Wyatt Earp

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1) Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was born March 19, 1848. Where was he born?

• Indianapolis, Indiana
• Monmouth, Illinois
• Springfield, Illinois

2) In 1865, Wyatt became a stagecoach driver. The following year, he became a teamster, driving cargo from Wilmington, California. His route ended in what Arizona town?

• Phoenix
• Tucson
• Prescott

3) He married his first wife, Urilla Sutherland, on January 10th, 1870. She died of typhus only a few months later. Where did he marry her?

• Lamar, Missouri
• Springfield, Missouri
• St. Louis Missouri

4) Wyatt officially joined the Wichita marshal's office on April 21, 1875, after the election of Mike Meagher as city marshal (the term causes confusion, since "city marshal" was then a synonym for police chief, a term also in use).

• April 21, 1874
• April 21, 1875
• April 21, 1876

5) Wyatt returned to Dodge City in 1878 to become the assistant city marshal under Charlie Bassett. However, in October 1877, he meet a gambler that would become a friend in Fort Griffin, Texas. Who was this friend?

• Bat Masterson
• Frankie Bell
• Doc Holliday

6) In the summer of 1878, Texas cowboy George Hoy, after an altercation with Wyatt, returned with friends and fired into the Comique variety hall, outside of which stood police officers Wyatt Earp and Jim Masterson. Inside the theater, a great number of .45 bullets penetrated the plank building easily, sending Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, a renowned comedian and many others instantly to the floor.

• Raymond Masters
• Eddie Foy
• Jim Malone

7) Which Earp brother is NOT one who came to Tombstone, Arizona in December 1879?

• Wyatt
• Morgan
• Virgil

8) Wyatt was appointed deputy sheriff for the southern part of Pima County, which was at that time the surrounding county containing Tombstone. How long did Wyatt serve in the office?

• Three weeks
• Three years
• Three months

9) The gunfight happened on Wednesday afternoon at about 3:00PM on October 26, 1881, in a vacant lot, known as lot 2, in block 17, behind the corral in Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Some of the fighting was in Fremont Street in front of the vacant lot. About 30 shots were fired in 30 seconds. What was the date?

• October 26, 1880
• October 26, 1881
• October 26, 1882

10) What famous actor was NOT a pallbearer at his funeral in Hollywood, California in January 1929?

• William S. Hart
• Tom Mix
• John Wayne

Check Your Answers

• 1) Monmouth, Illinois
• 2) Prescott
• 3) Lamar, Missouri
• 4) April 21, 1875
• 5) Doc Holliday
• 6) Eddie Foy
• 7) Morgan
• 8) Three months
• 9) October 26, 1881
• 10) John Wayne

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