Trivia Game # 47 - Week 4

[samgrant]

I’m constantly surprised by which questions the players find most or least difficult ….

Congratulations are in order for sarladaise who posted the only perfect score for this challenging week.

The answers to the questions for Week 4:

16. Thomas Goode Jones

[See the "Great Escapes" thread in the 'Civil War History - General Discussion' section for a story about Jones written by John B. Gordon.]

17. They were all pharmacists/druggists before the war.

18. Sturges Rifles (or Stirges Rifles)

1. GENERAL McCLELLAN'S BODY-
   GUARD.

WE illustrate herewith the corps known as the STURGES RIFLES, Captain Barker, who are serving as General McClellan's body-guard. They were recruited at Chicago, and took their name from the great grain merchant, Solomon Sturges, to whose liberality they were indebted for equipments. Before the outbreak of the war General McClellan had been connected with them as militia officer. When the war broke out they followed him into Western Virginia, and since then to Washington. They are a gallant body of picked men, all athletic, trained to endure fatigue, and all good shots. Their uniform is easy and comfortable, and is generally worn by General McClellan himself. Hitherto they have numbered one hundred and thirty-five men; they are now to be raised to one hundred and fifty-eight.


19. John C. Breckinridge swore-in Lincoln’s vice-president.

Stephen A. Douglas held Lincoln’s hat on the inaugural platform while Lincoln delivered his address.
(Douglas reportedly whispered to a lady on the platform, “If I can’t be President, I can at least hold the president’s hat.”)

I could not locate John Bell for this day.

[A few players apparently seemed to think that “Presidential election opponents” might include Republican nomination opponents. Nope, in spite of what reading Doris Kearns Goodwin might suggest.]



20. Captain Emil Frey (82nd Illinois) later became President of Switzerland.

One source for President Frey can be found right in our own backyard:
http://civilwartalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=20704&highlight=emil+frey#post207 04

[You may hate me now, but think of all the free drinks you’ll get making bar bets at Gettysburg Symposiums!]

Here are 2 links which should take you to Frey’s story “My American Experiences”, a good read.

(However, to use these, You cannot just click on them, you will need to cut and paste them into the address bar of your browser, since, for whatever reason, the trailing characters somehow are not included in the link.)

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ncps:@field(DOCID+@lit(ABQ7578-0158-18))::

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?ncps:1:./temp/~ammem_GAxB::



If I've calculated correctly, here are the scores at the end of Week 4:

FIRST DIVISION

Sarladaise - 15
ewc - 8

SECOND DIVISION

Susan_Sweet - 18
Blockaderunner - 13
cw1865 - 12
sockknitter - 12
hoosier - 11
ole - 10
texaswildcat - 10
bgl1952 - 8
Dred - 7
20thmass - 7
rivrrat - 4
gary - 2
rad2duhbone - 1


Thanks again. See you next week!