zane, Jonathan Zane, Lew Wetzel and others who appear in "The Ohio River Trilogy" were real people whose actions closly parallel their real life experiences.

2. Who is the heroic frontiersman who appears in all of the Zane Grey "Ohio River Trilogy" books?

Answer: Lew Wetzel

Lew Wetzel was a real person. He, his brother and their father were attacked by Indians along the Ohio River near Fish Creek, Va. Lew was the only survivor.

3. Was the heroic frontiersman who appears in the Zane Grey's "Ohio River Trilogy" a real person?

Answer: Yes

Wetzel was an implacable foe with a hatred for all Indians. The Indians named him "Death Wind" and feared him above all other frontiersmen.

4. Jack Shaffer wrote a wonderful western novel, seen through the eyes of young Joey Starrett, that was made into a movie staring Alan Ladd in the title role. Who was this title character?

Answer: Shane

Jack Shaffer also wrote "Monte Walsh" about an aging cowboy who sees that the world no longer has room for him or his ways.

5. Who was Hopalong Cassidy's (remember we are talking about the books) regular side kick?

Answer: Nobody, he was a loner.

Hopalong Cassidy, Hoppy to his friends, rode for the Bar 20 ranch.

6. Speaking of Hopalong Cassidy, Clarence E. Mulford wrote 28 Hopalong novels. Who wrote the other four books?

Answer: Louis L'Amour

William Boyd played Hoppy in the moves and on television and radio.

7. "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" is from what novel that later became a movie?

Answer: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" was written by B. Traven. Interestingly nobody knows for sure who B. Traven really was.

8. Which of these is NOT a Zane Grey story?

Answer: Hondo

Zane Grey published three non-fiction books on fishing.

9. Louis L'Amour wrote seventeen novels and two short stories about this frontier family. Who are they?

Answer: The Sacketts

In the "Sackett" series Louis L'Amour traces this fictional family from their arrival in America in the 1700 through the end of the "Wild West" era.

10. Let's end with a question for hard core Louis L'Amour fans: In the storey "Galloway" who is Galloway's brother?

Answer: Flagan

Louis L'Amour, besides being a prolific writer of "Westerns" has also published non-fiction and poetry.

Source: Author safemann

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