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Cowboy Trivia

Here is the July 15, 2010 quiz. Check back October 15, 2010 for the answers and a new quiz for you! Changes will be made every three months.

Are you really a wise hombre, or a dude in levis?

Here's a painless way to get a little book larnin' about western history.
Before you saddle ol' Paint and trot off over the horizon-take this quiz. Rate yourself like so:

9 to 10 correct answers, you're an historian
6 to 8 correct answers, you're a wise hombre
3 to 5 correct answers, you're lackin' in book larnin', friend
0 to 2 correct answers, you're a tenderfoot, Buddy, but keep on trying'.

The test will change every three months.
This is taken from Wise Hombre Quizzes for Westerners by Lannon Mintz, but don't go to cheating by looking up the answers! Print this out so you will be ready for the answers.
Test #43
Answers will appear July 15, 2010 so come on back.

1. To a cowpoke a "snuffy" was
a. tobaccy
b. a cook
c. a wild horse

2. In the Old West an Arkansas toothpick was a
a. skinny kid from Little Rock
b. walking cane
c. knife

3. A "baile" was
a. money to get outta jail
b. a load of cotton
c. a dance

4. "Poncho" was a
a. Mexican revolutionary
b. friend of the Cisco Kid
c. blanket you could wear

5. In a six horse team the horses in the middle were the
a. swing team
b. leaders
c. wheelers

6. "Tinhorn" was usually used to describe a
a. sheriff
b. gambler
c. tenderfoot

7. The Russian thistle is better known as
a. yucca cactus
b. Khrushchev
c. tumbleweed

8. "Bumblebee whiskey" was rotgut that
a. "came with a sting"
b. was made from bee's
c. you drank with your honey

9. A "jacal" was
a. a wild dog
b. a jacal of all trades
c. a hut

10. A cantina was a
a. bandito
b. horse
c. tavern

Answers to test 42
1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b, 5-a, 6-b, 7-a, 8-c, 9-b, 10-a, b, and c




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