Trivia Game # 36 - Week 3

[hoosier]

I had some problems accessing the website earlier this evening, but they seem to have cleared up.

Here are the questions for Week 3 of Game # 36.

11. The final Confederate land victory of the Civil War was achieved May 12-13, 1865 at what battle?

12. John Wilkes Booth’s plan for the assassination of Lincoln called for the assassination of Secretary of State Seward as well. The co-conspirator who attempted to kill Seward is most commonly known today by the name Lewis Paine, but when he served in the Confederate Army, he went by a different last name. What was the name under which “Paine” served in the Confederate Army?

13. Who was the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at the conclusion of the Civil War?

14. According to one theory, the term “Dixie” derives from bank notes of a particular denomination issued by New Orleans banks. What denomination were these notes?

15. (Two point question) What future Civil War naval officer was the first superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy?

Answers to the questions for Week 3 will be due by 6 PM EST Saturday, February 4.

Good luck!

[texaswildcat]

1. Palmetto Ranch

2. Lewis Thornton Powell

3. Schuyler Colfax

4. Ten

5. Rear Admiral Christopher R. P. Rodgers INCORRECT

[traveller]

11. Palmito Ranch

12. Lewis Thornton Powell

13. Thaddeus Stevens INCORRECT

14. Ten-dollar notes issued by the Citizens Bank of Louisiana before the Civil War bore the French dix, ten, on the reverse side and were consequently known as "dixes" or "dixies"

15. Matthew Fontaine Maury joined the United States Navy as a midshipman aboard the frigate Brandywine in 1825. He became the first US Naval Academy superintendent in 1844. INCORRECT

[samgrant]

11. Palmito Ranch (Cameron County, Texas)

12. Lewis Powell

13. Schuyler Colfax

14. Ten dollars

15. Franklin Buchanan

[rivrrat]

11. Palmito Ranch AKA Palmito Hill
12. Lewis Thornton Powell
13. Schuyler Colfax of Indiana
14. $10.00 "Dix" in French
15. Adm. Franklin Buchanan CSN

[sarladaise]

11. Palmito Ranch, TX
12. Lewis Thorton Powell
13. Schuyler Colfax
14. $ 10,--
15. Franklin Buchanan

[Robert B. Condon]

11. Battle of Palmito Ranch

12. Lewis Thornton Powell

13. To paraphrase the Cyclops in the Odyssey, "No Man" was Speaker of the House. The second session of the 38th Congress ended when the House adjourned on March 3, 1865. The new 39th Congress did not convene until December 4, 1865. Schulyer Colfax, who had been Speaker in the 38th Congress, was reelected Speaker of the 39th Congress.

14. ten dollar

15. Admiral Franklin Buchanan, CSN

[hoosier]

Bumping the thread

[bama_belle]

11. The Battle of Palmito Ranch near Brownsville Texas.
12. Lewis Thornton Powell
13. Schuyler Colfax
14. Dix Notes = $10
15. David Dixon Porter INCORRECT

[nbforrest]

Off the top of my head...

11. Palmito Ranch

12. Powell

13. NO ANSWER

14. 10 dollars

15. Franklin Buchanan