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The "old west" holster originated with what?
The mounted calvary (bouncing around on the horse creates a need for a belt that can hold a gun)
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What was the name of "Billy the Kid's" gang?
Regulators
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What was the world's first billion dollar corporation?
United States Steel (created by J Pierpont Morgan after buying Andrew Carnegie's holdings, which capitalized at 1.4 billion dollars in 1901)
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In the "old west" home made whiskey which included ingredients such as pure grain alcohol, turpentine, tobacco, and burnt sugar was known as what?
Rot Gut
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Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn in 1681 (to make money and provide Quakers a safe haven)
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What was the name of the Lone Ranger's horse?
Silver
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In the "old west" who was Henry McCarty also known as?
William H Bonney or Billy the Kid
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What did John L Mason invent and patent in 1858?
Mason Jar (a jar used in canning to preserve food)
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What's red and smells like blue paint?
Red Paint
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The words "Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants thereof" is inscribed on what?
Liberty Bell
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According to the newly released Department of Agriculture figures, it costs how much for a middle income family to raise a child through age 17?
$222,360.00 ($160,410.00 for a lower income family and $369,360.00 for an upper income family)
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What was Alcatraz used as prior to becoming the most famous penitentiary in America?
A Military Prison
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What was known as the "Gun that Won the West"?
Winchester Model 1873 aka Winchester 73
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What was considered the most popular gambling game in the "old west"?
Faro (played in almost every gambling establishment in the old west from 1825 to 1915)
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A jar featuring a two-piece cover: an inner, flat metal or glass lid, covered by a screw on ring that holds the lid in place during the canning process, which creates a partial vacuum, sealing the lid until opened is known as what?
Mason Jar
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What credit card has become the status symbol for high end cardholders?
American Express Centurion Card, more commonly known as the "Black Card"
Must have a nearly blemish-free credit history
Spend at least $250,000 annually on a current Amex Platinum or Gold Card
Accept a one-time card membership fee of $5,000.00 along with an annual fee of $2,500.00
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What was the name of the world's first artificial satellite launched into space?
Sputnik 1 launched by the USSR in 1957
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What was American gangster "Bugsy" Siegel's given name?
Benjamin
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What does the term "rapscallion" mean?
a disreputable person, rascal or rogue (term used in many Mark Twain stories)
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The United States Capitol has been in its present location since when?
November 17, 1800
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In the "old west" using the handgun as a blunt weapon and wielding it like a club was known as what?
Buffaloing
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What was the name of the Lone Ranger's faithful indian friend Tonto's horse?
Scout
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True or false, Wyatt Earp was a teetotaler?
True
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What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River (in Africa)
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Was Billy the Kid right or left handed?
He was right handed (for most of the 20th century, it was thought that he was left-handed because the only known photograph of him had been reversed when printed)
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