What was the name of the 1848 discovery that began the California Gold Rush?
Answer
Gold at Sutter’s Mill
80 The Wild West Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which U.S. Army officer commanded the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
Answer
George Armstrong Custer
Who killed Billy the Kid at Fort Sumner, New Mexico, in 1881?
Answer
Pat Garrett
What was Calamity Jane’s real name in the American Old West?
Answer
Martha Jane Canary
What was the name of the 1877 railroad strike that began in Martinsburg, West Virginia?
Answer
Great Railroad Strike of 1877
At which Arizona site did Geronimo make his final surrender to the U.S. Army in 1886?
Answer
Skeleton Canyon
What outlaw of the American West used the alias William H. Bonney?
Answer
Billy the Kid
Which 1873 invention made barbed wire practical for fencing the Great Plains?
Answer
Glidden barbed wire
What was the name of the 1870s outlaw gang led by Jesse James and his brother Frank?
Answer
James–Younger Gang
Who founded the frontier settlement that became Tombstone, Arizona, in 1879?
Answer
Ed Schieffelin
Which city became famous as the main cattle-shipping hub at the end of the Chisholm Trail?
Answer
Abilene, Kansas
Which 1883 railroad connected the Northern Plains to the Pacific Northwest?
Answer
Northern Pacific Railway
Which famous female sharpshooter performed with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show?
Answer
Annie Oakley
What was the name of the 1860s stagecoach company that connected Missouri with California?
Answer
Butterfield Overland Mail
What was the name of the 1890 federal massacre of Lakota people at a creek in South Dakota?
Answer
Wounded Knee Massacre
What was the name of the 1881 gunfight in Arizona involving Wyatt Earp, Virgil Earp, Morgan Earp, and Doc Holliday?
Answer
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Which 1876 battle was a decisive victory for Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho forces over the U.S. Army?
Answer
Battle of the Little Bighorn
In which South Dakota town was Wild Bill Hickok killed in 1876?
Answer
Deadwood
What was Buffalo Bill’s real name?
Answer
William F. Cody