Trivia Game # 35 - Week 1

[hoosier]

Time to start Game # 35. Rules will essentially be the same as for Game # 34, except that, of course, the game is starting on November 5, rather than September 24.

Here are the questions for Week 1.

1. West Virginia and what other state were admitted to the Union between the dates of the attack on Ft. Sumter and Lee's surrender at Appomattox?

2. What was Andrew Johnson's occupation prior to his entry into politics?

3. What member of the West Point Class of May 1861 was promoted to brigadier general after he devised an innovative plan for assaulting the Confederate position at the Mule Shoe during the Battle of Spotsylvania?

4. What Confederate general nicknamed for a state refused to shake hands with Winfield Hancock after being captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania?

5. (Two point question) What Union general shot and killed another Union general at Louisville, KY on Sept. 29, 1862?

Answers to the questions for Week 1 will be due by 6 PM on Saturday, November 12.

Godd luck!

 

[traveller]

1. Kansas INCORRECT

2. Tailor

3. Emory Upton

4. George Hume Steuart

5. General Jeff. C. Davis

 

[samgrant]

1. Nevada (Oct. 31, 1864)

2. Tailor

3. Emory Upton

4. "Maryland" George Hume Steuart

5. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis shot Gen. William "Bull" Nelson at the Galt Hotel

 

[raggedrebel]

1) Nevada
2)Tailor
3) Emory Upton
4) George Humes "Maryland" Steuart
5) Jefferson C. Davis shot and killed William "Bull" Nelson
RR

 

[Robert B. Condon]

1. The "Battle Born State", Nevada.

2. Tailor, rather than tinker, or soldier, or sailor.

3. Emory Upton

4. George H. "Maryland" Steuart

5. Jefferson Columbus Davis

 

[hoosier]

Bumping the thread

 

[nbforrest]

1. Nevada
2. tailor
3. Emory Upton
4. Ed Johnson? I thought his nickname was "Allegheny" but not sure of other generals captured INCORRECT
5. Jefferson Davis shot and killed William "Bull" Nelson

 

[rivrrat]

1. Nevada October 31, 1863.
2. He was a taylor.
3. Emory Upton
4. Brigadier General George Hume "Maryland" Steuart.
5. General J. C. Davis

 

[cindyscoops]

Game #35-Week 1

1. Nevada

2. tailor

3. Emory Upton

4. George Hume "Maryland" Steuart

5. Jefferson C. Davis shot & killed William "Bull" Nelson


Cindy Scoops

 

[bill_torrens]

1. Nevada

2. Tailor

3. Emory Upton

4. George Hume Steuart

5. Jefferson C. Davis

 

[sarladaise]

1. Nevada
2. Tailor
3. Emory Upton
4. George Hume Steuart
5. Jefferson C. Davis shot William "Bull" Nelson

 

[sockknitter]

1. Nevada

2. tailor

3. Emory Upton

4. George Hume Steuart

5. Jefferson C. Davis

 

[hoosier]

Welcome to NBForrest, who joins our list of players for Game # 35.

Here are the answers to the questions for Week 1.

1. Nevada was the other state admitted to the Union between Fort Sumter and Appomattox. Kansas was admitted in January 1861, prior to the date of the action at Fort Sumter.

2. Johnson was a tailor. It is reported that, when he was informed that he, a former tailor, had been nominated on the same ticket with Lincoln, a former railsplitter, Johnson quipped, "What will the aristocrats do?"

3. Emory Upton received the promotion for his action at Spotsylvania.

4. George (Maryland) Steuart, evidently overcome with chagrin at his capture, refused to shake hands. After Steuart told Hancock, "Under the circumstances, I decline to take your hand," Hancock responded, "Under any other circumstances, I should not have offered it."

5. Jefferson Davis (the Union general, not the Confederate president) shot and killed William Nelson over an "affair of honor."

The scores at the end of Week 1:

FIRST DIVISION

Bill_Torrens 6
CindyScoops 6
RaggedRebel 6
SamGrant 6

SECOND DIVISION

RivrRat 6
Robert B. Condon 6
Sarladaise 6
Sockknitter 6
NBForrest 5
Traveller 5