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Life of the Ingalls Family Trivia Quiz

This is based on the real Ingalls family, not the televison Ingalls family.

A multiple-choice quiz by Wright1968. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Wright1968

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
346,949

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
389

Last 3 plays: Guest 77 (7/10), Dagny1 (8/10), Guest 172 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Charles (Pa) Ingalls' middle name? Hint

Quiner

Frederick

Phillip

Royal

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Question 2 of 10

2. In which of the following towns did the Ingalls family not settle? Hint

Independence, KS

Malone, NY

DeSmet, SD

Pepin, WI

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Question 3 of 10

3. How many children did Charles and Caroline have? Hint

four

three

seven

five

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Question 4 of 10

4. What was Rose's husband's name? Hint

James Mason

Henry Odin

Clare Gillette

George Whiting

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Question 5 of 10

5. What name was given to Laura's son? Hint

He wasn't named

Perley Day

Almanzo Jr.

Nathan Dow

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the name of the Wilders' farm in Mansfield, MO? Hint

Big Rock Ranch

Rocky Ridge Farm

Little Log Land

Walnut Grove

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Question 7 of 10

7. What disease did Laura, Carrie and Grace die with complications from? Hint

Heart Disease

Malaria

Cancer

Diabetes

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Question 8 of 10

8. Charles's older brother, Peter, married which of Caroline's sisters? Hint

Martha Jane

Eliza Jane

Charlotte

Eliza Ann

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Question 9 of 10

9. What were the names of Charles's parents? Hint

Hiram and Ruby

George and Lydia

Peter and Polly

Landsford and Laura

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Question 10 of 10

10. What were the names of Caroline's parents? Hint

Eliza and Frederick

Martha and Joseph

Charlotte and Henry

Eliza and Thomas

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Charles (Pa) Ingalls' middle name?

Answer: Phillip

Pa worked as a farmer, carpenter, and also did odd jobs to take care of his family. He was also the Justice of the Peace in DeSmet for awhile.

Frederick was his son's middle name. Royal was Almanzo's older brother's name. Quiner was Caroline's maiden name.

2. In which of the following towns did the Ingalls family not settle?

Answer: Malone, NY

Malone, NY is where Almanzo Wilder grew up. Pepin, WI is where Mary and Laura Ingalls were born. Independence, KS is where Carrie Ingalls was born. DeSmet, SD is where the Ingalls family finally settled, it was Charles and Caroline's last move.

3. How many children did Charles and Caroline have?

Answer: five

Mary, Laura, Carrie, Freddie and Grace were their names. Freddie died at 9 months old. Mary died in 1928 at 63 years old. Laura died in 1957 at 90 years old. Carrie died in 1946 at 75 years old. Grace died in 1941 at 64 years old.

4. What was Rose's husband's name?

Answer: Clare Gillette

Henry Odin was Laura's uncle, Ma's brother. George Whiting was also Laura's uncle, Pa's brother. James Mason was Almanzo's father. Clare Gillette Lane and Rose married in 1909 in San Francisco. They divorced in 1918. They had one son in 1910, who did not survive.

5. What name was given to Laura's son?

Answer: He wasn't named

He died before he was given a name. Perley Day was Almanzo's younger brother's name. Nathan Dow was Grace's husband's name.

6. What was the name of the Wilders' farm in Mansfield, MO?

Answer: Rocky Ridge Farm

Walnut Grove was a town in Minnesota that the Ingalls family once lived. Laura named the farm, Rocky Ridge, after the large rocks on the land. The other two I made up.

7. What disease did Laura, Carrie and Grace die with complications from?

Answer: Diabetes

Diabetes ran in the Ingalls family. Pa passed from heart trouble. Ma passed from old age. Mary passed from complications of a stroke.

8. Charles's older brother, Peter, married which of Caroline's sisters?

Answer: Eliza Ann

Eliza Ann was Caroline's younger sister, while Martha Jane was their older sister. Charlotte was Caroline's younger half sister's and mother's name. Eliza Jane was Almanzo's older sister's name. Peter (1833-1900) and Eliza Ann (1842-1931) married in 1861, and had six children.

9. What were the names of Charles's parents?

Answer: Landsford and Laura

Hiram, Ruby, Peter, Polly, George and Lydia were the names of Charles's siblings. Laura was named after her paternal grandmother. They lived in New York, where the older Ingalls children were born. Then the family moved to Wisconsin where they met Caroline's family.

10. What were the names of Caroline's parents?

Answer: Charlotte and Henry

Martha, Joseph, Eliza and Thomas were the names of Caroline's siblings. Frederick was their step-father's name. Martha was also Charlotte's mother's name, Caroline's grandmother. Caroline's maternal grandmother came from Ireland. Carline's mother used to teach school before marrying Henry Quiner.

Source: Author Wright1968

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