Trivia Game # 36 - Week 6

[hoosier]

Here are the questions for Week 6, the final week of Game # 36.

26. After attending the funeral of a Union general on a wintry day, Joseph Johnston contracted a case of pneumonia that eventually caused his own death. Whose funeral had this dire consequence for Johnston?

27. Who was the first medical doctor to attend to Abraham Lincoln after he had been shot?

28. How did guerrilla William "Bloody Bill" Anderson keep track of the number of men he had killed?

29. What Civil War fort was named for the last surviving general of the American Revolution? (For those of you of the Confederate persuasion, the question refers to the first American Revolution.)

25. (Two point question) What British naturalist and scientific theorist was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln?

Answers to the questions for Week 6 will be due by 6 PM EST Saturday, February 25.

Good luck!

Game # 37, which will begin next week, will feature questions composed by RaggedRebel. Prepare yourselves, there are going to be some toughies in there.

 

[samgrant]

26. Sherman

27. Charles Leale

28. tying a knot in his silk scarf (total 56?)

29. Thomas Sumter (General Sumter was one of the models for Mel Gibson's character in the 2000 movie, "The Patriot" (along with Francis Marion and Andrew Pickens, also from South Carolina) INCORRECT

30. Charles Darwin

 

[texaswildcat]

1. W.T Sherman

2. Charles A. Leale

3. Scalps he attached to his saddle INCORRECT

4. Marquis de Lafayette INCORRECT

5. Charles Darwin

 

[sarladaise]

Trivia Game 36 / Week 6

26. William T. Sherman's
27. Dr. Charles Leale
28. by putting knots in a silken cord
29. Fort Sumter
30. Charles Darwin

 

[sockknitter]

26. William T. Sherman

27. Charles Leale

28. knots tied in a silk cord

29. Sumter

25. Charles Darwin

 

[Robert B. Condon]

26. William T. Sherman

27. Dr. Charles A. Leale

28. He tied a knot in a silk cord for every man he killed.

29. Thomas Sumter INCORRECT

30. Charles Robert Darwin

 

[hoosier]

Bumping the thread.

 

[traveller]

26. Sherman's

27. Charles Leale

28. human scalps INCORRECT

29. General Thomas Sumter INCORRECT

25. Darwin

 

[bama_belle]

26. William Tecumseh Sherman

27. Dr. Charles Leale

28. It is said he carried a silk cord on which knots were tied for every Yankee he killed. It is also said that he collected scalps and tied them to his saddle horn. MULTIPLE ANSWERS

29. General Thomas Sumter of South Carolina. INCORRECT

25. Charles Darwin

 

[Ronayne]

#26 Sherman
#27 Leale
#28 scalps INCORRECT
#29 Sumter
#30 Darwin

 

[hoosier]

Most of the time the moderator's function works just fine, but there are times when it doesn't do everything it should. I have no idea why.

Unfortunately, right now seems to be one of those latter times. I can view everybody's responses to this week's questions, but for some reason I cannot give them my moderator's approval so that they appear here on the board. As soon as this problem clears up, I'll approve all the responses and post a complete final scoreboard.

I can tell everyone that Robert B. Condon and Sockknitter both posted correct responses to all five questions this week and are therefore the winners of the First and Second Divisions, respectively, for Game # 36. Three huzzahs and a tiger to you both!

I would also like to welcome our newest player, Ronayne. Ronayne, Game # 36 ends this week, but at least you've had a week of good practice for Game # 37.

 

[hoosier]

The moderator function has come back to life, so I can post everyone's answers and give the final scores.

Many of you gave the name of Thomas Sumter as the answer to question 29. I decided I can't count that answer as correct, because the question asked you to identify the fort named for the general, not the general for whom the fort was named. As far as I can tell, the fort's official name was simply Fort Sumter. I did a search on Google for "Fort Thomas Sumter" and nothing came up, so I have to believe that it was never known as Fort Thomas Sumter.

That means I have a correction to my post from yesterday. Though Robert B. is still the winner of the First Division for Game # 36, he did not get all the answers right in Week 6.

Here are the official answers for Week 6.

26. The wintry funeral was that of William T. Sherman.

27. The first doctor to attend to Lincoln was Dr. Charles A. Leale, who had been seated only about 40 feet from the Presidential box.

28. Anderson carried a silken cord, in which he tied a knot for each kill. At his death, the cord contained 54 knots. A number of you said he had scalps attached to his saddle. I wouldn't be surprised if he did, but my source did not indicate that that was what he used to keep count. If any of you can cite a source that says he did use the scalps to keep count, let me know and I'll give credit for that answer.

29. Fort Sumter was named for Gen. Thomas Sumter, the "Fighting Gamecock" of the American Revolution. Sumter was born 8/14/1734 and was the last surviving general officer of the Revolution prior to his death on 6/1/1832.

30. Charles Darwin, British naturalist known for the theory of evolution, was born on 2/12/1809, the same day as Lincoln.

The final scores for Game # 36:

FIRST DIVISION

Robert B. Condon 35
SamGrant 32
Bill_Torrens 17

SECOND DIVISION

Sockknitter 35
Sarladaise 34
Traveller 29
Texaswildcat 28
BamaBelle 23
RivrRat 23
ewc 16
MilHistBuff1 15
Tarheel 11
NBForrest 5
Ronayne 5