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Daily Question # 279

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How  do  we  better  know  what  he  was  holding  when  he  was  murdered ?

( To  cover  up  for  yesterday , 2 points  to  everyone  cracking  this  question )

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James  Butler  Hickok/Will  Bill  Hickok  was  playing  poker  when  he  was  murdered  and  was  holding  a  pair of  aces  and  a  pair  of  eights . Since  then , this  combination  has  come  to  be  known  as  the  ‘Dead  Man’s  Hand’ .

Cracked  by  Hrishikesh  Varma , Shrey  Goyal , Gautam  Jayasurya , Manjith , Anil  Raghavan , Arun  AS , Kamal  Rathi , Ajay  Parasuraman , Ijaz  Aslam , Bobby , Ameya , Rithwik , Arun  Warrier  and  Johny  Walker .

17 Responses to “Daily Question # 279”

  1. Varma says:

    Dead Man’s Hand, assuming its Wild Bill Hickok

  2. Shrey Goyal says:

    Dead Man’s hand

  3. Gautam says:

    Hickock’s cards (two aces, two eights and a jack) have since come to be known as the “Dead Man’s Hand.”

  4. Manjith says:

    “Dead man’s hand”

  5. anil raghavan says:

    pair of aces&pair of eights which came to be known as dead man’s hand

  6. Arun.A.S says:

    Dead Man’s Hand.

  7. Kamal Rathi says:

    Dead man’s hand

  8. Ajay Parasuraman says:

    are they playing poker?
    if so, Dead Man’s Hand – black aces and eights and hence the guy would be wild bill hickock

  9. Ijaz Aslam says:

    Dead Man’s hand

  10. Bobby says:

    Wild Bill Hickok was holding the Dead man’s hand. two black aces, two black 8s, and a mystery 5th card

  11. Ameya says:

    crowley-wild-bill-hickock
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    onefortheday-quiz.blogspot.com

  12. Ameya says:

    crowley-wild-bill-hickock
    dead man’s hand

  13. Rithwik says:

    Dead man’s hand

    The hand gets its name from the legend of it being the five-card-draw hand held by Wild Bill Hickok at the time of his murder

  14. warrier says:

    finally a question i know…:)

    Wild bill hickock was holding a dead man’s hand …

    Aces of spades and clubs..eights of spades and clubs..

  15. Johny Walker says:

    Dead Man’s hand – Wild Bill Hickock

  16. Vikas says:

    :)

    Arun ettan’s q in a quiz :)

  17. Vikas says:

    :)

    Arun ettan’s q in a quiz :)

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