INQUIZITION QUIZ NO. 50 COWBOYS
Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 9:01 am1 Which Wild West hero was played by William Boyd in over sixty films?
HOPALONG CASSIDY
2 Who had brothers called Baxter, Jim, Virgil and Morgan?
WYATT EARP
3 Who played the role of Jones in the TV western, Alias Smith and Jones?
BEN MURPHY
4 What ended with the line, “The old man was right, only the farmers won, we lost, we always lose”?
THE MAGNIFICENT 7
5 Who was killed in 1908 by Wayne Brazel?
SHERIFF PAT GARRETT
6 In which US state was the TV series Bonanza set?
NEVADA
7 Who was shot dead by Jack McCall whilst playing poker in a Deadwood saloon?
WILD BILL HICKOK
8 By what name was Robert Leroy Parker better known?
BUTCH CASSIDY
9 Who invented the Peacemaker, often referred to as “the gun that won the West”?
SAM COLT
10 Who played the role of the Rumpo Kid in Carry on Cowboy?
SID JAMES
11 Which member of a gang called The Regulators, was played on film by Emilio Estevez in Young Guns?
BILLY THE KID
12 Which qualified dentist was born in Georgia in 1851 and died aged 36 of pulmonary tuberculosis?
DOC HOLLIDAY
13 What was the first X rated movie to win Best Film Oscar?
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
14 Which Wild West outlaw was nicknamed, The Robin Hood of Texas?
SAM BASS
15 Which screen legend was nicknamed, Oklahoma’s Singing Cowboy?
GENE AUTRY
HOPALONG CASSIDY
2 Who had brothers called Baxter, Jim, Virgil and Morgan?
WYATT EARP
3 Who played the role of Jones in the TV western, Alias Smith and Jones?
BEN MURPHY
4 What ended with the line, “The old man was right, only the farmers won, we lost, we always lose”?
THE MAGNIFICENT 7
5 Who was killed in 1908 by Wayne Brazel?
SHERIFF PAT GARRETT
6 In which US state was the TV series Bonanza set?
NEVADA
7 Who was shot dead by Jack McCall whilst playing poker in a Deadwood saloon?
WILD BILL HICKOK
8 By what name was Robert Leroy Parker better known?
BUTCH CASSIDY
9 Who invented the Peacemaker, often referred to as “the gun that won the West”?
SAM COLT
10 Who played the role of the Rumpo Kid in Carry on Cowboy?
SID JAMES
11 Which member of a gang called The Regulators, was played on film by Emilio Estevez in Young Guns?
BILLY THE KID
12 Which qualified dentist was born in Georgia in 1851 and died aged 36 of pulmonary tuberculosis?
DOC HOLLIDAY
13 What was the first X rated movie to win Best Film Oscar?
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
14 Which Wild West outlaw was nicknamed, The Robin Hood of Texas?
SAM BASS
15 Which screen legend was nicknamed, Oklahoma’s Singing Cowboy?
GENE AUTRY
