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Game #48 - Week 6
Did anyone notice I called last week's post "game 58"? That's what losing a hard drive will do to you.
Here are the questions for Week 6:
21. The 24 hours from 6 AM Day 1 at Gettysburg saw a succession of seven Union commanders on the field. Who were they and in what order? [Submitted by ewc]
22. What regimental mascot was shot and killed at Vicksburg? [Give the regiment, the animal, and the name of the animal/mascot.]
23. In September, 1862, this man enlisted, at the age of about forty years, in the New York Mounted Rifles. Prior to the war he had run away to sea at the age of 13, shot and killed a man in a duel, survived an attempted lynching, led a mob in a New York City riot, and married four times. After the war he became acquainted with William F. Cody and allegedly with Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Wild Bill Hickok , for all of whom he supposedly supplied specially designed revolvers. [Give both his real name, his pen name, and the name of the revolver.]
24. During Sherman's March to the Sea and his Carolinas Campaign, his forces consisted of two "wings". The Army of the Tennessee made up the right wing. What was the name of left wing, and which existing army Corps were combined to make it up, and who was it's commander?
25. This man fought the entire war in the West from Belmont to the Johnson's surrender In April 1865. He was born in a town in Tennessee where he subsequently battled during the war, was Postmaster after the war, and in which he died and was buried. Name the man and the town.
XTRA Credit: You won't find the answer by a simple Google search, so I'll say it's worth 3 points. I have found bits and pieces of the answer in some books and on one web page, so if the 3 points (or the challenge itself) are not important to you, then don't waste your time, I just think it's great CW trivia, so I can't help myself. Here's the question:
This New Jersey native was awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions at Chattanooga. He was in the audience at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865 when Lincoln was shot, and he testified at the trial of the Conspirators and witnessed their hanging. Name him.
(Here's a probably not so helpful, but interesting, hint: His grandson, having the same name, was killed in the invasion of Italy at Anzio during World War II.)
Answers are due by 6:00pm (eastern) on Saturday, November 3.
Good Luck! (and check your answers!)
By the way, while browsing when I should have been working, at the office, last week, I came across this from 2001:
"I've come up with a new feature for trivia, it starts immediately. We desperately need to recruit new players to this trivia game. I need more visitors to justify the money I am spending on this web site, and I need your help.
For 3 bonus points, I want each player to recruit 3 new players to our trivia game. (I WILL be checking IP addresses and other info to make sure you are not cheating, but you wouldn't do that would you?) To qualify for your bonus points, please tell your new recruit to post your name (Hi! I'm new here. I was recruited by....) with their first trivia game answer. I also expect them to answer more than just one question.
You need to recruit 3 people to get 3 points. If you recruit more, I'll applaud you, but it's still just 3 points. If you only manage one or two, sorry, there will be no bonus points. You have till October 15th to find 3 new recruits... so let's get moving!"
That was posted by Mike when he ran the game. Well, things haven't changed, we always need more players, so I'm going to do a version of Mike's recruitment drive.
Starting with the next game, any player who recruits a new player, (not a former player, tho we wish some of the would come back) will get an extra point for each new player recruited. It will work much like Mike did it explained above, but will not require 3 new players as a minimum. If we can get them one at a time that's swell.
The other rules apply: no cheating, and the new player must tell me who recruited them in their first post.
Lets get some new blood involved at the beginning of the next game!
samgrant
Did anyone notice I called last week's post "game 58"? That's what losing a hard drive will do to you.
Here are the questions for Week 6:
21. The 24 hours from 6 AM Day 1 at Gettysburg saw a succession of seven Union commanders on the field. Who were they and in what order? [Submitted by ewc]
22. What regimental mascot was shot and killed at Vicksburg? [Give the regiment, the animal, and the name of the animal/mascot.]
23. In September, 1862, this man enlisted, at the age of about forty years, in the New York Mounted Rifles. Prior to the war he had run away to sea at the age of 13, shot and killed a man in a duel, survived an attempted lynching, led a mob in a New York City riot, and married four times. After the war he became acquainted with William F. Cody and allegedly with Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Wild Bill Hickok , for all of whom he supposedly supplied specially designed revolvers. [Give both his real name, his pen name, and the name of the revolver.]
24. During Sherman's March to the Sea and his Carolinas Campaign, his forces consisted of two "wings". The Army of the Tennessee made up the right wing. What was the name of left wing, and which existing army Corps were combined to make it up, and who was it's commander?
25. This man fought the entire war in the West from Belmont to the Johnson's surrender In April 1865. He was born in a town in Tennessee where he subsequently battled during the war, was Postmaster after the war, and in which he died and was buried. Name the man and the town.
XTRA Credit: You won't find the answer by a simple Google search, so I'll say it's worth 3 points. I have found bits and pieces of the answer in some books and on one web page, so if the 3 points (or the challenge itself) are not important to you, then don't waste your time, I just think it's great CW trivia, so I can't help myself. Here's the question:
This New Jersey native was awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions at Chattanooga. He was in the audience at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865 when Lincoln was shot, and he testified at the trial of the Conspirators and witnessed their hanging. Name him.
(Here's a probably not so helpful, but interesting, hint: His grandson, having the same name, was killed in the invasion of Italy at Anzio during World War II.)
Answers are due by 6:00pm (eastern) on Saturday, November 3.
Good Luck! (and check your answers!)
By the way, while browsing when I should have been working, at the office, last week, I came across this from 2001:
"I've come up with a new feature for trivia, it starts immediately. We desperately need to recruit new players to this trivia game. I need more visitors to justify the money I am spending on this web site, and I need your help.
For 3 bonus points, I want each player to recruit 3 new players to our trivia game. (I WILL be checking IP addresses and other info to make sure you are not cheating, but you wouldn't do that would you?) To qualify for your bonus points, please tell your new recruit to post your name (Hi! I'm new here. I was recruited by....) with their first trivia game answer. I also expect them to answer more than just one question.
You need to recruit 3 people to get 3 points. If you recruit more, I'll applaud you, but it's still just 3 points. If you only manage one or two, sorry, there will be no bonus points. You have till October 15th to find 3 new recruits... so let's get moving!"
That was posted by Mike when he ran the game. Well, things haven't changed, we always need more players, so I'm going to do a version of Mike's recruitment drive.
Starting with the next game, any player who recruits a new player, (not a former player, tho we wish some of the would come back) will get an extra point for each new player recruited. It will work much like Mike did it explained above, but will not require 3 new players as a minimum. If we can get them one at a time that's swell.
The other rules apply: no cheating, and the new player must tell me who recruited them in their first post.
Lets get some new blood involved at the beginning of the next game!
samgrant
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