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Postcards From South Dakota Trivia!
Postcards From South Dakota Trivia!
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A trivia game based off the info found in a few of Chuck Cecil's book "Postcards from South Dakota"
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1
Ben Black Elk was in what movie?
How the West Was Won
Once Upon a Time in the West
Dances with Wolves
Maverick
2
63 years after Sitting Bull was first buried, people from where dug his body up and moved it?
Flying By in South Dakota
On the Grand River bluffs
Mobridge, SD
Fort Yates in North Dakota
3
The pheasant does so well in South Dakota, how many were killed during hunting season in 1962?
1 billion
2.8 million
250,000
85,000
4
Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back while playing poker in what Deadwood bar?
The Smoking Gun
The 9
Saloon Number Ten
Aces and Eights
5
An early-day scientist described the Badlands once and said it was like what?
"Death Valley but hotter."
"Heaven only with a better view."
"The Grand Canyon only smaller and more accessible."
"Hell with the fires burned out."
6
How did Charger and his "Foolish Soldiers" save women and children from a Minnesota tribe?
They won their freedom in a horse race
They snuck them out in the middle of the night
They fought and killed their enemy
They traded everything they had
7
According to the article, whose face was suggested be added to Mount Rushmore?
Bill Clinton
John F. Kennedy
Joe Palooka
Ronald Reagan
8
The original name of Mount Rushmore was what?
Grand Round Mountain
Great Faces Mountain
Slaughter House Mountain
Suicide Mountain
9
How much do the Badlands erode each year?
1 inch
half an inch
3 inches
1 foot
10
Aberdeen also had a corn structure built. What was it called before it burned to the ground?
Feed Fortress
Grain Palace
Corn Castle
Maize Mansion
11
How much does the granite of Mount Rushmore erode in 1,000 years?
1/10 of an inch
1 inch
10 feet
1 foot
12
Gold from the robbery of The Deadwood Treasurer Coach was later discovered where?
Arctic, North Dakota
Atlantic, Iowa
Mediterranean, Nebraska
Pacific, Montana
13
What was 3M's main product that they made in 1914?
Tape
Sandpaper
Bullets
Band-aids
14
Which SD American Legion baseball team had a 18 year championship run from 1970 to 1987?
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Watertown
Brookings
15
How many men did Wild Bill Hickok claim to kill in a fight in Kansas with his gun and knife?
12
10
6
20
16
How far did Hugh Glass have to crawl; naked, bleeding, and with a broken leg, to get to safety?
100 miles
50 miles
200 miles
10 miles
17
How much did Charles E. Rushmore send to help fund the carving of Mount Rushmore?
$113 million
$5,000
$500
$100,000
18
Mount Rushmore was named for Charles E. Rushmore who was a New York City what?
Mayor
Doctor
Businessman
Attorney
19
How did Calamity Jane die?
Fell from her horse
In a gun duel with Wild Bill Hickok
Kidney Failure
She was shot in the back
20
Where was Hugh Glass when he was mauled by a grizzly bear and left for dead by his friends?
Near Valentine, Nebraska
Near Brookings, SD
Near Lemmon, SD
Near Rapid City, SD
21
What got into a shipment of 3M's goods that ruined it nearly causing the company to bankrupt?
water
bugs
olive oil
sand
22
How many men did Wild Bill kill as a sharpshooter in the Union Army during the Civil War?
500
200
50
10
23
The first American Legion tournament was held in 1925 in what town?
Aberdeen, SD
Rapid City, SD
Beresford, SD
Mitchell, SD
24
How many times a day did Ben Black Elk have his picture taken at Mount Rushmore?
100
5,000
1,000
50
25
The most successful robbery of a coach was carrying gold valued at how much?
$1 million
$140,000
$250,000
$60,000
26
To prevent anyone from taking Sitting Bull's body back, what was done at his new grave?
There is always an armed guard on watch
20 tons of concrete were poured over it
There is a fake tombstone placed there
The exact location was never reveled
27
Where was Sitting Bull's home?
Flying By
Standing Still
Falling Down
Jumping Through
28
When was the Mitchell Corn Palace built?
1993
1809
1893
1954
29
What was the name of the Oglala Sioux man who was considered the "Fifth Face on Mt. Rushmore"?
Ben Black Elk
Crazy Horse
Sitting Bull
White Buffalo
30
Why was Calamity Jane called "Calamity"?
It was what her parents named her
Bad things always seemed to happen around her
She was always getting hurt
She cursed, shot, smoked, drank, and rode like a man
31
How did Sitting Bull die?
Succumbed to Small Pox
Shot in the ribs
Stabbed in the back
Hung on the gallows
32
3M, located here in Brookings, stands for what?
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
Multi Million Materials
McKnight, Morgan, and Maverick
Montana Milling and Masonry
33
How many pheasants were released in South Dakota between 1914 and 1918?
7,000
1,500
100,000
2 million
34
Sitting Bull was going to be arrested for stirring up what kind of warriors?
Tomahawk
Buffalo
Ghost Shirt
Big Sioux
35
Frank L. Sieh, who created American Legion Baseball, was from where?
Brookings, SD
Aberdeen, SD
Sioux Falls, SD
Rapid City, SD
36
How did the stagecoach
The Monitor
protect its shipments of gold?
It could drive into a river and float like a boat
It was made of thick steel plates
It drove with a steam engine and no horses
It had two Gatling guns mounted on it
37
What poker hand did Wild Bill Hickok have when he was killed now called the "Dead Man's Hand"?
A flush of diamonds
Pair of black Ace's, and black 8's, and a jack of diamonds
4 Ace's and a 2 of clubs
A straight flush of spades from 10 to Ace
38
Sitting Bull was first buried where?
On the Grand River bluffs
Fort Yates in North Dakota
Flying By in South Dakota
Mobridge, SD
39
Who did stagecoach companies hire to protect their shipments of gold from the Black Hills?
Native American Warriors
Bounty Hunters
Gunfighters
The Army
