Q 01/05

Billy the Kid was born under what name?

A) Henry McCarty

B) William Bonney

C) Henry Antrim

D) William Wright

Answer · why

A) Henry McCarty

He used William H. Bonney as an alias; the New York-born outlaw was dead at 21.

Q 02/05

Which sheriff shot and killed Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner in 1881?

A) Bat Masterson

B) Pat Garrett

C) Seth Bullock

D) Bill Tilghman

Answer · why

B) Pat Garrett

Garrett went on to write a book about the Kid and later received a federal appointment from Theodore Roosevelt.

Q 03/05

Billy the Kid rose to fame as one of the Regulators in which New Mexico conflict?

A) Johnson County War

B) Pleasant Valley War

C) Lincoln County War

D) Colfax County War

Answer · why

C) Lincoln County War

The Regulators were formed to avenge the killing of English rancher John Tunstall, the Kid's employer.

Q 04/05

The only authenticated photograph of Billy the Kid sold at auction in 2011 for how much?

A) $1.1 million

B) $4.6 million

C) $650,000

D) $2.3 million

Answer · why

D) $2.3 million

The buyer was businessman William Koch, and the small tintype remains one of the most valuable photographs ever sold.

Q 05/05

The 1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral actually took place in a vacant lot fronting which thoroughfare?

A) Fremont

B) Allen

C) Toughnut

D) Fifth

Answer · why

A) Fremont

The lawmen and Cowboys faced off in a vacant lot next to Fly's photography studio, six doors west of the corral's rear entrance.