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Famous Missourians Quiz

How many of these people from the "Show Me State" can you name?
Quiz by CBTemple
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First submittedApril 9, 2012
Times taken5,837
Average score50.0%
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Clue
City
Missourian
33rd President
Independence
Harry S. Truman
"Huckleberry Finn"
Hannibal
Mark Twain
Knicks forward and U.S. Senator
Crystal City
Bill Bradley
Fred Astaire's partner
Kansas City
Ginger Rogers
His followers are "dittoheads"
Cape Girardeau
Rush Limbaugh
Angelina Jolie's ex-husband
Springfield
Brad Pitt
HOF Yankees catcher
St. Louis
Yogi Berra
Missouri governor and Bush's attorney general
Willard
John Ashcroft
"How to Win Friends and Influence People"
Maryville
Dale Carnegie
Created an award for journalism and literature
St. Louis
Joseph Pulitzer
Train robber who was shot in the back
Kearney
Jesse James
Mickey Mouse creator
Marceline
Walt Disney
Jazz musician called "Bird"
Kansas City
Charlie Parker
"Spirit of St. Louis"
St. Louis
Charles Lindbergh
"Johnny B. Goode"
St. Louis
Chuck Berry
"Little House on the Prairie"
Mansfield
Laura Ingalls Wilder
"A Streetcar Named Desire" playwright
St. Louis
Tennessee Williams
"Hot in Herre" rapper
St. Louis
Nelly
"Sanford and Son" father
St. Louis
Redd Foxx
Top American WWI general
Laclede
John J. Pershing
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24 Comments
theLAYTshow
+2
Level 37
Jul 12, 2012
Just being petty here, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt aren't actually married, they are currently engaged.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jun 2, 2015
They're married now.
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Jul 30, 2018
Oh the archive that is a simple internet message board.
halpie
+3
Level 77
Apr 15, 2019
Not anymore. should say "former" now.
JackBeNimble
+1
Level 81
Dec 1, 2022
Yeah, this quiz could do with an update...
aertzc
+2
Level 28
Jul 12, 2012
100% Love this quiz! Go Missouri!
dwo
+2
Level 93
Jul 12, 2012
No Sheryl Crow?
ander217
+2
Level 75
Aug 13, 2014
Agree. Kennett deserves its fifteen minutes.
oscarsmom
+2
Level 23
Jul 16, 2012
I love these kinds of quizzes. I'm from Pennsylvania though and I honestly thought Dale Carnegie was too.
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jun 2, 2015
Are you thinking of Andrew Carnegie? He was born in the UK but moved with his parents to Pennsylvania.
zizzers4
+2
Level 33
Nov 1, 2014
One of my classmates is a descendant of Laura In galls Wilder.
Awesomeness101
+2
Level 54
Nov 11, 2014
do u have that much trouble spelling that name :p
ander217
+3
Level 75
Jun 2, 2015
Laura Ingalls Wilder had only one child who survived to adulthood, Rose Wilder Lane. Rose had only one child, who was stillborn. Laura Ingalls Wilder has no living direct descendants, and neither does her father, Charles Ingalls. Perhaps your classmate descends from one of Laura's cousins.
MagentaDog790
+2
Level 38
Jun 28, 2015
That is a highly more likely story! I have read Laura's books too, it seems you have read them.
TheWombat
+2
Level 73
May 28, 2015
I knew Tennessee Williams wasn't from Tennessee, but I thought he was from Mississippi?
ander217
+2
Level 75
Jun 2, 2015
He was. This is a quiz about Missouri.
al314
+2
Level 90
Jun 28, 2015
Correct He was born in Mississippi and did not move to MIssouri until he was eight.
OldSailor
+3
Level 90
Jun 28, 2015
Not sure why Lindbergh is on a Missouri quiz - he was born in Michigan, graduated from high school in Minnesota, was based in St Louis when he flew Air Mail for the Post Office. The financial backers for his flight were from St Louis, but the plane was built in San Diego and flew from New York to Paris. If he had flown an Apache helicopter, could he claim to be Native American?
IsleAuHaulte
+2
Level 89
Jul 30, 2018
All I can say is Missouri residents are easier to remember than Iowans.
caesaria
+2
Level 79
Jan 13, 2019
During my five months in Springfield, MO, I actually attended the same high school as Brad Pitt once did.^^
Snakqadj
+1
Level 43
May 13, 2021
You should add Eminem. He was born in St Louis, but moved to Michigan as a kid
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 86
May 23, 2022
If he moved to Michigan as a kid, why would he be included here?
Quagga50
+1
Level 80
Mar 28, 2023
I think there'd be less complaints if you changed the description from "people from the" to "people associated with the" or something like that.

If you're going to include Nelly (Texas) and Brad Pitt (Oklahoma) because they were raised in Missouri despite being born elsewhere, you can't really include Redd Foxx who was raised in Chicago.

GuerillaGorilla
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Level 56
Apr 22, 2024
Independence might be the most american city name I have ever heard of.
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