Trivia Game # 43 - Week 6

[hoosier]

Here are the questions for Week 6, the final week of Game # 43:

26. What was Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard’s first major accomplishment in the Civil War?

27. The sunken road that became known as Bloody Lane was near what Maryland town?

28. What was the original working title of the movie “Gettysburg”?

29. The Army of Tennessee and the Army of the Tennessee were both Civil War armies. Which was a Union army and which was Confederate, and what was each named after? (Your answer must cite two things about each of the two armies: (1) whether it was Union or Confederate and (2) what it was named for.)

30. (Two point question) What structure, completed in 1897, stands 150 feet tall and is still the largest mausoleum in the United States? (Yes, this question does have a connection to the Civil War.)

Answers to the questions for Week 6 will be due by 6 PM EST on Saturday, Dec. 16.

Good luck!

[samgrant]

26. As commander of the Confederate forces at Charleston, SC., he ordered the firing on Fort Sumter, which is commonly acknowledged as the beginning of that war.

27. This must be Sharpsburg.

28. "The Killer Angels" (after the book on which the film was based)

29. The Army of Tennessee: Confederate, named for the state of Tennessee
The Army of the Tennessee: Union, named for the Tennessee River.

30. The General Grant National Memorial (commonly referred to as 'Grant's Tomb') in new York City.

[ole]

Question 30: By calling it a mausoleum, do you mean it does or did contain a body?
Ole

[Rad2duhbone53]

26. In April of 1861 P.G.T. Bearegard in command of the provisional Confederate forces at Charleston, S.C. obtained the surrender of the Union Garrison at Fort Sumter

27.Sharpsburg

28.The Killer Angels

29.The Army of Tennessee was Confederate named after the State of Tennessee; The Army of The Tennessee was Union named after the Tennessee River.

30. Grant's Tomb

[cedarstripper]

I know its too late to get in the game,but just for the hell of it.

26. Bombardment of Fort Sumter.

27. Antietam. INCORRECT

28. Haven't the foggiest. NO ANSWER

29. Army of Tennessee was rebel and was named after the state. Army of the Tennessee was Union and named after the Tennessee River.

30. Washington Monument. SEE CORRECTION


Cedarstripper

[hoosier]

Since there may be many different dictionaries with many slightly different definitions of the term "mausoleum," I would ask players to do the following:

Go to www.infoplease.com/dictionary

Look up the definition of “mausoleum.”

You should find four definitions. Take the first of the four.

[cedarstripper]

Originally Posted by hoosier

30. (Two point question) What structure, completed in 1897, stands 150 feet tall and is still the largest mausoleum in the United States? (Yes, this question does have a connection to the Civil War.)

Please change my answer to Grant's Tomb. I was shooting from the hip a little too fast. CORRECT

Thanks,
Cearstripper

[Miss Markie]

26. He oversaw the investment of Fort Sumter and accepted its surrender.
27. Sharpsburg, MD
28.The Killer Angels
29. The Army of Tennesee was the CSA army and named after the state. The Army of THE Tennessee was the Union army, named after the river (the Tennessee River).
30. It is Grant's Tomb, holding two bodies! It was one of the main things I had to see in NYC my first trip there.

[Jamieva]

26. NO ANSWER

27. Sharpsburg

28. Killer Angels

29. Army of Tennesse was Confederate army named for the state it operated in. Army of the Tennesse was Union army named for the Tennessee river.

30. Grant's Tomb

[texaswildcat]

1. Fired the first shot at Fort Sumter

2. Sharpsburg

3. The Killer Angels

4. Confederate Army of Tennessee is named after the State of Tennessee. Army of the Tennessee, Union, named for the Tennessee River.

5. Grant’s Tomb