Harrison family - Eastern Canada (2)

Question

Answer the following about the supposed history of the creation of the bugle call “Taps,” which is now commonly used at military funerals. For 10 points each:

[10m] “Taps” may have been written at the Berkeley plantation formerly owned by this family, which names a nearby “landing.” A president from this family campaigned on having won the Battle of Tippecanoe.

ANSWER: Harrison family [accept William Henry Harrison; accept Harrison’s Landing]

[10h] “Taps” was supposedly first played by a bugler with this first name and the names Wilcox Norton. A commander with this first name wrote “We have met the enemy and they are ours” in a telegram to William Henry Harrison.

ANSWER: Oliver [accept Oliver Hazard Perry or Oliver Wilcox Norton] (Oliver Otis Howard is the namesake of Howard University.)

[10e] General Daniel Butterfield is usually credited with composing “Taps” after attempting to capture this city in the Seven Days’ Battles. This longest-serving capital of the Confederacy is the current capital of Virginia.

ANSWER: Richmond

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	25%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	14.29	100%	43%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	8	11.25	100%	13%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	75%	17%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	78%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	10	20.00	100%	90%	10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	89%	89%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	18.18	100%	64%	18%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	15.00	88%	63%	0%
South Central	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	57%	14%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	20.00	100%	69%	31%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%

Data


Queen's A	Brock A	0	10	10
Toronto E	Guelph A	0	10	10
Toronto F	McMaster C	0	10	10
Toronto A	Waterloo A	0	10	10
Toronto B	Toronto C	10	10	20
Toronto D	McMaster A	0	10	10
Toronto H	Toronto I	0	10	10
Waterloo B	Toronto G	0	10	10