Donner Party Trivia
Snowstorms, doomed shortcuts, and oxen mayhem—test if your trivia survival skills can outlast the Donner Party debacle!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
During the 1847 Sierra Nevada rescues, where on their bodies did rescuers carry many of the Donner Party children to safety?
Backs
Ideal departure was mid-April; leaving about a month late—and later trying the Hastings Cutoff—the Donner Party set out in which month?
May
Before the Donner Party’s 1846 disaster, had any wagon trains actually made it through the Hastings Cutoff?
Yes
Which major east–west freeway across northern California roughly follows their Sierra Nevada route, cresting near Donner Summit?
Interstate 80
Tamsen Donner remained at Alder Creek nursing her husband George through the winter of 1846–47—she refused rescue and stayed until what event occurred?
His death