Trivia Game #28 - Week 2

[hoosier]

Here are the questions for Week 2. New players are welcome to join the game at any time.

As usual, please submit answers to all five questions by 6 PM EST next Saturday, which will be January 15.

6. On what holiday did Jefferson Davis take office in 1862?

7. What is the full name (first, middle, and last) of the man who invented the 15-shot Henry repeating rifle?

8. What prominent Confederate leader was blind in his left eye?

9. What ship, sunk in the James River to block navigation, was dredged up by the US Navy in 1939?

10. (Two point question) The leaves of what two kinds of plants were etched into the blades of Confederate naval cutlasses?

Good luck!

The answers to the Week 1 questions will be posted shortly.

 

[texaswildcat]

1. Washington's Birthday

2. <strike>B. Tyler Henry</strike>

3. <strike>General Rankin "Stove pipe" Johnson shot by his own men</strike>

4. <strike>U.S.S Virginia II</strike>

5. <strike>Tobacco leaf stock of hemp</strike>

(Message edited by hoosier on January 13, 2005)

 

[raggedrebel]

6) George Washington's birthday (22 February)
7) Benjamin Tyler Henry
8) President Jefferson F. Davis
9) CSS Patrick Henry
10) Cotton and tobacco leaves
RR

 

[dawna]

6. President's Day - February 22, 1862 - George Washington's birthday.

7. Benjamin Tyler Henry

8. <strike>Daniel Weisiger Adams</strike>

9. <strike>Jamestown</strike>

10. <strike>Laurel &amp; Oak leaves</strike>

(Message edited by hoosier on January 13, 2005)

 

[cindyscoops]

6. George Washington's birthday

7. Benjamin Tyler Henry

8. Jefferson Davis

9. CSS Patrick Henry

10. Cotton and tobacco

 

[bill_torrens]

6. Washington's Birthday: 22nd February 1862

7. Benjamin Tyler Henry

8. Jefferson Davis

9. <strike>C.S.S. Jamestown?</strike>

10. <strike>A guess: tobacco &amp; laurel</strike>

(Message edited by hoosier on January 15, 2005)

 

[caller]

6. George Washington's Birthday

7. <strike>B. Tyler Henry</strike>

8. <strike>?</strike>

9. <strike>?</strike>

10. Tobacco and cotton

(Message edited by hoosier on January 15, 2005)

 

[felinelady]

6. On what holiday did Jefferson Davis take office in 1862?
George Washington's B'day, February 22,1862

7. What is the full name (first, middle, and last) of the man who invented the 15-shot Henry repeating rifle?
Benjamin Tyler Henry

8. What prominent Confederate leader was blind in his left eye?
Jefferson Davis

9. What ship, sunk in the James River to block navigation, was dredged up by the US Navy in 1939?
<strike>No clue</strike>

10. (Two point question) The leaves of what two kinds of plants were etched into the blades of Confederate naval cutlasses?
Cotton and Tobacco Leaves

(Message edited by hoosier on January 15, 2005)

 

[rivrrat]

My score is gonna take a beating this week!

7. Benjamin Tyler Henry.

 

[sockknitter]

6. On what holiday did Jefferson Davis take office in 1862? George Washington's birthday

7. What is the full name (first, middle, and last) of the man who invented the 15-shot Henry repeating rifle? Benjamin Tyler Henry

8. What prominent Confederate leader was blind in his left eye? Jefferson Davis

9. What ship, sunk in the James River to block navigation, was dredged up by the US Navy in 1939? <strike>CSS Virginia</strike>

10. (Two point question) The leaves of what two kinds of plants were etched into the blades of Confederate naval cutlasses? <strike>Laurel and acanthus</strike>

(Message edited by hoosier on January 15, 2005)

 

[hoosier]

Seems as though the questions were a bit more challenging this week.

Here are the answers to the questions for Week 2.

6. Jefferson Davis took office in Richmond on George Washington's Birthday, Feb. 22, 1862.

7. The full name of the man who invented the 15-shot Henry repeating rifle was Benjamin Tyler Henry.

8. The prominent Confederate leader who was blind in his left eye was President Jefferson Davis.

9. CSS Patrick Henry, sunk in the James River to block navigation, was dredged up by the US Navy in 1939.

10. Cotton and tobacco leaves were etched into the blades of Confederate naval cutlasses.

Scores at the end of Week 2:

Cindyscoops 12
Raggedrebel 12
Bill_torrens 9
Caller 9
Felinelady 9
Sockknitter 9
Dawna 7
Texaswildcat 6
Rivrrat 5
Traveller 5