Cowboy Culture Trivia, third edition

How well do you know your world? Here are a few fun questions to test your knowledge on all things “cowboy.”

  1. What famous Country/Western artist played a Texas Ranger on the television series Miami Vice?
  2. Where is Buffalo Bill Cody buried?
  3. What model was Gus McCrae’s pistol in Lonesome Dove?
  4. World Champion roper and actor Ben Johnson played alongside John Wayne in 10 films, but for which film did Johnson win his Academy Award?
  5. National Cowboy Hall of Fame inductee Bill Kittredge controlled nearly one million acres in Oregon, Nevada, and California by the time of his death in 1958. What was the name of his famous ranch?
  6. Justin Peterson won back-to-back Top Hand Awards at 2019’s World Championship Ranch Rodeo. Three other cowboys have accomplished that feat. Can you name them?
  7. What famous Native American was the only leader to force the U.S. Army to the negotiating table and dictate the terms?
  8. In 1870 Charles Goodnight built a stone barn that still stands today. However, it’s not in Texas. Do you know where it is?
  9. Famed cowboy singer Don Edwards turned 80 this year. For whose 90th birthday party did he entertain?
  10. The famed 6666s ranch in Guthrie Texas has one National Cutting Horse Association Futurity Champion. Can you name the horse and rider?

Answers:

  1. Willie Nelson played Jake Pierson—and was killed.
  2. On Lookout Mountain, above the city of Denver, Colorado.
  3. Colt Walker 1847 with a cartridge conversion kit
  4. The Last Picture Show (1971). He played the role of Sam The Lion
  5. The MC
  6. Brad Wilson (1999-2000); Hegan Lamb (2007-08); and Riley Smith (2009-2010). Stoney Jones also won the award twice, but not consecutively (2001, 2003).
  7. Red Cloud. After defeating the soldiers at Ft. Laramie in 1868, he forced the U.S. Army to agree to keep settlers out of his Black Hills home. The treaty lasted until 1874 when the gold was discovered in the area.
  8. Pueblo, Colo. Goodnight ranched in the area from 1868-1873.
  9. Gene Autry
  10. Cee Bars Joan, ridden by Matlock Rose