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Daily Quiz for May 7, 2007
In 1889, Buffalo Bill?s Wild West Show star Annie Oakley, using a Colt .45, shot the ash off the end of a cigarette held in the mouth by this world leader:
In 1889, Buffalo Bill?s Wild West Show star Annie Oakley, using a Colt .45, shot the ash off the end of a cigarette held in the mouth by this world leader:
French President Carnot
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Grand Duke Michael of Russia
Theodore Roosevelt
Grover Cleveland
Kaiser Wilhelm II.
In 1889, Buffalo Bill?s Wild West Show star Annie Oakley, using a Colt .45, shot the ash off the end of a cigarette held in the mouth by a young German Kaiser Wilhelm II. Appearing at Berlin?s Charlottenburg Race Course, Oakley asked in jest for a volunteer from the audience and, to her horror, the young ruler of the Reich stepped forward. A nervous Oakley successfully performed the trick shot. Years later, after the start of WWI, Oakley reportedly wrote to the Kaiser, asking for a second shot.