Trivia Game #28 - Week 3

hoosier · #1 01-15-2005, 05:34 PM

Here are the questions for Week 3. New players are welcome to join the game at any time.

As usual, please submit answers to all five questions by 6 PM EST next Saturday, which will be January 22.

11. In what battle did Irishman Joseph Finegan beat back the Union troops of Gen. Truman Seymour?

12. What caused Gen. McCausland to flee to Europe after the war?

13. Who died with a bag of $2,000 in gold around their neck?

14. What caused Jefferson Davis's sore hand on New Year's Day, 1862?

15. (Two point question) Which general, weighing in at 290 pounds, was the Big Man of the Confederacy?

Good luck!

raggedrebel · #2 01-16-2005, 04:34 PM

11) Battle of Olustee/Ocean Pond, near Lake City, Florida
12)To avoid being arrested for the retaliatory burning of Chambersburg, Pa.
13) Rose O'Neal Greenhow
14) Shaking so many folks' hands at the New year's Eve party at the C.S. White House the night before.
15) Sterling Price (although A. Buford and A. Pike also weighed about 300 each)

dawna · #3 01-17-2005, 09:19 AM

11. The Battle of Olustee

12. Warrants were issued by the North charging General McCausland with arson in the burning of Chambersburg

13. Rose O'Neal Greenhow

14. A guess - from shaking hands

15. <strike> General Albert Pike</strike>

(Message edited by hoosier on January 20, 2005)

texaswildcat · #4 01-17-2005, 07:29 PM

1. Battle of Olustee

2.fear of retribution for burning Chambersburg

3. <strike>a real stupid man</strike>

4. Shaking so many hands at a new years party

5. Major General Sterling Price

(Message edited by hoosier on January 20, 2005)

1st_maine_trooper · #5 01-18-2005, 08:10 PM

11. Olustee

12. Being charged with arson in the burning of Chambersburg, PA.

13. ---

14. From 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on January, 1, 1862, Jefferson Davis welcomed callers to the Executive Mansion. He greeted each visitor, that's the cause of his sore right hand.

15. General Sterling Price

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bill_torrens · #6 01-21-2005, 09:34 AM

11. Olustee

12. Fear of prosecution over the burning of Chambersburg, and the hostility of pro-Union neighbours

13. Rose O'Neal Greenhow

14. Shaking hands with all the visitors to a function at the Executive Mansion

15. Sterling Price

cindyscoops · #7 01-22-2005, 12:45 AM

11. Battle of Olustee.

12. He wanted to avoid being arrested by Union men for charges of
burning Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1864.

13. Rose O'Neal Greenhow.

14. Davis' hand was sore from shaking hands with numerous people at a
reception held the night before.

15. General Sterling "Pap" Price.

rivrrat · #8 01-22-2005, 10:49 AM

11. <strike>Fort Wagoner.</strike>
12. Burning Chambersburg Pa.
13. Rose O'Neil Greenhow
14. ---
15. Major Gen. Sterling Price

(Message edited by hoosier on January 22, 2005)

caller · #9 01-22-2005, 11:27 AM

11) Battle of Olustee.

12) <strike>He had trouble with his unionist neighbors.</strike>

13) Rose Greenhow.

14) <strike>Burned it on a hot pot.</strike>

15) General Sterling Price. (http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/civwar/html/cw_010002_glasgowmisso.h tm)

(Message edited by hoosier on January 22, 2005)

sockknitter · #10 01-22-2005, 12:39 PM

11. In what battle did Irishman Joseph Finegan beat back the Union troops of Gen. Truman Seymour? Olustee

12. What caused Gen. McCausland to flee to Europe after the war? The burning of Chambersburg

13. Who died with a bag of $2,000 in gold around their neck? Rose Greenhow

14. What caused Jefferson Davis's sore hand on New Year's Day, 1862? Shaking hands

15. (Two point question) Which general, weighing in at 290 pounds, was the Big Man of the Confederacy? Sterling Price