Famous People
Wash U's library is named after this famous Saint Louis businessman?
John M Olin
WashU has approximately this many undergrads
What is 8,000? (accept 7500 - 8500)
This credit card company has a major operations center in St. Louis County
What is Mastercard?
St. Louis is the second largest inland port in the US after this city
What is Chicago?
Washington University's School of Medicine receives this much in NIH funding annually
What is $550 million (accept $500-600M)?
This Nobel Prize-winning poet lived in St. Louis as a child in the Central West End
Who is T.S. Eliot?
Washington University was founded in this year
What is 1853?
This aerospace company merged with Boeing and had major operations in St. Louis
What is McDonnell Douglas?
This water park in Six Flags St. Louis opened in 1999
What is Hurricane Harbor?
This is the third major university in St. Louis, located in north county
What is University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL)?
This newspaper publisher founded the Pulitzer Prize and was based in St. Louis
Who is Joseph Pulitzer?
This many Nobel Laureates have been affiliated with WashU
What is 26?
Emerson Electric, founded in 1890, originally manufactured these items
What are electric motors and fans?
This mosque in Ballwin is one of the largest in the state of Missouri
What is the Daar-ul-Islam Mosque?
This innovation district is a collaboration between WashU, SLU, BJC, and UMSL
What is Cortex?
This baseball legend nicknamed 'Stan the Man' has a statue outside Busch Stadium
Who is Stan Musial?
WashU's motto 'Per Veritatem Vis' translates to this in English
What is 'Strength through Truth'?
Monsanto, once headquartered in St. Louis, was acquired by this company in 2018
What is Bayer?
The Gateway Arch monument is this tall
What is 630' (accept 600 - 650)
This St. Louis institution is famous for rotating art exhibitions, giant outdoor installations—including an enormous chess piece—and celebrating brilliant minds who think several moves ahead.
What is the World Chess Hall of Fame?
This jazz trumpeter from St. Louis is known for 'Kind of Blue'
Who is Miles Davis?
This is the name of WashU's 2,000-acre outdoor research facility
What is Tyson Research Center?
Ralston Purina, a St. Louis based conglomerate famous for pet foods was acquired by this Swiss company in 2001
What is Nestle
If you’ve ever driven north on Kingshighway past I-70 and wondered what that massive stretch of rolling green hills, statues, and mausoleums on your right is, you’ve been looking at this landmark.
What is Bellefontaine Cemetery?
This architect designed the Climatron using the geodesic dome principle
Who is R. Buckminster Fuller?