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trivia Quiz - episode 1

Test your investigative skills and knowledge of history below. Just answer true or false and then click through for the answers. The questions are based on the three cases of Episode One .

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1. Only adult white men without families were allowed to be Chisholm Trail cowboys.
2. Longhorn cattle, which are the bovine that made the American beef industry strong, were brought to the United States by German immigrants.
3. The Chisholm Trail got its name from the Sioux word for "sound of many hooves."
4. Harry Houdini's real name was Erich Weiss.
5. Harry Houdini was well-renowned for his homemade apple strudel, with its "lighter than air" crust.
6. In his later years, Houdini became involved in exposing the fakery behind spiritualists and mediums.
7. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based his character of Sherlock Holmes on Harry Houdini.
8. Five United States presidents have been assassinated.
9. President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist who wanted to return the country to the "people."
10. The execution of President McKinley's assassin was recorded on film by Thomas Edison.