Trivia Game # 39 - Week 4

hoosier · #1 06-10-2006, 10:00 PM

Here are the questions for Week 4 of Game # 39.

16. Whom did McClellan put in charge of military intelligence for the Army of the Potomac in 1861?

17. What was the navigational advantage of the “double-ender” naval vessel?

18. What Confederate general’s name (his real first and middle name, not a nickname) could be viewed as a statement of the Southern cause?

19. In April, 1863, Grant’s troops boarded transports at a landing on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi to be ferried to Bruinsburg, whence they proceeded to the eventual capture of Vicksburg. What was the name of the landing? (Hint – shares its name with the title of a Charles Dickens book.)

20. (Two point question) Who was the only Civil War general who was a native of Russia?

Answers to the questions for Week 4 will be due by 6 PM on Saturday, June 17.

Good luck!

samgrant · #2 06-11-2006, 10:51 AM

16. Allen Pinkerton

17. maneuverability - a 'double-ender' was a ship with a pointed bow and stern (like a canoe, or Noah's ark) a side-wheeled ship that didn't have to be turned around to reverse direction \=====@=====/

18. States Rights Gist (his brother was Independence Gist)

19. Hard Times

20. John Basil Turchin (Ivan Vasilovitch Turchinoff) the "Russian Thunderbolt"

Robert B. Condon · #3 06-12-2006, 05:10 PM

16. Allen Pinkerton

17. It could reverse directions without turning around.

18. States Rights Gist

19. Hard Times

20. Ivan Vasilevich Turchininov

hoosier · #4 06-13-2006, 08:25 PM

Bumping the thread

traveller · #5 06-15-2006, 05:26 PM

16. Pinkerton

17. A double ender has the capability to move in either direction, having a bow and rudder at each end.

18. NO ANSWER

19. Pickwick Landing INCORRECT

20. NO ANSWER

Rad2duhbone53 · #6 06-15-2006, 08:20 PM

16. Allan Pinkerton

17.It is capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end

18.Albert Sydney Johnston INCORRECT

19.Hard Times

20.John Basil Turchin (Ivan Vasilovitch Turchininoff)

texaswildcat · #7 06-16-2006, 08:34 AM

1. Allan Pinkerton

2. Allowed it to go forward and reverse with little difficulty in the shallow waters and channels

3. States Rights Gist

4. Hard Times

5. John Basil Turchin, Brigadier General
Name was Ivan Vasilovitch Turchinoff
Born January 30, 1822 at Province of the Don, Russia

sarladaise · #8 06-17-2006, 01:02 PM

16. Allen Pinkerton
17. ran both ways, no need to turn in around
18. States Rights Gist
19. Hard Times Landing
20. Ivan Turchaninov

bgl1952 · #9 06-17-2006, 05:18 PM

#16 Allan pickerton

#17 To go either forward or backward with out turning around

#18 Tomas jonathan Jackson INCORRECT

#19 Hard times La.

#20 Ivan Turchin or Ivan Turchaninov witch is one in the same man

hoosier · #10 06-17-2006, 06:22 PM

Here are the answers to the questions for Week 4.

16. McClellan's chief of military intelligence was Allan Pinkerton, who had a tendency to overestimate the strength of opposing forces.

17. The double-ender, a canoe-shaped side wheeler with a rudder and pilot house at each end, could change course simply by reversing engines, which was advantageous in narrow rivers that fed into coastal sounds, where there was no room to turn around.

18. General Gist's first and middle names were States Rights, surely a statement of the Southern cause if ever there was one.

19. The troops boarded at Hard Times Landing.

20. The Russian Union General's anglicized name was John Basil Turchin. His real name was Ivan Vasilovich Turchinoff, a graduate of Russia’s Imperial Military School.

I don't have time to post the scoreboard right now. I'll do that either later tonight or some time tomorrow.