Q 01/05

In which state was Wyatt Earp born in 1848?

A) Missouri

B) Illinois

C) Iowa

D) Kansas

Answer · why

B) Illinois

He was born in Monmouth on March 19, 1848, the fourth child of Nicholas Porter Earp, and was named after his father's commanding officer in the Mexica...

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

Captain Wyatt Berry Stapp led the 2nd Company, Illinois Mounted Volunteers, and Nicholas Earp passed the whole name on to his son.

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

Wyatt is usually cast as the central figure, but his older brother held both the U.S. marshal and city marshal posts and chose to enforce the ordinanc...

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

In that region the term meant an outlaw association rather than a cattle hand; legitimate cowmen were called herders or ranchers.

Q 05/05

How many outlaws died in the 1881 gunfight at the O.K. Corral?

A) Two

B) Three

C) Four

D) Five

Answer · why

B) Three

Tom and Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton were killed; Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne ran. The whole exchange lasted about 30 seconds.