Trivia Game # 40 - Week 4

[hoosier]

Here are the questions for Week 4 of Game # 40.

16. A. P. Hill’s arrival late in the afternoon at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) helped to save the day for Lee’s army. Hill’s advance was all the more effective due to confusion among the Union troops caused by the fact that many of Hill’s troops were not wearing the customary color of uniform. What color were they wearing?

17. Stratford Hall was the birthplace of what Civil War general?

18. What prominent Union military figure had been the prewar employer of Gen. Ambrose Burnside?

19. James Brown McCaw headed what important Richmond institution?

20. (Two point question) A Confederate dispatch boat named the America sank off the coast of South Carolina in 1862. What prize had the boat won eleven years earlier?

Answers to the questions for Week 4 will be due by 6 PM EDT on Saturday, July 29.

Good luck!

[samgrant]

I can only play by turning off my Norton Security (any ideas?)

16. These were Union Blue uniforms that the Johnnies captured at Harpers Ferry to replace their tattered duds.

17. R. E. Lee was born there

18. George McClellan of the Illinois Central Railroad

19. He was the administrator of the Chimborazo Hospital.

20. Won the Royal Yacht Society regatta in 1851 SEE CORRECTION

[Rad2duhbone53]

16. Union Blue

17.Robert E. Lee

18.George B. McClellan

19.Chimborazo Hospital

20. August 1851- She won the Roval Yacht Society Regatta SEE CORRECTION

[hoosier]

A couple of people have responded to question 20 by naming the event that the boat in question won in 1851.

As a result of winning that event, a very specific prize was awarded. The correct answer to this question must name the prize, not the event.

[samgrant]

20. The Prize won at that race was at the time called the "One Hundred Sovereign Cup", later to be known as the "America's Cup".

[Rad2duhbone53]

I'm changing my answer for question #20 to "The Queen's Cup" INCORRECT

[Robert B. Condon]

16. blue

17. Robert Edward Lee

18. George B. McClellan

19. Chimborazo Hospital

20. The Royal Yacht Club 100 Pounds Cup, sometimes mistakenly referred to as the 100 Guineas Cup.

[traveller]

16. Some of A. P. Hill’s men wore Blue. (Union uniforms captured at Harper's Ferry)

17. Robert E. Lee was born at Stratford Hall.

18. Oliver Winchester had been the pre war employer of the tailor Ambrose Burnside. (He should have never exchanged his needle for a sword. L.O.L) INCORRECT

19. James Brown McCaw headed Richmond's Chimborazo Hospital.

20. The America won a 100 Guinea Cup at the Royal Yacht Society regatta in 1851. This cup would become famous as the Americas Cup.

[bgl1952]

#16 They were wearing bule union uniforms captured at Harper's Ferry

#17 General Robert E. Lee was born in 1807 at Stratford Hall

#18 George B . McCellan

#19 Chimborazo Hospital

#20 Hundered Guinea Cup ( now the America's cup )

[texaswildcat]

1. Union blue uniforms captured from Harper’s Ferry

2. Robert E. Lee

3. George B. McClellan

4. Chimborazo Hospital

5. 100 Guinea