Trivia Game # 52 - Week 3

[samgrant]

Trivia Game # 52 - Week 3



Here are the questions for Week 3 of Game # 52

1. Until 1864, Union soldiers were issued one of these with every ten standard musket rounds. What was it?

2. What was an “agnew”?

3. The grandson of a former U.S. President, he carried his Virginia regiment’s colors to (or nearly to) the angle of the stone wall during Pickett’s Charge. Name him.

4. This Civil War general liked to demonstrate his strength by lifting his wife in the air. Name him.

5. This Union regiment had two nicknames, both alluding to the advanced ages of most of it’s members. Name the regiment and the two distinct nicknames by which it was known.



Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, April 19. Good Luck!

[samgrant]

Bumping the thread.

[Susan Sweet]

1.every 10th bullet had a round zinc plate on the back of it to clean out the powder residue. (that'll do)
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2.It is the name of the attire worn by the women of the Sanitary Commission Nurses during the Peninsular Campaign . A man's army shirt the original borrowed from Dr. John Agnew, collar open sleeves rolled up , shirt tails out worn over a full skirt less hoops

3. Bob Tyler, a grandson of ex-President John Tyler ("Bob"?, ... and his last name would be ...?) INCORRECT

4.Don Carlos Buell sometimes he displayed his arm and upper-body strength by clasping his wife about the waist, holding her off the floor straight out before him, and then lifting her to sit on a mantle

5.the 37th Iowa–soon to be known as the ‘Greybeards’ or the ‘Silver Greys.’

[Oxkern]

1. Williams Cleaner round

2. Shirt worn by Union female nurses.

3. Private Robert Tyler Jones

4. Union Major General Don Carlos Buell

5. 37th Iowa- Graybeards / Silver Greys

[samgrant]

Another bump.

[sarladaise]

1. one Williams Patent "Cleaner" bullet

2. A type of attire worn by nurses in the Sanitary Commission. A man's army shirt (prototype was borrowed from a doctor named Agnew)

3. Robert Tyler Jones

4. Don Carlos Buell

5. 37th Iowa, "Graybeard Regiment", "Silver Greys"

[sockknitter]

1. Williams cleaner bullets
2. Attire worn by Sanitary Commission nurses in the Peninsula Campaign
3. Robert Tyler Jones
4. Don Carlos Buell
5. 37th Iowa, The Graybeards or Silver Grays

[Gay Mathis]

1. Williams Cleaner Bullets
2. The name given to the uniform worn by female nurses of the Sanitary Commission in the American Civil War
3. Robert Tyler Jones
4. Don Carlos Buell
5. 37th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment--Greybeards & Silver Greys
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Gay

[hoosier]

The answer to question 3 is John Tyler's grandson, Bob Tyler.

I will take a wild guess at question 1 and say they were issued a ration of rum.

I don't even have a good guess at questions 4 and 5. However, with your indulgence, I will attempt an answer to # 2.

A Richmond fortuneteller used the term "agnew" to refer to a government official of the future who would use alliterative terminology to denounce his opponents and would eventually be forced from office in disgrace. One specific example of the alliterative terminology was "nattering nabobs of negativism."

While the people could accept the idea that a high-rnking official might have to leave in disgrace, the concept of anyone saying something like "nattering nabobs of negativism" was considered so preposterous that the fortuneteller, Ms. Van Lew, was thereafter referred to by one and all as "Crazy Bet."

No points this week, Mr. Hoosier

[samgrant]

Answers for Week 3 of Game #52:

(This may be a good time to remind players not to depend on a single source for their answer. For the questions, I have 3 or more sources.... You should probably have at least two sources to be confident, if there is any doubt in your mind. Also remember that there is no advantage, other than getting it out of the way, to posting answers early.)


1. Williams Cleaner Bullet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_cleaner_bullet

http://www.blueandgrey.zoomshare.com/1.html

http://www.championhillrelics.com/Bullets.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=ejR...uNmo8Jif8qHhdA

http://books.google.com/books?id=NWN...ZcR4ablg&hl=en

http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/...bullets-t.html

http://www.relicchest.com/cgi-bin/di...p?Cat=10&Sub=8

http://books.google.com/books?id=wqG...Vj2Ei03YrRHiJk

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1570...jklTN4jOw%253D


2. A shirt worn by female nurses serving with the Union army (also used to refer to their entire outfit).

http://civilwartalk.com/forums/terms...new-shirt.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1581...FFaXWzks4%253D

http://ehistory.osu.edu/uscw/feature...efinitions.cfm

http://books.google.com/books?id=c-X...KRGD5pX0&hl=en

http://civilwarwomen.blogspot.com/20...-wormeley.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=m-X...dj8lPGlM&hl=en

http://libraryautomation.com/nymas/civilwarwomen.html



3. Robert Tyler Jones

http://www.pathsofhistory.com/artpri...on&ref=SFARMIO

http://books.google.com/books?id=ejR...uF9VcniLpLylEU

http://books.google.com/books?id=tK1...HqHxJz8I&hl=en

http://books.google.com/books?id=ubn...d3ccRnoc&hl=en

http://books.google.com/books?id=joh...1jUOY7rs&hl=en

http://books.google.com/books?id=ubn...l=en#PPA157,M1

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0684...6DPFbmvEQ%253D

http://www.victorianvilla.com/sims-m...cles/phsp/011/

http://www.leaksville.com/Gettysburg.htm

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107007/quotes

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0963...2SxSX31Dc%253D

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0345...JYFJTmy9E%253D

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1888...QxySDn0Ok%253D

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0807...FFp%252Fk%253D

(I would accept “Robert Jones” or even “Bob Jones”, but “Bob Tyler” doesn’t pass.)



4. Don Carlos Buell

http://www.aotc.net/Buell_home.htm

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron...tes/buell.html

http://www.fiu.edu/~hisgsa/Ana-Buell.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/co3/ohoward/civilwartrivia.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=hnv...wX91sIC4&hl=en

http://books.google.com/books?id=gTq...wrHwB54s&hl=en

http://books.google.com/books?id=DkY...odC2ZOtI&hl=en



5. 37th Iowa Infantry, Greybeards (or Greybeard Regiment) and Silver Greys.

http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/regiment/

http://www.historynet.com/george-w-k...-civil-war.htm

http://www.iowaflags.org/info/iowa_in_the_war.htm

http://iagenweb.org/boards/wapello/b...gi?read=138683

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/f...graybeard.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_Io...antry_Regiment

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....Greybeards.htm

Check out the ages of these guys:

http://iagenweb.org/benton/civil_war/37th/


Missing a few players this week, but let us welcome Oxkern, all the way from Oxford, England! with a perfect score his(?) first week!

By the way, I went to the University at Oxford .... (Ohio).





Here are the scores for game #52, after Week 3:

FIRST DIVISION

Sarladaise - 14
Gay Mathis - 13
Susan Sweet - 10
Rad2duhbone53 -

SECOND DIVISION

Sockknitter - 11
natek1029 - 6
Oxkern - 5
Hoosier - 3


Thanks for playing. See you next week!


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