Answer: Monett
Monett (2010 pop. 8873) was named after a railroad employee that was important to the roots of my hometown, not for Claude Monet. It sits in both Barry County and Lawrence County, so as a result, it's not a county seat- even though it's the largest town in the bi-county area.
From Quiz: Missouri Small Towns
Answer: Knob Lick Mountain
This area established the name Knob Lick in 1876, taking its name from Knob Lick Mountain. A knob is a summit. Buffalo once came to the area for the salt in the local lick (or spring).
From Quiz: Knob Lick, Missouri
Answer: None of these
St. Louis is one of the few U.S. cities that is not politically a part of a county, having seceded from St. Louis County in 1877. The city has been unable to expand in territory because of this.
From Quiz: The City of St. Louis
Answer: St. Francois Mountains
The hills and mountains of the St. Francois range are the remains of a heavily-eroded uplift of once-molten igneous rocks. Beautiful granites, schists and other igneous rocks dominate in this region.
From Quiz: Geologic Wonders and Curiosities of Missouri
Answer: Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
The school was known as the University of Missouri-Rolla from 1968 until 2007. In 2007, the name was changed to the University of Science and Technology.
Missouri Technological University was one of the other names considered for the 2007 change.
The University of Missouri refers to the University of Missouri-Columbia ("Mizzou"),
From Quiz: Rolla, MO "The Middle of Everywhere"
Answer: Busch Stadium
The "Old" Busch Stadium was torn down and rebuilt as the "New" Busch Stadium in 2006. The Cardinals won the World Series in 2006. Some famous players include Albert Pujols and Yadier Molina.
From Quiz: Around St. Louis
Answer: boulevards
This is actually one half of an old advertising slogan: More boulevards than Paris. More fountains than Rome.
From Quiz: Going to Kansas City
Answer: Clayton
Clayton is fast becoming the main business and residential area of St. Louis county. Because the zoning laws do not include a height provision, central Clayton has a plethora of large skyscrapers... with some even reaching 28 stories tall!
From Quiz: St. Louis Suburbs
Answer: 7-Up
Invented by Charles Leiper Grigg of the Howdy Corporation, 7-Up was originally called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda". Introduced in 1929, Grigg changed the name to 7-Up in 1936. No one knows exactly why he chose the name 7-Up but here are a few theories.
There are (or were) seven ingredients in 7Up.
The original 7Up bottle was seven ounces.
Mr. Grigg saw a cattle brand that looked like 7 Up, and he liked it enough to name his soda after it.
Mr. Grigg named his new soda after a popular card game at the time that was also called 7up.
From Quiz: St. Louis is Famous For...
Answer: 630
The final section was put into place on October 28, 1965, and in 2003, it was the tallest national monument in the United States.
From Quiz: All About Missouri
Answer: Warrensburg
Old Drum was involved in a court case in Warrensburg, where the phrase "dog is man's best friend" reportedly originated.
From Quiz: Missouri Oddities
Answer: Harry Truman
The home of Harry S. Truman (his middle initial stands for nothing) is in Independence, just outside of Kansas City.
From Quiz: Show Me Missouri
Answer: Rigazzi's
The "frozen fishbowl" is a drink offered by Rigazzi's. Any beverage (beer, margaritas, soda, etc.) may be purchased in a fishbowl on a stem. One too many fishbowls, and you're likely to forget your way
home!
From Quiz: Everything St. Louis
Answer: 1821
The exact date was August 10, 1821.
From Quiz: Missouri
Answer: Missouri
While one can take an auto tour of the Lewis and Clark Trail through Missouri, the course of the river has changed considerably since Merry and Bill last saw it.
From Quiz: Rivers in Missouri
Answer: Lenny's
The owner, whose name is actually Denny, was not allowed to name his store Denny's as the restaurant chain already had that name.
From Quiz: Lesterville, Missouri
Answer: Branson
Branson (2010 pop. 10,520 people) is also home to one of my favorite theme parks, Silver Dollar City. There's also Ripley's Believe it or not, Shepherd of the Hills, and also a variety of shows (like Yakov Smirnoff, an ABBA Tribute, and the Acrobats of China- just to name a few!)
From Quiz: Missouri Small Towns
Answer: A small elevator
The famous Gateway Arch is visible all the way from Cahokia, Illinois. The address of the arch is 11. N. Fourth St., St. Louis, Missouri 63102. People mistakenly refer to the Gateway Arch as The Saint Louis Arch.
From Quiz: Knob Lick, Missouri
Answer: Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott was a slave that sued for his freedom, since his master had taken Scott and his family to live in free territories. A Missouri jury agreed that the Scott family should be freed, but higher courts disagreed. On March 6, 1857, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens of the U.S. and could not bring a suit in court.
