Historic Places
Pioneers
Who was a famous cartoonist from Missouri?
Walk Disney
What is the name of the mouse the famous cartoonist from Missouri created?
Mickey Mouse
What country was the first county fair west of the Mississippi River held in?
Boone County?
The earliest professional sports teams in Missouri were in what sport?
Baseball
Why did immigrant come to Missouri from foreign countries?
To settle
Who was the general who commanded the armies during World War I?
John "Black Jack" Pershing
Who was the head of the Freedmen's Bureau, who had a school for newly freed slaves named after him?
Oliver D Howard
The Third Modern Olympics took place in Missouri during what year?
1904
The St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals are two popular what in Missouri?
Sports Teams
Who were a group of Missourians that fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War?
The bushwhackers
Who is the author of the book Tom Sawyer and whose boyhood home still stands in Hannibal?
Samuel Clemens / Mark Twain
Who was the last Missouri veteran of the Civil War?
John T Graves
The way Missourians celebrate their accomplishments and history is by holding what?
Fairs and Festivals
Name 3 natural areas in Missouri
Glades, Streams, and Mountains
Who are scientists that study where and how ancient people lived?
Archeologists
Who was the scientist who taught farmers how to enrich their soil?
George Washington Carver
Who is an explorer who died near Defiance, MO?
Daniel Boone
Fair St. Louis take place underneath that what every Fourth of July?
The arch
Natural resources found in Missouri's lakes allow people to participate in what recreational activity?
Fishing
Where can you find a list of some of Missouri's historic building and places?
The National Register of Historic Places
Who were the two leaders of the Voyage of Discovery?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
Name the man who created the music we call "rag time"
Scott Joplin
Where is the Missouri State Fair held at annually?
Natural resources found in Missouri's forests allow people to participate in what recreational activity?
Hunting