Trivia Game # 49 - Week 2

[samgrant]

Trivia Game # 49 - Week 2

I’m just going to number each week’s questions 1 thru 5 from now on.

Here are the questions for Week 2:

1. He overcame an early fear of horses to become a famed Cavalry Commander. Name him.

2. A certain general was wearing another general’s coat when he was killed in a Tennessee battle. Name the general killed and the owner of the coat he was wearing.

3. We all know that Johnny Yuma was a rebel (Private?), who roamed through the West, and wandered alone. Well, can you name two characters (in the starring roles) of late ‘50s - early ‘60s American television Westerns whose back-stories were that they had been Union officers (field or company, not NCOs) during the Civil War? Name the programs and the names of the characters (you can also name the actors, if you wish, but I need the names of the characters).

4. This Kentucky native, practiced law in his adopted state, and was member of that state’s legislature. When the war commenced, he enlisted as a private, saw action at Corinth, Perryville, Murfreesboro, and was wounded at Chickamauga. Attaining the rank of Colonel, he was brevetted Brigadier General. Post war he was appointed a US District Attorney, and was later elected to his state senate. Name him.

5. Name Game, Part 1:
Two Confederate generals and one Union brevet general shared identical first and middle names. Both Confederates were at Shiloh, and were cavalrymen. The Union general was a Medal of Honor recipient. Name these three generals.


Answers are due by Saturday, Nov. 17, at 6:00pm (eastern).

Good Luck!

[samgrant]

Bumping the thread.

[Susan Sweet]

1.Benjamin Grierson He became afraid of horses when at age eight he was kicked and nearly killed by a horse.

2. Joshua W.Sill, still wearing Phil Sheridan's frock coat, ordered his brigade to charge at the retreating Confederates."In this charge the gallant Sill was killed; a rifle ball passing through his upper lip and penetrating the brain," Sheridan said.
The story persists that Confederate riflemen mistook Sill for Sheridan and shot him.

3.
Loner9/18/1965 - 4/30/1966 CBS Lloyd Bridges as William Colton
After the Civil War a former Union Cavalry officer travels West to try to find some meaning in life, something to value.
Rough Riders 10/21958 - 9/24/1959 ABCOct. 1958 - Sept. 1959- ABC Thursday 9:30-10:00
Kent Taylor as Captain Jim Flagg
Jan Merlin as Lieutenant Cullen Kirby
Peter Whitney as Sergeant Buck Sinclair
After the Civil War three soldiers travelled across the West seeking a new life. Two were Union Army vets (Flagg and Sinclair) and one had been a Reb (Kirby). Naturally, they encountered many bad guys on the journey. (one of my favorite Westerns at the time )http://www.fiftiesweb.com/western-4.htm
(see revised answer below)

4. John Durbin Ward

5. Confederates were William Wirt Adams formed and enlisted the "Wirt Adams" Cavalry Regiment and William Wirt Allen Montegomery Mounted Rifles Ist Alabama Cavalry
William Wirt Henry (November 21, 1831 – August 31, 1915) was a manufacturer and a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action.
Named after
William Wirt (November 8, 1772 – February 18, 1834) was an American author and statesman who is credited with turning the position of United States Attorney General into one of influence.

[samgrant]

Question 3:

One of our players has found several possible answers, but wants clarification. The question involves whether a program which was from the early 60's but not the late 50's would qualify.

To clarify, by "late '50's - early '60's" the question is asking for programs and characters which spanned the period, that is, started in the late '50's and continued into the early '60's. Both the program and the character must span that period.

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[samgrant]

Bumping again.

[Susan Sweet]

Question number three revised answer based on change in the question to mean the show played in both the 50s and 60s
Major Seth Adams, Wagonmaster, was a big, burly man. A veteran of the Civil War, Wagon Train September 18, 1957 to September 1, 1965)

Have Gun Will Travel (September 14, 1957 to September 23, 1963)
Richard Boone as Paladin had a back history of having been a graduate of West Point and a Union officer in the Civil War

[Rad2duhbone53]

1. Benjamin Henry Grierson

2.Joshua W. Sill was killed; Sheridan's coat he wore (nice Yoda touch on that answer, Rad)

3.Have Gun will Travel- Paladin
Branded- Jason McCord INCORRECT

4.Jesse Durbin Ward

5.William Wirt Allen
William Wirt Adams
William Wirt Henry

[samgrant]

Question 5 - a (non)clarification:

A player has asked about Question #5. The question concerns the "Two Confederate generals" ... who "were at Shiloh". The player asks if the two held the rank of general when they were at Shiloh.

I'm not going to say yes or no about either or both of them, that would give away a bit too much, I think, so I'll just say not necessarily.

sam

[texaswildcat]

1. Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson

2. General Joshua Sill wearing Phillip Sheridan‘s coat.

3. Mark Damon, “Johnny Yuma“, Nick Adams, “The Rebel” INCORRECT

4. John Pope INCORRECT

5. John C, Pemberton, John C Breckinridge, John C. Robinson INCORRECT

[sarladaise]

1. Benjamin Grierson

2. Joshua W. Sill wore Phil Sheridan's coat

3. Paladin - Have gun, will travel
Capt. Jim Flagg - Rough Riders INCORRECT

4. Durbin Ward

5. William Wirt Adams
William Wirt Allen
William Wirt Henry