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Trivia Game # 62 - Week 4
From here on, we will be discarding past conventions of the game. Here are 5 official questions and 5 more "just for fun" questions. (Throwing in the "Kitchen Sink": some questions that I was unable to develop or couldn't find enough documentation to use.)
Here are the questions for Week 4 of Game # 62
1. At Gettysburg, Captain Hurt's unit had these. No other unit on the battlefield had them. What were they?
2. Two sons of an adopted son of a U.S. president served in the Confederate army. One was mortally wounded at Chickamauga, the other was an artillery commander at Vicksburg. Name them.
3. Both future generals were serving as captains at West Coast posts when their resignations from the army became official, a single day apart, in 1854. Each had married a sister of his West Point roommate. Early in the war, General "A" served under General "B". By the end of the war, both now in the East, General "B" served under general "A". Name Generals "A" and "B".
4. Not commonly known as a poet, this politician's last documented verse, the subject of which was a famous Civil War battle, was written on July 19, 1863. Name him.
5. The first cousin of the commander of one of the major armies of the Civil War, he served on the staffs of J.E.B. Stuart, Robert E. Lee, and Wade Hampton. Twenty years after the war his book about one of his commanders was published. Name him.
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(6.) An extra, special non-credit question - a "Dillsburg question". Our former Trivia Mod, Hoosier, gave me this question in August, but we were unable to figure out just how to frame it. So just for fun and to see what happens, I'll post the question as originally poised:
What Union general, born in a town whose natives can rightfully call themselves Hoosiers, has a middle name that is the same as the mascot of a Big Ten university?
(7.) What nephew of a famous secessionist stole his uncle's horse while serving as head of Gen. Sherman's escort on the March through Georgia?
(8.) What two brothers, sons of South Carolina, enlisted in a Union Tennessee cavalry regiment?
(9.) This Confederate staff officer to Jackson and Gordon, among others, presumably did not live in a garbage can, but it is possible that he was his great-grandson's inspiration for a "Grouch". Name the staff officer.
(10.) After participating in The Battle of New Market as a VMI cadet, he served as ADC to a Confederate general. He died 80 years after the year the Civil War started. Name him.
Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, October 10. Good Luck!
From here on, we will be discarding past conventions of the game. Here are 5 official questions and 5 more "just for fun" questions. (Throwing in the "Kitchen Sink": some questions that I was unable to develop or couldn't find enough documentation to use.)
Here are the questions for Week 4 of Game # 62
1. At Gettysburg, Captain Hurt's unit had these. No other unit on the battlefield had them. What were they?
2. Two sons of an adopted son of a U.S. president served in the Confederate army. One was mortally wounded at Chickamauga, the other was an artillery commander at Vicksburg. Name them.
3. Both future generals were serving as captains at West Coast posts when their resignations from the army became official, a single day apart, in 1854. Each had married a sister of his West Point roommate. Early in the war, General "A" served under General "B". By the end of the war, both now in the East, General "B" served under general "A". Name Generals "A" and "B".
4. Not commonly known as a poet, this politician's last documented verse, the subject of which was a famous Civil War battle, was written on July 19, 1863. Name him.
5. The first cousin of the commander of one of the major armies of the Civil War, he served on the staffs of J.E.B. Stuart, Robert E. Lee, and Wade Hampton. Twenty years after the war his book about one of his commanders was published. Name him.
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(6.) An extra, special non-credit question - a "Dillsburg question". Our former Trivia Mod, Hoosier, gave me this question in August, but we were unable to figure out just how to frame it. So just for fun and to see what happens, I'll post the question as originally poised:
What Union general, born in a town whose natives can rightfully call themselves Hoosiers, has a middle name that is the same as the mascot of a Big Ten university?
(7.) What nephew of a famous secessionist stole his uncle's horse while serving as head of Gen. Sherman's escort on the March through Georgia?
(8.) What two brothers, sons of South Carolina, enlisted in a Union Tennessee cavalry regiment?
(9.) This Confederate staff officer to Jackson and Gordon, among others, presumably did not live in a garbage can, but it is possible that he was his great-grandson's inspiration for a "Grouch". Name the staff officer.
(10.) After participating in The Battle of New Market as a VMI cadet, he served as ADC to a Confederate general. He died 80 years after the year the Civil War started. Name him.
Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, October 10. Good Luck!
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