History of Missouri Quiz - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
What country controlled Missouri until 1803? France
95%
What major sports event did St. Louis host in 1904? Summer Olympics
93%
What writer was born in Missouri in 1835 as Samuel Clemens? Mark Twain
85%
What mail delivery service used horse riders between Missouri and California? {Pony} Express
85%
What other event, also known as International Exposition, was held in St. Louis in the same year? World's Fair
85%
Name one of the three major "trails" that began in Missouri. Oregon | Santa Fe | California
66%
What brand of beer was first introduced in 1876 by Carl Conrad & Co. of St. Louis? Budweiser
64%
What singer recorded songs such as "Johnny B. Goode" and "Roll Over Beethoven"? Chuck Berry
64%
What monument became the nation's smallest national park in 2018? Gateway Arch
63%
From what country did heavy waves of immigrants come in the 1830s? Germany
61%
Who was the only President that had Missouri as their home state? Harry Truman
61%
What Christian church established an outpost in Independence, Missouri which was intended to be Zion's "center place"? Latter-day Saints
59%
What Kentucky frontiersman settled in Missouri in 1799? Daniel Boone
58%
What train robber was shot in the back in 1882 by Robert Ford? Jesse James
56%
In what city was the University of Missouri founded in 1839? Columbia
44%
What city was hit by to very powerful earthquakes in 1811 and 1812? New {Madrid}
35%
What famous actor was born in Oklahoma, but was raised in Springfield, Missouri? Brad Pitt
30%
What is the Civil War Battle of Westport sometimes known as? {Gettysburg} of the West
19%
What Missouri native was a Knicks forward and a U.S. Senator? Bill Bradley
17%
From what city did Lewis and Clark depart from in 1804 on their way to the Pacific? Saint Charles
17%
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