Q 01/05

In which state was Wyatt Earp born in 1848?

A) Missouri

B) Illinois

C) Iowa

D) Kansas

Answer · why

B) Illinois

Illinois: he was born in Monmouth, but the family soon moved to Pella, Iowa. By family legend, 13-year-old Wyatt kept running away from there to join ...

Q 02/05

Wyatt Earp was named after his father's commanding officer in which war?

A) Mexican–American War

B) American Civil War

C) War of 1812

D) Black Hawk War

Answer · why

A) Mexican–American War

Mexican–American War: Nicholas Earp was sent home after a mule kicked him, arriving weeks before the birth. He gave the baby the full name of his comp...

Q 03/05

Who was Tombstone's city marshal at the time of the O.K. Corral gunfight?

A) Wyatt Earp

B) Morgan Earp

C) Johnny Behan

D) Virgil Earp

Answer · why

D) Virgil Earp

Virgil Earp was Tombstone's police chief that day. Films put Wyatt in charge, but he was only his older brother's assistant, and the order to give up ...

Q 04/05

What was the loosely organized Arizona outlaw group opposing the Earps called?

A) The Cowboys

B) The Wild Bunch

C) The Rustlers

D) The Regulators

Answer · why

A) The Cowboys

The Cowboys: around Tombstone in 1881 the word was an insult, not a job. It meant a loose band of rustlers and roughnecks, and an honest cattleman wou...

Q 05/05

Which brothers both died in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral?

A) The Clantons

B) The McLaurys

C) The Earps

D) The Daltons

Answer · why

B) The McLaurys

The McLaurys, Tom and Frank, died with Billy Clanton, while the two wounded Earps lived. Sympathy ran to the dead: some 300 mourners walked to Boot Hi...