10 More Quesations for History Nerds

1. Who was the only Presidential candidate of a major political party to conduct his entire campaign while serving a prison sentence?

2. According to legend, Billy the Kid killed 21 men (one for each year of his life). According to the official records of that era, how many men did he actually kill?

3. William Henry Harrison was the first President of United States to die while in office. What Vice-President became President upon Harrison's death?

4. How many men were arrested and following the "Gunfight at the OK Corral?"

5. Who was the last King of England to personally lead his army into battle?

6. Following General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, what Union officer absconded with the table on which the surrender documents had been signed?

7. Who first wrote that "Those that can - do. Those that can't - teach."

8. What is a "whore's breakfast?"

9. Why is Mr. Spock's blood green?

10. How did the tradition of ending Fourth of July concerts with Stars and Stripes Forever begin?

Answers

1. Eugene Debs (Socialist Party, 1920). He received 913,664 votes (3.4 % of the total votes cast).

2. Only 4 (Frank Cahall, Joe Grant, James Bell and Bob Olinger (Ollinger in some texts)). Bell and Olinger were deputy sheriffs killed by the Kid during his escape from the Lincoln Country Jail where was being held in relation to Grant's death.

3. John Tyler

4. Only 2 (Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday). A later Grand Jury refused to indict them on murder charges.

5. George II, on June 16, 1743 at Dettingen (Bavaria) during the War of the Austrian Succession.

6. George Armstrong Custer

7. H.L. Mencken

8. Traditionally, a cup of coffee and two cigarettes consumed while reading the Racing Form.

9. The hemoglobin in Mr. Spock's blood is based on copper, which is green in its oxygenated state. Human hemoglobin is based on iron, which is red when it is oxygenated.