Trivia Game # 30 - Week 4

[hoosier]

Here are the questions for Week 4.

16. What were "Quaker guns?"

17. What future U.S. President was wounded at the Battle of South Mountain on 9/14/62?

18. Though the wounding of Joe Johnston at the Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines) ultimately led to Robert E. Lee's assuming command of the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee was not Johnston's immediate successor. Who was the first to take command after Johnston fell?

19. Which future Civil War general was awarded the Legion of Honor for service with the French Army in 1859?

20. (Two point question) At the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), the 132nd Pennsylvania bore the brunt of an attack from an unanticipated source. Who were these attackers?

Responses to the questions for Week 4 will be due by 6 PM EDT on Saturday, April 30.

Good luck!

 

[raggedrebel]

16) Logs painted and positioned on gun carriages to simulate cannons. Called Quakers because of their "non violent" nature.
17) Rutherford B. Hayes
18) Gustavus W. Smith
19) Philip Kearney
20) Bees (at the Roulette farm)
RR

 

[aggie80]

16. When short of artillery pieces, Confederate troops often used logs which they painted black on the 'firing' end to create the illusion of real guns and a strongly defended position. These were nicknamed Quaker guns by Union soldiers.

17. Future presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley both participated in the battle. Hayes, a lieutenant colonel with the 23rd Ohio, was severely wounded.
18. Major General G.W. Smith

19. General Philip Kearny

20. Bees - The men went through a yard where there was a long row of beehives; and just then a round shot from some Southern cannon smashed through the length of these hives, and the air, which was already full of bullets, was now abuzz and humming with angry bees. The 132nd Pennsylvania got the worst of it, and for a moment the bees almost broke up the battle. The green soldiers were marching into the rifle fire bravely enough, but the bees were more than they could take and the regiment went all to pieces as the men leaped and ran and slapped and swore. It took the united efforts of General Kimball, the brigade commander, his staff and the regimental officers to get the boys out of the yard and back into ranks again. To the end of their days the soldiers of the 132nd remembered the fight with the bees in the Roulette farmyard.

 

[max]

16-They were logs, that were hewn, painted and positioned to resemble canons.
17- Rutherford B. Hayes
18- G.W. Smith
19- Phillip Kearny
20- A swarm of very angry bees

 

[hoosier]

Bumping this thread up to the top.

 

[sarladaise]

16. Painted logs
17. Rutherford B. Hayes
18. Gustavus W. Smith
19. Philip Kearny
20. A swarm of bees

 

[cindyscoops]

Game #30-Week 4

16. Quaker Guns- Dummy pieces of artillery to simulate cannons, usually a log painted black. So called because of the Quaker opposition to war. Because of shortages during the Civil War, the South often had to resort to such "weapons."

17. Rutherford B. Hayes

18. Gustavus W. Smith

19. Philip Kearny

20. Bees

Cindy Scoops

 

[texaswildcat]

1. Large wooden poles painted black to resemble artillery pieces

2.Ruthord B. Hayes

3. John Bell Hood INCORRECT

4. Flashman, Harry Paget INCORRECT

5. Hundreds of irrate honey bees

 

[sockknitter]

16. logs peeled and painted to look like cannon barrels

17. Rutherford B. Hayes

18. General G.W. Smith

19. Philip Kearny

20. honeybees

 

[hoosier]

Here are the answers to the questions for Week 4.

16. Quaker guns were logs, carved, mounted, and painted black to resemble cannon barrels. They were used to deceive the enemy into believing a position was more strongly defended than was actually the case. (I didn't realize until after I posted the question that the definition was here on the website and that it had been posted by none other than Raggedrebel.)

17. Rutherford B. Hayes was wounded at South Mountain.

18. Johnston's immediate successor was Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith.

19. Phil Kearny was awarded the Legion of Honor for his service with the French Army in 1859.

20. When the apiary of the Roulette farm was struck by a shell, the 132nd Pennsylvania had the ill fortune to be positioned nearby, where they were subsequently attacked by a swarm of angry bees.

Scores at the end of Week 4:

Aggie80 24
Cindyscoops 24
Raggedrebel 24
Sarladaise 24
Max 17
Traveller 15
Dawna 13
ewc 12
Sockknitter 12
Texaswildcat 12