The Wild Wild West Quiz

By: Alia Hoyt
Estimated Completion Time
1 min
The Wild Wild West Quiz
Image: Wild Bill Hickock (R) kills a saloon owner. American Stock/Getty Images

About This Quiz

The Wild West is the stuff of legends, lore and awesome John Wayne movies. How much do you know about the days of saloons and standoffs?
This legendary gunslinger at the O.K. Corral actually wasn't that quick on the draw:
Wild Bill Hickok
Billy the Kid
Wyatt Earp
Where did the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral actually take place?
a vacant lot
on Main Street in the city of Tombstone
in a corral, duh!
What was Doc Holliday's career before he became a rambling, gambling gunslinger?
dentist
doctor
rancher

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How did Calamity Jane die?
She was killed in a gunfight at Deadwood.
She fell off a horse.
She died as a result of alcoholism.
What was the reason for the Springfield Shootout between Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt?
Tutt was defending his wife's honor.
Hickok owed gambling debts to Tutt.
Tutt had won Hickok's watch and was brandishing it around town.
How much would a night at Pearl de Vere's luxurious brothel in Cripple Creek, Colorado, set you back in 1896?
$20
$100
$250

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What happened to Annie Oakley's fortune?
She piddled it away on booze and gambling.
She gave it away to charity.
Buffalo Bill sued her for contract violation, and won.
Why did Sheriff Pat Garrett claim that Billy the Kid was really 21?
He wanted to try him as an adult.
He was criticized for hunting down a teenager.
He wanted to be his drinking buddy.
How did Jesse James die at age 34?
He was killed in a hail of police gunfire.
He was shot while dusting a picture on a wall.
He was shot during a bank robbery gone wrong.

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What name do you know Robert LeRoy Parker better by?
Butch Cassidy
The Sundance Kid
John Wayne