The Show-Me State
This state has the nickname "The Show Me State"
What is Missouri?
If you break one of these, it's said to bring you seven years of bad luck.
What is a Mirror?
This is the iconic color of Elizabeth Taylor's eyes
What is Purple(Violet)?
In addition to starring in many films, Taylor also guest stars on some 1980s soaps, including "All My Children" and "General Hospital"
Which New York Yankees outfielder, known as “The Sultan of Swat,” held the career home run record with 714 home runs until 1974?
Who is Babe Ruth?
Babe Ruth had 2,873 career hits and 714 home runs. He was awarded the Most Valuable Player Award in 1923, was a seven-time World Series champion, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
B is for these wide legged pants that started to become popular in the mid 1960s
What are Bell Bottoms?
This is the major north-south river that forms the eastern border of Missouri, separating it from Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
What is the Mississippi River?
This number is said to bring bad luck.
What is 13 or 666?
A 1963 film and ensuing sequels tell stories of an inept French police detective, Inspector Jacques Clouseau, as well as a cartoon panther of this color.
What is Pink?
This MLB team holds the record for most World Series at 27.
Who are the New York Yankees?
P is for these kinds of skirts that were all the rage in the 1950s
What are Poodle Skirts?
Name the two primary major metropolitan areas that are located in Missouri
What are St. Louis and Kansas City?
It is said to be a bad omen to walk under on of these.
What is an open ladder?
A 1987 novel by Fannie Flagg is named for fried tomatoes of this color.
What is Green?
"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" is about interconnected stories in a small Alabama town.
This is the name of the first African American to play in Major League Baseball’s modern era, breaking the color barrier in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
A hero of American history, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984 by Ronald Reagan, and in 2005, George W. Bush awarded him the Congressional Gold Medal.
This is the major landmark and tourist attraction located in St. Louis.
What is the The Gateway Arch?
They say it's bad luck if you were to open one of these while indoors.
What is an Umbrella?
The Beatles once sang about how we all live in a submarine of this color.
What is Yellow?
During the 1990s, baseball's "home run race" featured star played Mark McGwire and this player for the Chicago Cubs
Who is Sammy Sosa?
Their epic home run race in 1998 captivated fans, with McGwire hitting 70 homes runs over the course of the season, and Sosa hitting 66. In 2001, Barry Bonds would beat that record with 71 home runs in a season.
This mountainous region is found primarily in southern Missouri, but also spans into Arkansas, and a little bit into Kansas and Oklahoma
What are the Ozarks?
In many cultures, if this small animal of a particular color were to cross your path it would bring bad luck.
What is a Black Cat?
This 1984 film stars Prince in a semi-autobiographical tale about a young musician on the rise.
What is Purple Rain?
Prince once had a nightmare that movie critics would hate the film, but Siskel and Ebert both loved it.
Basketball legend Michael Jordan took a break from his career in the NBA to try his hand at baseball with this MLB team.
What are the Chicago White Sox?
P is for this type of hat that was made famous by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy during the early 1960s?
What is a Pillbox Hat?
This is the capital city of Missouri
What is Jefferson City?
What is Friday the 13th?
This is the color of the top and bottom stripe on the United States flag
What is Red?
This is the height of a regulation NBA basket
What is 10 feet?
The home of the Chicago Cubs, this ballpark is the 2nd oldest active baseball stadium in the United States.
What is Wrigley Field?