General
Ice Cream was invented where
1904 World's Fair in Missouri
Kansas City is known for what cuisine
BBQ
What is the state insect
honey bee
If Lincoln was elected President- who said he would never shave again who was from missouri
Valentine Tapley, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat from Pike County, Missouri, swore he would never shave again if Abe were elected. Tapley kept his word, and his chin whiskers went unshorn from November 1860 until he died in 1910, attaining a length of twelve feet six inches.
received his nickname as a young boy when he worked as a redcap and “looked like a walking satchel tree.” He was noted for his famous “hesitation pitch.”
Leroy Satchel Paige
What is not tolerated in Missouri
Worrying about squirrels
What President was born in Missouri
Harry Truman
Jesse James an outlaw in the old west was born where
Kearney Missouri
Many historians believe that the Civil War began where
along the border of Missouri and Kansas when Missourians and Kansans battled over whether Kansas would become a “Free State” or a “slave state.” Border warfare began in 1854, seven years before the start of the Civil War.
Who was the baseball MVP in 1985
Bret Saberhagen KC Royals
Samuel Clemens is also known as
Mark Twain from Hannibal Missouri
Missouri was what number state that was fought over in the Civil War
Third- behind Virginia and Tennessee
What famous author settled in Missouri with her husband (Little House on the Prairie)
Laura Ingalls Wilder
the slave child of a Mississippi planter and a slave, became the first African-American to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate in 1875. He founded a school for blacks in Hannibal.
Blanche Kelso Bruce
The St Louis Carnidals have won how many world championships (2nd most all time)
11
In Missouri it is unlawful to throw what by hand
Hard objects
In Buckner Missouri yard waste can be burned Any day but what
Sunday
The first ready-mix food to be sold was what that was invented in St joseph Missouri
Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix
The present Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City was completed in
1917 and was the sixth in Missouri’s history. The first seat of state government was housed in the Mansion House in St. Louis; the second was in the Missouri Hotel in St. Louis; St. Charles was designated as the temporary capital of the state in 1821 and remained the seat of government until 1826 when Jefferson City became the permanent capital city. The current building was the third in Jefferson City; the first burned in 1837, and the second burned in 1911.
What si the offical state sport
Archery, officially recognized due to Missourian Holless Wilbur Allen inventing the compound bow in 1966.
Who lived in Missouri more than any other state?
Daniel Boone
Saint Louis is nicknamed
The gateway to the West
What is the offical state rock
Mozarkite
The current governor of Missouri is
Mike Kehoe
Which KC golfer led the PGA money winner list five times between 1977 and 1984?
Tom Watson