Think you know your Westerns? Try your hand at these questions of western movies and television. Answers are listed below but no fair peekin’. Score all twenty-five right and you can take the point.
1. What was the name of the horse that TV’s Annie Oakley rode?
A. Target
B. Buttermilk
C. Topper
D. Star
2. Who created the original Cisco Kid character?
A. Louis L’Amour
B. O. Henry
C. Mark Twain
D. Max Brand
3. Who wrote the song, Tumbling Tumbleweeds?
A. Roy Rogers
B. Hoot Gibson
C. Bob Nolan
D. Tex Ritter
4. What was the character’s name before he became the Lone Ranger?
A. John Reid
B. William Boyd
C. Tell Sackett
D. Alan Baxter
5. One of these actors did not play Jesse James in movie. Which one?
A. Roy Rogers
B. Clayton Moore
C. Robert Wagner
D. Rex Allen
6. One of these cowboys played Red Ryder in the movies, which one?
A. William Boyd
B. Tim Holt
C. Bill Elliott
D. Crash Corrigan
7. Wild Bill Elliott wore his pistols in which one of these combinations:
A. Wore one gun hung low
B. Wore two guns with the butts forward
C. Wore two guns with the butts to the back but with two gunbelts
D. Wore two guns with the butts to the back in a studded gunbelt
8. In The Magnificent Seven, what did the wise old man compare the seven gunfighters to?
A. Fire
B. Wind
C. Angels
D. Death
9. Who starred in the TV series, Wanted Dead or Alive?
A. Steve McQueen
B. John Payne
C. Clint Eastwood
D. Audie Murphy
10. Who sang the title song in the movie classic, High Noon?
A. Gary Cooper
B. Rex Allen
C. Roy Rogers
D. Tex Ritter
11. What was the name of Red Ryder’s horse?
A. Duke
B. Rebel
C. Thunder
D. Flash
12. What was the name of the general store in Shane?
A. Sears
B. Grafton’s
C. Dunston’s
D. Wolpert’s
13. In She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, John Wayne character often did what?
A. Got drunk
B. Visited his late wife’s grave
C. Pretended to be deaf
D. Took target practice with a pistol
14. In Rio Bravo, what was Ricky Nelson’s character’s nickname?
A. Colorado
B. Kid Shaleen
C. Johnny Diamond
D. Bronco
15. What was the name of Hopalong Cassidy’s horse?
A. Rebel
B. Topper
C. Champion
D. Black Jack
16. Gene Autry’s radio show opened with which song?
A. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
B. Back in the Saddle Again
C. Cool Water
D. Happy Trails
17. Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune were known as:
A. The Three Mesquiteers
B. The Trigger Trio
C. The Trail Busters
D. The Daltons
18. The name of the Comanche war chief in the Outlaw Josey Wales was?
A. Geronimo
B. Ten Bears
C. Sitting Bull
D. Stands-in-Thunder
19. In Red River, Cherry Valance told Matt Garth that “there are only two things more beautiful than a good gun” -- a Swiss watch and what?
A. A sorrel horse
B. A woman from anywhere
C. A Royal Flush
D. Fine Kentucky sour mash whiskey
20. Roy Rogers’ real name was?
A. Johnny Mack Brown
B. Marian Morrison
C. Leonard Slye
D. Roy Rogers
21. In the television series, Guns of Will Sonnett, who played the lead role?
A. Walter Brennan
B. John Sullivan
C. Hugh O’Brien
D. Gary Cooper
22. What was the name of Jacob McCandles’ (John Wayne’s) dog in Big Jake?
A. Stone
B. Gun
C. Bullet
D. Dog
23. Which one of these actors played Doc Holliday in a movie?
A. Victor Mature
B. Bob Steele
C. Richard Widmark
D. Randolph Scott
24. In Winchester ‘73, Dan Duryea plays a crazed outlaw named?
A. Waco Johnny Dean
B. Billy the Kid
C. John Wesley Harden
D. Cole Younger
E. Kid Colt
25. Who plays General Custer in They Died with their Boots On?
A. Johnny Mack Brown
B. John Wayne
C. Errol Flynn
D. Henry Fonda
25 Correct -- Take the point and show us the way
20 - 24 -- You’re good enough to ride the river with
16 - 22 -- Better take the flank
10 - 15 -- Why don’t you see if the cook needs help
5 - 9 -- You’re riding drag today
Under 5 -- Buttons and bows for you (Better brush up with a trip to Blockbuster)
ANSWERS
1. A 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. A 10. D 11. C 12. D 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. B 20. C 21. A 22. D 23. A 24. A 25. C