Wild Bill Hickok

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

1) What was Wild Bill’s real name?

• William James Hickok
• James Butler Hickok
• Butler William Hickok

2) Wild Bill Hickok was born in Homer, IL on May 27, 1837. Homer’s name was changed, what was the new name?

• Walnut Grove
• Willow Grove
• Troy Grove

3) In 1855 at the age of 18, what future Old West Legend did he meet?

• Buffalo Bill Cody
• Wyatt Earp
• Tom Mix

4) While he was growing up, his father's farm was one of the stops on the Underground Railroad, and he learned his shooting skills protecting the farm with his father from anti-abolitionists.

• True or False?

5) Due to his "sweeping nose and protruding upper lip", what was Hickok’s nicknamed?

• Duck Bill
• Mad Bill
• Buffalo Bill

6) Who was David McCanles?

• First man Hickok killed.
• First man killed during the civil war.
• Hickok’s brother-in-law.

7) On July 21, 1865, in the town square of, Hickok killed Davis Tutt, Jr. in a "quick draw" duel. Where did the gunfight happen?

• Springfield, Missour
• Hays, Kansas
• Abilene, Kansas

8) On October 5, 1871, Hickok had a gunfight with Phil Coe. Abilene Marshall Hickok killed Coe and accidentally killed another man. Who was the man?

• Abilene Special Deputy Marshal Mike Williams
• Abilene mayor Will Jennifer
• A local school boy Willie Moses

9) Who did NOT claim they had married Hickok?

• Calamity Jane
• Agnes Thatcher Lake
• Doris von Kappelhoff

10) On August 2, 1876, while playing poker at Nuttal & Mann's Saloon No. 10 in in the Black Hills, Dakota Territory, Hickok was killed by Jack McCall. What was the community’s name?

• Yankton
• Lincoln
• Deadwood

Check Your Answers

• 1) James Butler Hickok
• 2) Troy Grove
• 3) Buffalo Bill Cody
• 4) True
• 5) Duck Bill
• 6) First man Hickok killed.
• 7) Springfield, Missour
• 8) Abilene Special Deputy Marshal Mike Williams
• 9) Doris von Kappelhoff
• 10) Deadwood

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