Trivia Game # 42 - Week 1

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hoosier

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Time to begin a new game. New players are welcome to join at any time, but the first week of any game is always an especially good time to start.

Here are the questions for Week 1 of Game # 42.

1. What Civil War general became president of Washington College in Virginia?

2. What two American presidents saw action at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)?

3. A substantial part of what Southern capital city was destroyed in a fire on February 17, 1865?

4. What noted Confederate leader graduated 23rd in the West Point Class of 1828?

5. (Two point question) The patriotic ballad “Hold the Fort” was inspired by messages interchanged between William T. Sherman and Gen. John Corse at what battle?

Answers to the questions for Week 1 will be due by 6 PM EDT on Saturday, September 30.

Good luck!
 
1. Robert E. Lee
2. Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley (both in the 23rd Ohio)
3. Columbia, South Carolina
4. Jefferson Davis
5. The Battle of Allatoona Pass
 
1. Robert E. Lee

2.Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley

3.Columbia, South Carolina

4.Jefferson Davis

5. Altoona Pass
 
1. Robert E. Lee
2. Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield INCORRECT
3. Columbia
4. Jefferson Davis
5. Battle of Allatoona or Allatoona Pass
 
1. Robert E. Lee

2. William McKinley and Rutherford B. Hayes

3. Columbia, South Carolina

4. Jefferson Davis

5. Allatoona Pass
 
1. Uh, it was that Lee guy. What was his name? Yea, Robert E Lee., that's it.

2. Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley

3. Columbia, S.C.

4. His Excellency, the Honorable Jefferson Davis

5. Allatoona Pass
 
1. Robert E. Lee
2. Rutherford B. Hayes, William McKinley
3. Columbia, SC
4. Jefferson Davis
5. Allatoona Pass, GA


Thanks for the congratulations to my promotion to the First Division! I'm really proud!
 
1- CSA General Robert E Lee;

2- Lt Col Rutherford Birchard Hayes of 23rd Ohio & Sgt William McKinley also of the 23rd Ohio;

3- Southern capital burned- Columbia SC- tsk tsk, those zany bummers!!;

4- CSA President Jefferson Davis;

5- Allatoona GA, an important supply depot on Sherman's supply line to the North.
 
1. Robert E. Lee

2. Sergeant William McKinley, Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes

3. Columbia South Carolina

4. Jefferson Davis

5. Kenesaw Mountain INCORRECT
 
I may be late, but I will give it a try anyway.

1. Robert E. Lee

2. Rutherford B. Hayes, William H. Harrison INCORRECT

3. Columbia, SC

4. Jefferson Davis

5. Battle of Altoona Pass

Jennifer Fore
 
Happy to have two new players mustering into the game this week. Welcome to Brandklipparen and Ginefur4.

Here are the answers to the questions for Week 1.

1. Robert E. Lee became president of Washington College in Lexington, VA, which is now known as Washington and Lee. Both the general and his famous horse, Traveller, are buried on its campus.

2. Lt. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes and Sgt. William McKinley, both of the 23rd Ohio, saw action at Antietam.

3. Columbia, SC, was set afire on this date, during its occupation by Sherman’s army.

4. Jefferson Davis, who always considered himself a military man first, was # 23 in West Point’s Class of 1828.

5. The fort about which the song was written was held by Corse at the Battle of Allatoona, GA, (aka Allatoona Pass) on Oct. 5, 1864. I do not mark off for spelling unless the misspelling clearly makes the answer wrong. Since there were no Civil War battles fought in the vicinity of Altoona, PA, I accepted “Altoona” as a correct response.

The scores at the end of Week 1:

FIRST DIVISION

Robert B. Condon 6
SamGrant 6
Sarladaise 6

SECOND DIVISION

20thMass 6
ewc 6
Miss Markie 6
Rad2duhbone53 6
Brandklipparen 5
Ginefur4 5
Texaswildcat 4
 
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