We are not currently running trivia contests, but here are the questions from past contests. Test your knowledge and enjoy! CONTEST #1 Question: The photo image on the home page at http://pgnagle.com was taken from what landmark on the Glorieta Battlefield?* (Winning answer must give the name of the landmark.) (hint: the answer may be found in the PGNagle.com website.) *Note: the photo now appears on the "War in the West" page of the website. Answer: Use your mouse to highlight the lines below to see the winning answer. Sharpshooter's Ridge is the landmark from which the home page photo was taken. Several people answered Pigeon's Ranch, which is the building that appears in the photo. The photo was actually taken from Sharpshooter's Ridge, looking down at Pigeon's. The answer was available in photos in the Battlefield Preservation section of the website. Ken Dusenberry was the first to provide the correct answer. CONTEST #2 - HALF-DIME Question: In Glorieta Pass, a character mentions a half dime. Which character mentions it, and in what circumstances? (hint: the half-dime is proposed as a wager over a game.) Answer: Use your mouse to highlight the lines below to see the winning answer. Gabe, Jamie's youngest brother, demands a half-dime if he can beat Jamie at checkers. Gordon Kwok was the first to provide the correct answer. CONTEST #3 - VALVERDE BATTERY In honor of the Battle of Valverde, February 21, 1862 Question: At the Battle of Valverde, who commanded the battery that later became the Valverde Battery? (Give the commander's name and rank.) Answer: Use your mouse to highlight the lines below to see the winning answer. The Federal battery that was captured by the Confederates at Valverde and later became the Valverde Battery was commanded at Valverde by Captain Alexander McRae. Alexander Shaw, Jr., was the first to provide the correct answer. CONTEST #4 - GLORIETA PASS In honor of the Battle of Glorieta Pass, March 26 & 28, 1862 Question: In the center of Glorieta Pass is a building called Pigeon's Ranch. What was the primary function of this building in 1862? Answer: Use your mouse to highlight the lines below to see the winning answer. Pigeon's Ranch was a stage stop on the Santa Fe Trail. Laurie Brunner was the first to provide the correct answer. CONTEST #5 - APACHE CANYON Question: Where were the Confederate and Federal army commanders, General H. H. Sibley and Colonel E. R. S. Canby, during the Battle of Apache Canyon (first component of the Battle of Glorieta Pass) on March 26, 1862? Answer: Use your mouse to highlight the lines below to see the winning answer. Sibley was at his headquarters in Albuquerque, and Canby was at Fort Craig. Jack Rudder was the first to provide the correct answer. CONTEST #6 - THE GUNS OF VALVERDE Question: How many guns and of what type were in the original Valverde Battery (before it was captured by the Confederates)? (Bonus: What specific type of field (light artillery) battery was this meant to be, had it had all the correct guns?) Answer: Use your mouse to highlight the lines below to see the winning answer. McRae's Battery was intended to be a 6-lb battery (answer to the bonus question), which should have had four 6-lb field guns and two 12-lb field howitzers. Only three 6-lb guns were available, so a mountain howitzer was substituted for the fourth. Therefore the battery captured at Valverde consisted of three 6-lb field guns, two 12-lb field howitzers, and one 12-lb mountain howitzer. Jeff Hayes was the winner. CONTEST #7 - PICACHO PASS Question: In the spring of 1862 (and in every spring wet enough), what wildflower made a spectacular display in Picacho Pass? (Bonus: Why is Picacho Peak like shrimp scampi?) Answer: Use your mouse to highlight the lines below to see the winning answer. Poppies; specifically, the Mexican Golden Poppy. Answer to the bonus question: Picacho Peak is a redundant name, "Picacho" being Spanish for peak. Shrimp scampi is similarly redundant, as "scampi" is Italian for shrimp. Nobody got this one! Three correct answers were sent in. Jack Waldorf was the winner of the drawing. CONTEST #8 - FORT THORN Question: Fort Thorn was abandoned by the U.S. Army in 1861 as part of the general withdrawal and consolidation of troops in New Mexico Territory. What characteristic of the fort made its garrison especially grateful to be leaving? (Bonus: What other New Mexico location was temporarily called "Thorn"?) Answer: Use your mouse to highlight the lines below to see the winning answer. Fort Thorn was located in a low, swampy area near the Rio Grande, and was notorious for sickness. Answer to the bonus question: The village of Rincon was called "Thorn" between 1881 and 1883. Two correct answers were sent in, both from past champions, so there was no book prize this time. CONTEST #9 - CHRISTMAS IN NEW MEXICO Question: The first detachment of the Sibley Brigade entered New Mexico Territory on Christmas Eve, 1861, and camped just across the border. Which regiment were they from? (Bonus: What was the name of their campsite?) Answer: Use your mouse to highlight the lines below to see the winning answer. Elements of the 4th Texas Mounted Rifles were the first of Sibley's Brigade to enter New Mexico. Answer to the bonus question: They camped at Willow Bar. One correct answer was sent in by a past champion, so there was no book prize this time.