Western Trivia Questions


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trivia questions image So you think you know all there is to know about westerns?

Well, check out your knowledge by answering our trivia questions below.

QUESTION: Clint Eastwood became an international movie star for his roles in Spaghetti Westerns. However, his first major starring role was in an American television western that began airing in 1959. What was the name of this western TV show?

A. The Rifleman

B. Wagon Train

C. Rawhide

D. The Virginian

ANSWER (Click Here)

C. Rawhide. Clint Eastwood played cowboy "Rowdy Yates" in this western TV show that aired from 1959 to 1965. In his role as Rowdy, Eastwood was the right-hand-man of the trail boss, Gil Favor (played by Eric Fleming). They are part of a team managing a cattle drive across the great west. As they move the herd, they meet people along the way that put them in interesting (and sometimes very dangeous) situations.

QUESTION: What is the name of the longest running American television western?
(Hint: The series ran from 1955 to 1975.)

A. Bonanza

B. Gunsmoke

C. The Big Valley

D. Wagon Train

ANSWER (Click here)

B. Gunsmoke. James Arness starred in this long-running western series as Marshall Matt Dillon. He and co-star Milburn Stone (who played "Doc Adams") starred in the series during it's entire 20 year run. Amanda Blake (who played "Miss Kitty") left the show after 19 years, just one year shy of its unprecedented 20 year season.

QUESTION: John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor in which one of the following movies?

A. True Grit

B. The Alamo

C. The Searchers

D. Rooster Cogburn

ANSWER (Click here)

A. True Grit. John Wayne won only one Best Actor Academy Award during his entire career and it was for his role as the one-eyed "Rooster Cogburn" in the movie "True Grit." John Wayne was nominated only one other time for a Best Actor Academy Award and it was for his role as Sergeant John Stryker in the war drama "The Sands of Iwo Jima."