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Famous 'Footnotes'

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Introduction:
"Some people are remembered in connection with specific incidents. Other people who were also involved are somewhat less famous."


1. Custer's defeat at Little Big Horn is commonly associated with Sitting Bull, but another Indian Chief also played a key role in the battle.
    Blackhawk
    Red Cloud
    Crazy Horse
    Tecumseh


2. Lee Oswald is famous as the alleged assassin of JFK. Who else is Oswald believed to have killed?
    James Hosty
    J. D. Tippitt
    Clint Hill
    Ed Walker


3. Jesse James (and brother Frank) are associated with the failed raid into Northfield, Minnesota. What other well-known badman was also involved?
    Bat Masterson
    Billy The Kid
    Doc Holliday
    Cole Younger


4. The disappearance of Amelia Earhart is the stuff of legend. Who else also disappeared with her?
    Bruno Hauptman
    Harry Thaw
    Stanford White
    Fred Noonan


5. Instead of a person, this question deals with a place. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii; it also destroyed another area. Which?
    Thera
    Thermopylae
    Santorini
    Herculaneum


6. Speaking of destruction, Charles Manson is known as the murderer of Sharon Tate ... but she was not the only victim. Which of these was another victim of the crime spree?
    Druitt
    Kominski
    La Bianca
    Clarence


7. John Wilkes Booth was the assassin of Abraham Lincoln... but others were also involved in the conspiracy. Which person was NOT a conspirator?
    John Surratt
    Lewis Payne
    Boston Corbett
    George Atzerodt


8. Speaking of the Lincoln assassination, other individuals were also targets of the conspiracy. Which individual was also attacked and injured by Booth's men?
    William Seward
    Andrew Johnson
    Ulysses Grant
    Roger Taney


9. William Wallace was lionized in 'Braveheart' for his role in the Scottish struggle against England. There was, however, another important figure involved.
    Robert the Bruce
    The Black Prince
    Count Cavour
    Martin Frobisher


10. The battle at the Alamo cost Davy Crockett his life; Jim Bowie also perished. Neither one, however, was in charge of defending the garrison. Who was?
    William Travis
    George Rogers Clark
    Sam Bass
    John Wesley Hardin


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