Trivia Game # 42 - Week 2

hoosier · #1 09-30-2006, 08:27 PM

Here are the questions for Week 2 of Game # 42.

6. What was “chuck-o-luck?”

7. At his Vice-Presidential inauguration in 1865, an inebriated Andrew Johnson delivered a largely incoherent speech. What legitimate reason did Johnson have for drinking some (though perhaps not quite so much) whiskey before delivering his speech?

8. What Confederate general and relative of a French countess was lost at Gettysburg?

9. What key Mississippi River island fortification fell to Federal forces on April 7, 1862?

10. (Two point question) In whose bed did Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard sleep the night after the first day of battle at Shiloh?

Answers to the questions for Week 2 will be due by 6 PM EDT on Saturday, October 7.

Good luck!

ewc · #2 09-30-2006, 09:40 PM

George- in question 8, do you mean 'lost' as in lost his way, or lost to the Confederacy through casualty? Or do you mean to make us figure it out and hunt around a bit more? regards, ed

samgrant · #3 09-30-2006, 10:11 PM

6. A dice game - with 3 dice (hope you don't want to know all the rules!)

7. Supposedly he had suffered from Typhoid Fever

8. Richard Brooke Garnett

9. Island 10

10. Sherman's tent near by Shiloh Church

hoosier · #4 10-02-2006, 08:03 AM

The word "lost" in question 8 means "lost to the Confederacy through casualty."

samgrant · #5 10-02-2006, 08:58 PM

He was lost alright!

Ginefur4 · #6 10-03-2006, 09:04 PM

6. a dice game

7. to alleve typhoid fever

8. Lewis Armistead INCORRECT

9. Island No. 10

10. General Sherman's bed

Jennifer Fore

texaswildcat · #7 10-06-2006, 10:57 PM

6. A dice game played with three dice. A person covers on a board which numbers are said to appear on the dice

7. To deal with a cold INCORRECT

8. William Barksdale INCORRECT

9. Island Number 10

10. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s bed

Robert B. Condon · #8 10-07-2006, 11:48 AM

6. A game of chance involving dice.

7. He was ill with typhoid fever.

8. NO MAS, NO MAS. But because a wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse and a guess is better than a blank space I'll say Richard Brooke Garnett.

9. Island # 10

10. William T. Sherman

Rad2duhbone53 · #9 10-07-2006, 04:00 PM

6. a form of dice game

7.whiskey was used to numb a toothache INCORRECT

8.J. Pettigrew SEE CORRECTION

9.Island No. 10

10.Gen. William T. Sherman

Rad2duhbone53 · #10 10-07-2006, 04:12 PM

I wish to change my answer of no. 8 to Gen. R. B. Garnett