U.S. States, etc.
Kinder Connections
MO Connections
Animals
400
This is the only state to ever have been ruled by a queen
Hawaii
400
Director Jay Sexton attended this rival university and still wears the school's merch around campus
kU
400
Although the largest one of these is in Kentucky, Missouri is known as this state (think natural features)
Cave state
400
He is the current Internet Celebrity-- a raccoon with short-spine
Jimothy
800
It was the first state to be admitted to the Union
Delaware
800
Dr. Rudy Hernandez is from this brotherly city and you'll hear him talk about it...a lot
Philadelphia
800
The Cassity family of St. Louis bought this famous final resting place in California in 1998
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
800
This animal has stripes on its skin as well as its fur
Tiger
1200
It's the only U.S. state that borders only one other state
Maine
1200
Dr. Pellerito's (an Aries) birthday is on this minor holiday
April Fool's Day
1200
Jared Kushner and Bob Iger recently purchased the LA Lakers, which makes not one, but two, Missouri connections-- name one
Kushner is married to Karlie Kloss, who is from St. Louis; Iger is the former CEO of Walt Disney, who lived in Marceline and Kansas City as a child
1200
This is the deadliest creature in the world
Mosquito
1600
This is the number of U.S. territories with permanent populations
Five (Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands)
1600
Of the 33 Mizzou alumni currently on an NFL team, the most (5) play for this nearby team, which is Brittony's home state
Denver Broncos
1600
Currently, there are six Mizzou alumni serving in the U.S. Congress: four in the House and two in the Senate. Three of these alums were elected in Missouri, three in other states-- one was another border state in the Civil War, one is home to our historic sister university, and one is nicknamed the "Land of Enchantment." Name two?
Kentucky, Virginia, New Mexico
1600
This farm animal can sun burn
Pig
2000
The highest mountain in the U.S., Denali, is in this state
Alaska
2000
Dr. Thomas Kane's current project is on this witty person, who the Poetry Foundation calls "America's world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare"
Walt Whitman
2000
This boxer's great-great-great grandfather, Archer Alexander, is buried in a St. Louis cemetery. Alexander also inspired the famous Lincoln the Emancipator statue
Muhammad Ali
2000
Which animal is known for spending 80% of its day sleeping?
Koala