Trivia Game # 51 - Week 5

[samgrant]

Game #50 - Week 5

Here are the questions for Week 5:

1. His grandfather was a general during the American Revolutionary War, his great-grandson was a well known 20th century songwriter. Name this Civil War general.

2. These siblings taught at and are buried at West Point. Name them.

3. This East Tennessee guerrilla was hanged in October 1865. Name him.

4. A single cannon shot disabled a Union gunboat killing over 120 men in 1862. Name the gunboat.

5. Name the fictional Confederate General who is the focus of a 1960’s novel in which two hippie types meander around San Francisco and coastal California.



Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, March 15.

Good Luck!

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[samgrant]

Bumping the thread.

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[Susan Sweet]

Sam define gunboat in question 4. I find a frigate with 120 dead but no boats listed as gunboats. I find the definition of gunboat is any ships with guns on it. I am confused.
Susan

[samgrant]

Originally Posted by Susan Sweet

Sam define gunboat in question 4. I find a frigate with 120 dead but no boats listed as gunboats. I find the definition of gunboat is any ships with guns on it. I am confused.
Susan

This definition should work:

Gunboat \Gun"boat`\, n.
1. (Nav.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns, used for operations in shallow waters.
[1913 Webster]


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[Rad2duhbone53]

1.Hugh Weedon Mercer

2.Susan B. Warner
Anna B. Warner

3.Samuel Ferguson

4. U.S.S. Congress INCORRECT

5. Lee Mellon INCORRECT

[natek1029]

1. Hugh W. Mercer
2. Susan and Anna Warner
3. Champ Ferguson
4. The Mound City
5. Lee Mellon INCORRECT

[sarladaise]

1. Hugh Weedon Mercer

2. Susan and Anna B. Warner

3. Champ Ferguson

4. USS Mound City

5. Augustus Mellon

[Susan Sweet]

1.Hugh W. Mercer


2Susan and Anna Warner Both sisters taught Bible Classes to the West Point Cadets for over 40 years. Both are buried in West Point cemetery


3Champ Ferguson


4 Mound City
5.General Augustus Mellon in Confederate General From Big Sur by Richard Bradigan Loved this book back in the 60's

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[sockknitter]

1. Hugh Mercer
2. Anna and Susan Warner
3. Champ Ferguson
4. Mound City
5. Lee Mellon INCORRECT

[hoosier]

1. Hugh Mercer

2. no answer INCORRECT

3. Champ Ferguson

4. no answer INCORRECT

5. The only fictional Confederate general that comes to mind is (First in war! First in peace! First to yell "I quit!") JUBILATION T. CORNPONE. INCORRECT