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Louis L'Amour's Sackett Clan Trivia Quiz

Are you a Sackett fan; how much do you know about the Clan?

A multiple-choice quiz by fourbye. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
fourbye

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
323,062

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
322

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Why did Orrin and Tyrel Sackett decide to go west? Hint

To search for gold

Seemed like a good idea at the time

To look for thier father

Tyrel to avoid getting arrested, and Orrin followed.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which Sackett was a flatland Sackett? Hint

Galloway

Falcon

Parmalee

William Tell

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Question 3 of 10

3. What were the twin Sacketts named? Hint

Logan and Nolan

Jubal and Kin Ring

Flagon and Galoway

Echo and Emily

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first Sackett born in North America? Hint

Ivo

Barnabus

Kin Ring

Jubal

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Question 5 of 10

5. Why did Barnabus decide to leave England and go to the New World? Hint

To escape a Queen's warrent.

For free land

To search for gold

He was shipwrecked

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is "The Empty"? Hint

The unknown territories

The Talon Ranch

William Tell's gold mine

A book Tyrel is reading

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Sackett had a racing mule? Hint

Galloway

Lando

Flagon

Jubal

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Question 8 of 10

8. How did William Tell meet his wife? Hint

he found her on a mountain

she was a dancehall girl

at a church social

William Tell isn't married

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Question 9 of 10

9. What animal did Jubal have to kill to protect his wife? Hint

a mammoth

a grizzly bear

a buffalo

a mountain lion

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of the ship that brought Barnabus Sackett to the new world? Hint

The Abigail

The Orion

The Starchaiser

The Golden Hind

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Why did Orrin and Tyrel Sackett decide to go west?

Answer: Tyrel to avoid getting arrested, and Orrin followed.

Tyrel shot the last Higgans, ending the feud, but he didn't want his cousin, the sheriff, to try to arrest him. Told in "The Daybreakers".

2. Which Sackett was a flatland Sackett?

Answer: Parmalee

When the Sacketts first arrived in the new world, they tended to prefer the mountains, but a few lived in the lowlands, called flatland Sacketts. Revealed in "The Sackett Brand".

3. What were the twin Sacketts named?

Answer: Logan and Nolan

Logan and Nolan were Clinch Mountain Sacketts, known to be kind of wild. Revealed in "The Sackett Brand".

4. Who was the first Sackett born in North America?

Answer: Kin Ring

He was born on an animal skin in the middle of an Indian fight as told in "To The Far Blue Mountains.

5. Why did Barnabus decide to leave England and go to the New World?

Answer: To escape a Queen's warrent.

The story of how Barnabus came to North America is told in "Sackett's Land" and continued in "To The Far Blue Mountains".

6. What is "The Empty"?

Answer: The Talon Ranch

The Empty was so called for the brand "MT", that stood for Em Talon, a Sackett that married Talon, told about in "Ride The Dark Trail".

7. Which Sackett had a racing mule?

Answer: Lando

He bred him to race because no one believed a mule could beat a horse. As told in "Lando".

8. How did William Tell meet his wife?

Answer: he found her on a mountain

She and her grandfather got lost looking for gold, then her grandfather died. This story is told in "Sackett".

9. What animal did Jubal have to kill to protect his wife?

Answer: a mammoth

The Indians told him "once they were many, but now they are gone." This story is told in "Jubal Sackett".

10. What was the name of the ship that brought Barnabus Sackett to the new world?

Answer: The Abigail

It was his own ship earned by trading in the new world, named for his wife as told in "Sackett's Land".

Source: Author fourbye

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