Trivia Game # 42 - Week 2

[sarladaise]

6. a game of dice
7. he was ill with typhoid
8. NO ANSWER
9. Island No. 10
10. Sherman's bed

[hoosier]

Our number of participants was down a little bit this week. Hope the rest of our Week 1 players will rejoin us in the weeks to come.

After two weeks of play, SamGrant and Robert B. Condon are the only two players with perfect scores. Rad2duhbone53, after getting a correction posted in time, has taken the lead in the Second Division.

The answers to the questions for Week 2:

6. Chuck-o-luck was a dice game played extensively by Civil War soldiers.

7. He drank the whiskey for medicinal purposes, since he was recovering from the aftereffects of typhoid fever.

8. Gen. Richard B. Garnett, related to Countess Olympe de Gourges of France, was missing and presumed killed after Pickett’s Charge. His body was never found. (I chose the word “lost” very carefully when preparing this question.)

9. Island # 10, the principal Confederate fortification on the upper Mississippi, surrendered on that date to a Federal force commanded by Adm. Andrew H. Foote.

10. Beauregard, who had assumed command of the Confederate army at Shiloh after the death of Albert Sidney Johnston, slept in one of the captured Union camps – in William T. Sherman’s bed.

The scores after Week 2:

FIRST DIVISION

Robert B. Condon 12
SamGrant 12
Sarladaise 11

SECOND DIVISION

Rad2duhbone53 11
Ginefur4 10
Texaswildcat 8
20thMass 6
ewc 6
Miss Markie 6
Brandklipparen 5

[Rad2duhbone53]

My resources for the answer to question no. 7 are here.

[hoosier]

Texaswildcat sent me a private message with a link to a source supporting his answer that Johnson's drinking was because he had a cold, so he gets credit for that answer and now has 9 points.

As indicated in the post above, Rad2duhbone53 has also indicated that he has a source supporting his answer that Johnson was suffering from a toothache (I guess the man had lots of problems). Unfortunately, I have not been able to make the link work on my ancient relic of a PC that I have at home. Tomorrow, when I have access to the considerably more powerful computer at my office, I'll try the link again. If I can make it work, then Rad2duhbone53 will get credit for his answer as well.

[hoosier]

Now that I've been able to follow the link, I can verify that Rad2duhbone53 did, indeed, have a source stating that Johnson was suffering from a toothache, so he gets credit for that answer and increases his lead in the Second Division.

The revised scores at the end of Week 2:

FIRST DIVISION

Robert B. Condon 12
SamGrant 12
Sarladaise 11

SECOND DIVISION

Rad2duhbone53 12
Ginefur4 10
Texaswildcat 9
20thMass 6
ewc 6
Miss Markie 6
Brandklipparen 5

[Robert B. Condon]

General Hoosier: Could you post your source for the Garnett-countess relationhip? I am curious.

[Robert B. Condon]

That is if you can reveal your source and are not saving it for future use.

[hoosier]

Robert B., the source for question 8 was a book from which I expect to glean numerous additional questions in weeks to come. For that reason, I would prefer not to name it.

If any of those who got the correct answer would care to let Robert B. know what your source was, feel free to post it here.

[Robert B. Condon]

I understand, as you have invoked that position previously. This was one time where Lee's Lieutenants and Generals in Grey came up short.