T219 WILD WEST QUIZ
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2009 4:47 pm1) Which western writers' most famous novel is Riders of the Purple Sage?
ZANE GREY
2) In which US State is Dodge City?
KANSAS
3) Which event on 26 October 1881 saw the deaths of Billy Clanton and Frank and Tom McLaury?
GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL
4) Which American frontiersman had a US State capital named in his honour?
KIT CARSON
5) A legendary figure of the American west and famous for his gambling, who served alongside Wyatt Earp before finally ending up as a columnist for a New York newspaper?
BAT MASTERSON
6) Which group reached number 6 in the UK singles chart in 1978 with Wild West Hero?
E.L.O.
7) Which 1985 film directed by Clint Eastwood concerns a small mining town terrorized by a local gangster until salvation arrives in the form of a gun-toting preacher?
PALE RIDER
Which composer is most famous for his film scores of the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good The Bad and the Ugly?
ENNIO MORRICONE
9) Which 1952 film directed by Fred Zinneman is famously set in real time?
HIGHNOON
10) Which battle of 1836 saw the death of Davy Crockett?
BATTLE OF THE ALAMO
11) How are Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh better known?
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
12) For his part in which film did John Wayne win his only 'Best Actor' Oscar?
TRUE GRIT
13) Doc Holliday wasn't actually a doctor by trade - what was his profession?
DENTISTRY
14) What was the name of Hopalong Cassidy's horse?
TOPPER
15) Who played Billy the Kid in the films Young Guns and Young Guns 2?
EMILO ESTERVEZ
16) Which 1962 classic film was directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, Richard Thorpe and George Marshall?
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
17) In which musical do the songs There's No Business Like Show Business and Anything You Can Do feature?
ANNIE GET YOUT GUN
18) Which television series concerned the adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons?
BONANZA
19) Which famous outlaw was shot dead by Bob Ford in 1882?
JESSE JAMES
20) Romantically linked with Calamity Jane, who was shot dead by Jack McCall whilst playing cards in 1876?
WILD BILL HICKOK
ZANE GREY
2) In which US State is Dodge City?
KANSAS
3) Which event on 26 October 1881 saw the deaths of Billy Clanton and Frank and Tom McLaury?
GUNFIGHT AT THE OK CORRAL
4) Which American frontiersman had a US State capital named in his honour?
KIT CARSON
5) A legendary figure of the American west and famous for his gambling, who served alongside Wyatt Earp before finally ending up as a columnist for a New York newspaper?
BAT MASTERSON
6) Which group reached number 6 in the UK singles chart in 1978 with Wild West Hero?
E.L.O.
7) Which 1985 film directed by Clint Eastwood concerns a small mining town terrorized by a local gangster until salvation arrives in the form of a gun-toting preacher?
PALE RIDER
Which composer is most famous for his film scores of the Sergio Leone spaghetti westerns A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good The Bad and the Ugly? ENNIO MORRICONE
9) Which 1952 film directed by Fred Zinneman is famously set in real time?
HIGHNOON
10) Which battle of 1836 saw the death of Davy Crockett?
BATTLE OF THE ALAMO
11) How are Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Longabaugh better known?
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
12) For his part in which film did John Wayne win his only 'Best Actor' Oscar?
TRUE GRIT
13) Doc Holliday wasn't actually a doctor by trade - what was his profession?
DENTISTRY
14) What was the name of Hopalong Cassidy's horse?
TOPPER
15) Who played Billy the Kid in the films Young Guns and Young Guns 2?
EMILO ESTERVEZ
16) Which 1962 classic film was directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, Richard Thorpe and George Marshall?
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
17) In which musical do the songs There's No Business Like Show Business and Anything You Can Do feature?
ANNIE GET YOUT GUN
18) Which television series concerned the adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons?
BONANZA
19) Which famous outlaw was shot dead by Bob Ford in 1882?
JESSE JAMES
20) Romantically linked with Calamity Jane, who was shot dead by Jack McCall whilst playing cards in 1876?
WILD BILL HICKOK
