Trivia Game # 35 - Week 4

[bill_torrens]

16. Elizabeth Van Lew

17. Thomas Ward Custer

18. David Ireland

19. Isaac Trimble INCORRECT

20. She once taught his daughter

[cindyscoops]

16. Elizabeth Van Lew

17. Thomas W. Custer

18. Col. David Ireland

19. William "Extra Billy" Smith

20. She had taught at an Ohio convent at the time Sherman's daughter, Minnie, was a pupil there.

Cindy Scoops

[sockknitter]

16. Elizabeth Van Lew

17. Thomas Ward Custer

18. David Ireland

19. William “Extra Billy” Smith
20. The mother superior had once taught Sherman's daughter

[hoosier]

Here are the answers to the questions for Week 4.

16. The spy with whom Grant took tea was Elizabeth (Crazy Bet) Van Lew.

17. Second Lt. Thomas W. Custer (George’s brother) was awarded two Congressional Medals of Honor.

18. Col. David Ireland (who, despite his name, was born in Scotland) commanded the 137th NY.

19. The oldest Confederate general at Gettysburg was William (Extra Billy) Smith, born Sept. 6, 1797, who had served as Governor of Virginia during the Mexican War and would return to that post once again in 1864. (Isaac Trimble was born in 1802. Jubal Early, born in 1816, was a young whippersnapper by comparison.)

20. The mother superior had once been the teacher of Sherman’s daughter, Minnie, in Ohio before the War.

It's a little less crowded at the top of the scoreboard this week, but we still have three First Division and two Second Division players with perfect scores of 24 points through the first four weeks.

The scoreboard at the end of Week 4:

FIRST DIVISION

CindyScoops 24
RaggedRebel 24
SamGrant 24
Bill_Torrens 23

SECOND DIVISION

Robert B. Condon 24
Sarladaise 24
RivrRat 23
Sockknitter 22
Traveller 14
ewc 12
Tarheel 12
NBForrest 10
Texaswildcat 10