Survive the Oregon Trail Quiz: Are You a Pioneer or a Leeverite?

The National Park Service calls the Oregon Trail the "nation's longest graveyard." That's because on this 2,000-mile journey, there were around 65,000 deaths over a 25-year stretch. That's a headstone for every 50 yards of the trail!  

Many died from disease on the arduous trek. Others died from exhaustion, accidents, and drowning. One woman, Elizabeth Markham, infamously went insane along the Snake River and killed her own son.

The fact remains that pioneers faced not only physical hardship on the six-month journey but emotional and mental turmoil as well.

This isn't a game. Do you have what it takes to survive?

Show us what you know about traveling the Oregon Trail by answering this trivia.

Test your Survival Knowledge

Do you know where the Oregon Trail begins and ends? What distance you'll be traveling? What to take? When is the best time to go? If you've played the computer game, you probably know some basics...but you probably also know some inaccuracies. This fun online quiz will clear up those inaccuracies and – better yet! – see if you'll make it to the end of the road.

Pack up your wagon, grab your oxen, and make your way from Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon in this Oregon Trail Quiz. Whether you're testing your survival skills or are looking to emigrate nomadically, our informative Oregon Trail Quiz will show you if you have the grit to go west, young man.

So, forget what you think you know about the Oregon Trail game, because acing this Oregon Trail Quiz requires some fact-based knowledge!

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Our survival quiz collection is about overcoming obstacles and making it to the other side. Whether it's climbing a mountain, living on a desert island, or even making it out of a zombie apocalypse, the question is: will you be dead or alive by the end of it?

This quiz series is not dry or dull; it's a fun and entertaining situational guide to surviving the worst-case scenarios one might face – or even seek out. It's survival of the fittest. Will you go the way of Darwin? Find out with our Oregon Trail Quiz and all other survival quizzes in this collection.