Trivia Game # 37 - Week 1

[aggie80]

Revised answer list for Week 1 of Game # 37.

1. Matthew Calbraith Butler

2. Louisa May Alcott - To combat the horrible smells from the poor sanitation, she would frequently sprinkle herself and her surroundings with lavender water. As a result, she was soon called the "Nurse with the Bottle."

3. According to the US Army, the Butler medal was designed by Anthony C. Paquet and the ribbon and attachments were designed by Charles W. Kennard & Co.

4. Thanks for clarifying! Once I had two, I quit checking!
Arkansas - NONE
Tennesee - NONE

Missouri also had no representatives, but Kentucky had one.

5. 500 selected troopers served with the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry.

[texaswildcat]

1. Joseph Wheeler INCORRECT

2. Louisa May Alcott

3. designed by Anthony C. Paquet

4. North Carolina, Virginia INCORRECT

5. 71st Pennsylvania Infantry INCORRECT

[bama_belle]

1. Matthew Calbraith Butler

2. Louisa May Alcott

3. The medal was commissioned by General Benjamin F. Butler.
The medal was designed by Anthony C. Paquet.
The medal was manufactured in silver by Tiffany in New York.

4. Arkansas and Tennessee

5. Five hundred volunteers from California known as the California Hundred and Battalion fought in the East during the years 1863-1865 as a part of the Second Massachusetts Volunteer Calvary Regiment.

[hoosier]

Welcome back to First Division member Aggie80.

We have five players who got all five answers correct this week, three in the First Division and two in the Second.

Answers to the questions for Week 1:


1. Matthew C. Butler, CSA general, later became a U.S. Senator and major general of volunteers during the Spanish-American War. Fighting Joe Wheeler did serve in the Spanish-American War and did serve in the U.S. Congress, but as a representative, not a senator.

2. Louisa May Alcott was known as “the nurse with the bottle.” (I thought this was going to be a tough one - I figured there might be lots of Civil War nurses who were known by this nickname, but everyone got this answer correct.)

3. Tiffany’s of New York produced the silver medal, which was designed by Anthony Paquet. The ribbon and attachments were designed by Charles W. Kennard & Co.

4. Arkansas and Tennessee were never represented in the Confederate cabinet.

5. The California Battalion served in the 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry.

The scores after Week 1:

FIRST DIVISION

Aggie80 6
Robert B. Condon 6
SamGrant 6

SECOND DIVISION

BamaBelle 6
Sockknitter 6
Sarladaise 5
Traveller 3
Texaswildcat 2