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Crazy Horse Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about the famous Native American Chief?

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

Author
blondangel

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
68,752

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2335

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 104 (2/10), Guest 109 (5/10), Jdeanflpa (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What battle is Crazy Horse most remembered for? Hint

Rosebud

Wounded Knee

Little Bighorn

Gettysburg

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Question 2 of 10

2. What year was Crazy Horse born? Hint

1822

1842

1862

1882

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Question 3 of 10

3. What people did he come from? Hint

Sioux

Apache

Cherokee

Navajo

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Question 4 of 10

4. What quality made his people choose him as chief? Hint

all of these

refusal to take scalps

quiet nature

mystical visions

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Question 5 of 10

5. Something was discovered in the Black Hills, the sacred grounds of Crazy Horse's people. The government offered to buy it, but the tribal leaders refused. What was discovered? Hint

coal

gold

silver

iron

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Question 6 of 10

6. In the Battle of the Rosebud, who did Crazy Horse square off with? Hint

General George Crook

Major Marcus A. Reno

General Alfred H. Terry

Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer

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Question 7 of 10

7. After Little Bighorn, Crazy Horse and his followers fled. The following spring, under a promise of his own reservation he and 800 followers surrendered. What fort did he surrender at? Hint

Fort Laramie

Appomattox Courthouse

Fort Necessity

Fort Robinson

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Question 8 of 10

8. After Crazy Horse was constrained to the Red Cloud Agency, the other chiefs resented Crazy Horse's fame.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Why did Crook order Crazy Horse's arrest? Hint

public drunkenness

false rumors of rebellion

assault against an officer

he gave no reason

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Question 10 of 10

10. Crazy Horse was bayonetted in a struggle during his arrest and died a short time later. What date did he die? Hint

September 5, 1877

September 5, 1897

September 5, 1857

September 5, 1917

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What battle is Crazy Horse most remembered for?

Answer: Little Bighorn

Also known as Custer's Last Stand, it was a clear victory for the Indians.

2. What year was Crazy Horse born?

Answer: 1842

This is an approximate date, near Rapid Creek, SD. His Sioux name was Tasunka Witco, which roughly tranlates as Crazy Horse.

3. What people did he come from?

Answer: Sioux

He was a member of the Oglala Sioux.

4. What quality made his people choose him as chief?

Answer: all of these

These are only some of the qualities the Sioux people loved about him. He was modest, and generous. He would give up his food to help people who were hungry. He was also a brilliant tactition. Basically, he was everything the Plains tribes desired in a cheif, and was appointed around 1858.

5. Something was discovered in the Black Hills, the sacred grounds of Crazy Horse's people. The government offered to buy it, but the tribal leaders refused. What was discovered?

Answer: gold

In 1875. In response to the refusal, the government threatened to shoot any Indian not on a reservation.

6. In the Battle of the Rosebud, who did Crazy Horse square off with?

Answer: General George Crook

A strategic victory for the tribesmen, it took place on June 17, 1876. The white men sustained heavy losses.

7. After Little Bighorn, Crazy Horse and his followers fled. The following spring, under a promise of his own reservation he and 800 followers surrendered. What fort did he surrender at?

Answer: Fort Robinson

On May 5, 1877.

8. After Crazy Horse was constrained to the Red Cloud Agency, the other chiefs resented Crazy Horse's fame.

Answer: True

Because of this, they urged General Crook to confine him.

9. Why did Crook order Crazy Horse's arrest?

Answer: false rumors of rebellion

Crook was taken in by the false rumors and ordered his arrest on May 5, 1877.

10. Crazy Horse was bayonetted in a struggle during his arrest and died a short time later. What date did he die?

Answer: September 5, 1877

Crazy Horse is commemorated by Korczak Ziolkowski's gigantic sculpture in the same Black Hills he gave his life protecting. A beautiful site, worth a trip in itself.

Source: Author blondangel

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