Marathon Round Examples

M116 - Cowboys
• Clues to individuals that might be described as Cowboys – real and fictional, male and female. Who are they?

  1. Dandy character with a statue in Dundee. Famous for eating cow pie 
  2. Dim anthropomorphised horse whose main catchphrases were "Now hold on there!" and "I'll do the 'thin'in' around here and don't you forget it!"  
  3. Tom Hanks provided the voice for this Toy Story cowboy 
  4. Aggressive gun slinging prospector who was an adversary of Bugs Bunny 
  5. His horse was called Diablo and his sidekick Pancho rode Loco 
  6. Dog under-sheriff who tried to keep from disruption varmints Muskie Muskrat, Moley Mole, Possible 'Possum, Ty Coon, Vincent van Gopher and Pig Newton 
  7. Yul Brynner’s character in The Magnificent Seven 
  8. Clint Eastwood’s character in Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy 
  9. Blond, spectacle-wearing young child, usually dressed as a cowboy, whose catchphrase meant "The ‘white chocolate confections’ are on me!" 
  10. American outlaw, bank and train robber and gang leader, whose brother was called Frank
  11. Bison hunter, and showman whose name was William Cody 
  12. American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show 
  13. Jimmy Dean song with words
    ”He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five
    Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip” 
  14. Against the prevailing rules, this ‘goodie’ wore black, including his hat. His horse was called “Topper” 
  15. A deputy marshal in Tombstone who took part in the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral 
  16. American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent who became renowned for killing Billy the Kid 
  17. A drover, wagon master, soldier, spy, scout, lawman, gunfighter, gambler, showman, and actor, notorious for many outlandish and often fabricated tales 
  18. American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist. A close friend and associate of lawman of clue 15
  19. Dallas character played by Patrick Duffy whose death was dreamt by ex-wife Pamela 
  20. Subject of a famous Glen Campbell song about surviving when the chips are down




Answers follow:-

  1. Desperate Dan
  2. Quick Draw McGraw
  3. Sheriff Woody
  4. Yosemite Sam
  5. Cisco Kid
  6. Deputy Dawg
  7. Chris Adams
  8. Man With No Name
  9. Milky Bar Kid
  10. Jesse James
  11. Buffalo Bill
  12. Annie Oakley
  13. Big Bad John
  14. Hopalong Cassidy
  15. Wyatt Earp
  16. Pat Garrett
  17. Wild Bill Hickok
  18. “Doc” Holiday
  19. Bobby Ewing
  20. Rhinestone Cowboy