Trivia Game # 55 - Week 6

[samgrant]

Trivia Game # 55 - Week 6


Here are the questions for Week 6 of Game # 55


1. Before the war, in his duty with the Army Corps of Engineers, Robert E. Lee surveyed a boundary line which was meant to resolve a border dispute between a U.S. state and a U.S. territory. What was the name of this line which Lee surveyed?


2. The former governor of a Confederate state served as defense attorney for an ex-Confederate soldier in a controversial and legendary murder case which became the subject of a popular folk song. Name the victim of the alleged murder.


3. What man was present at the sites of two presidential assassinations and at the death bed of a victim of a third?


4. The remains of what Confederate captain are buried in two border states and one Northern state?


5. A company of a Virginia regiment was nicknamed for the county they were from, not because they were "intelligent Yogi Berras". Name the company and regiment and their nickname.


Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, October 25. Good Luck!

 

[samgrant]

Bumping the thread.

 

[Larry]

Answers

1) Ohio - Michigan Border during summer of 1835. INCORRECT (need the name of the line)
2) Laura Foster was Killed by Thomas C. Dula (Tom Dooley). (allegedly)
3) Robert Todd Lincoln - At the death of his father and the assassinations of Garfield and McKinley.
4) William Clark Quantrill - Parts are buried in Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri.
5) Company H, 50th Virginia, Wise Yankee Catchers.
Larry Gebing

 

[Susan Sweet]

Trivia game 55 week 6

1. The Talcott Line found similar results to the Fulton Line and supported Michigan During the Michigan Ohio dispute
2.Laura Foster
3.Robert Todd Lincoln
4.William Quantrill
5.50- Co. H. - Wise Yankee Catchers

 

[natek1029]

Trivia Game 55, Week 6 Answers

1. The "Toledo Strip" INCORRECT (need the name of the line)

2. Laura Foster
3. Robert Todd Lincoln
4. William Clarke Quantrill
5. Company H, 50th Virginia Infantry, aka the "Wise Yankee Catchers"

 

[Redmen110]

1. The Toledo Strip INCORRECT (need the name of the line)


2. Laura Foster

3.Robert Todd Lincoln

4? INCORRECT

5. 51st Virginia Inf. Co. C "Montgomery Guard" INCORRECT

 

[sarladaise]

1. Fulton Line - Ohio-Michigan boundary line INCORRECT
2. Laura Foster
3. Robert Todd Lincoln
4. William Quantrill
5. Co. H, 50th Virginia Inf. Reg. "Wise Yankee Catchers"

 

[hoosier]

1. La Grande Linea INCORRECT

2. The victim was Laura Foster.

3. Robert Todd Lincoln

4. Captain Smithereens, in whose honor the phrase "blown to ..." was invented. :noway: INCORRECT

5. I can't make the connection between any Virginia county and Yogi Berra, but I'll probably be kicking myself when I see the answer. INCORRECT

 

[sockknitter]

1. The Talcott Line
2. Laurie Foster
3. Robert Todd Lincoln
4. William Clarke Quantrill
5. Co H, 50th Virginia Infantry,Wise Yankee Catchers

 

[samgrant]

Answers for Week 6 of Game #55:


1. The Talcott Line survey was ordered to resolve a dispute between Ohio and Michigan over the "Toledo Strip".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Toledo_Strip/War

http://www.macombcountymi.gov/historicalcommission/pdfs/Holy_Toledo_2007.pdf

http://gosu02.tripod.com/id32.html

http://www.masterliness.com/a/Toledo.Strip.htm

http://www.michigan.gov/formergovernors/0,1607,7-212--79532--,00.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=HqGWEAnByeMC&pg=PA213&lpg=PA213&dq=lee+%22talcott+line%22&source=web&ots=8FAquDnat_&sig=JNDRKKbT1SP1DQ9n7dmxE1biUk8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result



2. Laura (or Laurie) Foster was allegedly murdered by Tom Dula ("Tom Dooley"). Zebulon Vance represented Dula.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?GRid=5915&page=gr

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dula

http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/nchistory/may2008/index.html

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/appalachian_heritage/v036/36.1rucker.html

http://www.dailyyonder.com/tom-dula-murder-sold-10-000-guitars

http://www.main.nc.us/graham/mcclung/Dooley%20Legend.html

http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/Dula.htm



3. Robert Todd Lincoln

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/506861/robert_todd_lincoln_witness_to_three.html

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/4996/89601

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/robertto.htm

http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=16&subjectID=2

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65193799@N00/215462813

http://python.net/crew/manus/Presidents/al/alobit.html




4. William Clarke Quantrill

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5556

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4422

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GScid=640744&GRid=5557&

http://www.nndb.com/people/977/000165482/

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/10054

http://maxmccoy.com/blog/2007_07_01_archive.html

(only two markers though)



5. Wise Yankee Catchers

http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/BIAS/1999-04/0924645444

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaslc/ded-wise.html

http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupID=106466249&MyToken=46246e0a-3a9a-48ba-867b-f621f46a9e62

http://vagenweb.org/wise/tmsmithCIV.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/156311285X/qid=1224370480/ref=sib_books_pg?ie=UTF8&keywords=wise%20yankee%20catchers&p=S071&checkSum=2rnDz6Ft78mxeQ9jJm42gT%252FywpIqla1fi61IzN1iKtQ%253D#reader-page

http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com/nicknames.regts.htm

(commence kicking, Hoosier) :laugh1:



Lots of winners:

1st Div. - and overall is natek1029 (second game in a row)
2nd Div. - Larry (who only recently joined the game)

Both Susan Sweet and Sockknitter missed several weeks this game, but came back with perfect scores this week!

Prizewinner for Game 55 is sarladaise who edged out Larry. (I'll PM you soon about that.)

Congratulations to all.

And, welcome to newcomer Redmen110. Hope you'll be back for the start of Game #56!


Here are the final scores for game #55:

FIRST DIVISION

natek1029 - 28
Sarladaise - 25
Rad2duhbone53 - 11
Susan Sweet - 9
Gay Mathis - 0


SECOND DIVISION

Larry - 24
Sockknitter - 17
Hoosier -16
Oxkern - 3
Ole - 3
Redmen110 - 2
gettysburgerrn - 1



Thanks for playing. See you next week!

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