What Would Your Wild West Job Be?

By: Teresa M.
Estimated Completion Time
4 min
What Would Your Wild West Job Be?
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About This Quiz

It took a certain type of person to tame the West and make it home. If you were living back then, would you thrive or just survive? Would you be a leader among men? Or an entrepreneur opening the town’s first saloon or general store? Can’t quite picture yourself in that Western setting? Perfect. Here’s a quiz that will help you realize what job suited you best during the boom and bust of the Old West. We'll take you through questions that reveal your personality traits and identify those traits with the job that you would be good at in the wild, wild, West. 

Plenty of jobs available then may not make much sense to you now but in that time you may have thrived working the railroad, owning a small shop or even mining for gold. Would you head west to get away from the law or to try and strike it rich? Maybe you’d be a part of a wagon train to start fresh, raise a family and live off the land. But once you’ve planted your feet in Western soil, then watched the sun rise and set over the mountains, what would you be doing day in and day out?  Answer the quiz questions and discover how you would've made out in the Wild Wild West! 

How would you have traveled to the Wild West?
I would have traveled in a horse-drawn wagon.
I would have ridden a horse.
I would have taken a train.
I would have gotten there by any means necessary.

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What is your favorite John Wayne movie?
"Rio Bravo"
"True Grit"
"Stagecoach"
"The Searchers"

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Do you think you would have made a good outlaw?
No, I believe in working for what you want.
No, I think wild west outlaws were savages.
I do believe I have a little outlaw inside.
I would have totally been a good outlaw.

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Who would you like to challenge to a duel at dawn?
My boss.
That's just silly.
My ex.
My neighbor.

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Which quote from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" do you like most?
"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
"I'm looking for the owner of that horse. He's tall, blonde, he smokes a cigar, and he's a pig!"
"If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?"
"Every gun makes its own tune."

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Which part of a cowboy outfit would you sport?
Boots
Hat
Chaps
Spurs

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Which Western have you seen more than once?
"The Hateful Eight"
"Dances with Wolves"
"Little Big Man"
"The Outlaw Josey Wales"

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What would you have ordered at the town saloon?
Whiskey
Water
Scotch
Moonshine

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Would you like to try your hand at gold mining?
No, I don't like outdoor jobs.
No, I prefer a normal job.
Yes, I would love to learn gold mining.
Sure! Whatever it takes to make me rich.

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Which celebrity cowboy do you like most?
Gene Autry
Roy Rogers
Hoot Gibson
Rex Allen

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Which of the western states would you most like to visit?
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Oklahoma

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Which song from a Western do you know the best?
"Ghost Riders in the Sky"
"Back in the Saddle Again"
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
"Big Iron"

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What do you think would be the best thing about living in the Wild West?
Opportunity
Homesteading
Gold
Lawlessness

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How would your friend describe your temperament?
Relaxed
Balanced
Sensitive
Vile

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Which animated Western would you most like to watch?
"Pecos Bill"
"Home on the Range"
"Rango"
"The Quick Draw McGraw Show"

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Which television sheriff are you most like?
Rosco P. Coltrane
Andy Taylor
Walt Longmire
Rick Grimes

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Which "Bonanza" character did you like most?
Hoss Cartwright
Candy Canaday
Ben Cartwright
Adam Cartwright

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What would you have liked the least about living in the Wild West?
I wouldn't have liked all the dust.
I wouldn't have liked the outlaws.
I wouldn't have liked the uncertainty of it all.
I wouldn't have liked the sheriff.

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Which word best describes how you feel about your current job?
Content
Stressed
Bored
Happy

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Which Yosemite Sam quote do you like best?
"No good bush whackin’ barracuda.”
“Say yer prayers, ya long-eared galoot!”
“Great horny toads! A trespasser, gettin’ footy-prints all over my desert!”
“$10! Why it’s gettin’ so a man can’t earn a dishonest livin’ no more.”

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Which kind of cactus do you think is the coolest?
Saguaro
Peyote
Prickly Pear
San Pedro Cactus

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Do you like to get your hands dirty at work?
No.
If I have to get dirty, I will.
Yes, it makes me feel like I have worked hard.
I prefer to not get dirty, but sometimes it can't be helped.

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Which illegal gambling game might you have played in the Wild West?
Poker
I would never gamble.
Blackjack
Slots

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Which "3:10 to Yuma" actor do you like most?
Russell Crowe
Peter Fonda
Christian Bale
Ben Foster

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What might you have been arrested for in the Wild West?
Distilling spirits
Forgetting to pay taxes
Getting into a fight
Stealing from the rich

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Which desert creature would be your spirit animal?
Diamondback rattlesnake
Coyote
Mule deer
Jackrabbit

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Would you have moved your family with you to the Wild West?
Yes, I would take them and make a new life.
No, it would have been too wild for my family.
No, I don't like my family around when I work.
Yes, they go where I go.

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Which Nevada city would you most like to visit?
Reno
Carson City
Las Vegas
Henderson

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Which Wild West job do you think you are best suited for?
Banker
Farmer
Teacher
Claim jumper

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Which Wild West landmark would you like to see?
OK Corral
The Alamo
The National Cowgirl Museum
San Xavier Mission Church

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