Fatal Finales Quiz

[conlor]

Questions:

This week's theme is regarding those who gave the utmost in parting company with their followers.

1. Name the former teacher who was captured by the British when he snuck into Long Island to spy on the invaders in 1776 and was hanged without a trial.

2. Jenny Wade suffered a loss in the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg that was highly unusual as a mark in history. What was it?

3. Name the famed marshal and marksman of Hays and Abilene, Kan., who was murdered in Deadwood, S.D.

4. What former congressman from Tennessee was killed in the Battle of the Alamo in Texas?

5. What Civil War general was mortally wounded by his own Confederate troops by accident in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Va.?

6. In 1770, five revolutionaries were killed in the armed confrontation known as the Boston Massacre. Name the first man killed in that shootout. For Bragging Rights, tell us what was especially noteworthy regarding the first civilian to fall from fire by the British officers.

7. What famed actress died in a plane crash while on a fundraising tour promoting the sale of war bonds in WWII? For Bragging Rights, what famed film star was her husband?

8. Another famed performer died in a plane crash in WWII, but his plane was never found following the crash. Name this famous bandleader who was appearing at entertainment centers on battlegrounds. His aircraft disappeared in 1944 while heading from England to France for a series of concerts for the troops.

9. Name the Polish military officer who led forces in the American Revolutionary War and died in combat in Savannah, Ga.

10. What military officer died in what became known as Custer's Last Stand? Can you name the Indian tribe involved in that event and its tribal leader?

Answers:

1. Nathan Hale was the colonial spy.

2. Jenny Wade was hit by a stray bullet while preparing food in her kitchen. She was the only civilian killed in that famed battle.

3. Wild Bill Hickok was the famed sharpshooter lawman.

4. The former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee killed at the Alamo was Davy Crockett.

5. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally shot by his own rebel soldiers.

6. Crispus Attucks, the first Bostonian to die from British fire, was part black and part American Indian.

7. Carole Lombard was the lovely actress who left behind her husband Clark Gable.

8. The immortal bandleader was Glenn Miller.

9. The Polish warrior was Count Casimir Pulaski (1748-79).

10. George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) lost the Battle of the Little Big Horn and his life in the fight against the Oglala Sioux, commanded by Chief Crazy Horse.

[redtanker]

good quiz!

[Snowden]

One of the best, Connie. I knew more of them than I expected, but I knew more than I could call to mind. Knowing and remembering are not always the same with me any more! I got six right; I'm terrible with names.