From Quiz: The City of St. Louis
Answer: Mark Twain
Covering almost 1.5 million acres, Mark Twain National Forest can be found in 29 counties throughout Missouri. Although not the largest National Forest in acreage, MTNF is located in more counties than any other.
Harry S Truman (1884-1972) was the 33rd President of the United States and the first president from Missouri. President Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri (in Southwest Missouri) and died in Kansas City, Missouri, at the age of 88.
Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was born in Neosho, Missouri (located in Southwest Missouri) was an American painter and muralist. In 1935, he was commissioned to create a mural for the state capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri. Many consider "A Social History of Missouri" to be Benton's greatest work.
Joseph Pulitzer (1847-1911) purchased both the St. Louis Dispatch and the St. Louis Post newspapers merging them into the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which continues today as St. Louis' daily newspaper. The Pulitzer Prize journalism award is named for Joseph Pulitzer.
From Quiz: Rolla, MO "The Middle of Everywhere"
Answer: Under the Gateway Arch
Lewis and Clark were sent to explore the Louisiana territory by President Thomas Jefferson after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. On this two-year journey, 178 new species of plants and 122 new species of animals were discovered.
Louisiana was purchased from France for about $15,000,000.
From Quiz: Around St. Louis
Answer: 2
Pierre, SD, and Bismarck, ND, also border the Missouri. In fact Missouri is seemingly in an endless dispute with those 2 states as to who should control water usage from the Big Muddy.
From Quiz: Welcome to Missouri's Capital, Jefferson City
Answer: Highway 76
Highway 76 goes by several different names, including Main Street and 76 Country Boulevard. However, it's often referred to simply as "the Strip." The Strip is only three lanes wide (two lanes each way, plus a central turning lane), and is known for nasty bumper-to-bumper traffic.
From Quiz: A Weekend in Branson
Answer: Rome
The second half of that famous ad slogan. It's been around so long, most locals believe it.
From Quiz: Going to Kansas City
Answer: 1904
Thanks to the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis we now enjoy ice cream cones and iced tea. The St. Louis Art Museum and the Flight Cage in the Zoo are a couple of the structures built for the Fair that are still standing. Paris, France hosted the Fair in 1900, Chicago in 1933 and New York City in 1939.
From Quiz: St. Louis is Famous For...
Answer: Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
It was founded in 1870 as the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, and became the University of Missouri-Rolla in 1964 to reflect its location in Rolla, Missouri. To give acknowledgement to the university's predominance of science based courses, the name was then changed in 2008 to the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
From Quiz: All About Missouri
Answer: Whitey Herzog
Despite leading the St. Louis Cardinals to three World Series in the 1980s, Whitey never made the wall. Cape Girardeau is Rush's hometown.
From Quiz: Missouri Oddities
Answer: Katy
The Katy Trail is named for the former Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, better known as KATY. It is a popular trail for biking, hiking, and cross-country skiing, running 225 miles between St. Charles and Clinton. It is the longest Rails-to-Trails project in America. The trail itself isn't all; one can explore Missouri's heritage in towns along the trail such as Hartsburg, Rocheport, Marthasville, and many others.
From Quiz: Show Me Missouri
Answer: Jefferson City
The capitol building was built in 1917 and is on the south shore of the Missouri River.
From Quiz: The Show-Me State--Missouri
Answer: I-64
The Science Center has a glass-encased bridge that runs across Highway 40. Visitors can stand in the bridge and point radar guns at passing traffic.
From Quiz: Everything St. Louis
Answer: 24
Missouri joined year after Maine, number 23, and fifteen years before the next state admitted, Arkansas.
From Quiz: Missouri
Answer: Mississippi
Mark Twain wrote of his experiences on the river in a series of articles published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1875.
From Quiz: Rivers in Missouri
Answer: 150
The town has no stoplights and only one small grocery store.
From Quiz: Lesterville, Missouri
Answer: Hannibal
Hannibal (2010 pop. 17,916) is a REAL town in the northeast corner of the state. On the other hand, there really isn't a town in Missouri named Lecter. (Saint James and Neosho are also Missouri towns.) Although Clemens was actually born in the town of Florida, MO., he was raised primarily in Hannibal- which is why it was the basis for Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn's home of St. Petersburg.
From Quiz: Missouri Small Towns
Answer: Tower Grove
Tower Grove Park is situated on 289 acres, far smaller than Forest Park's 1371. Tower Grove Park is known for its colorful gazebos, lily ponds and bird watching.
From Quiz: The City of St. Louis
Answer: St. Louis and Springfield
Interstate 44 runs through Missouri from the Southwest to the Northeast. Rolla is located on I-44 almost exactly halfway between Springfield and St. Louis.
From Quiz: Rolla, MO "The Middle of Everywhere"
Answer: It was the site of the first two trials of the Dred Scott cases
The two trials occurred in 1847 and 1850. Dred Scott tried to sue his owner Emerson for emancipation in Scott v. Emerson in 1847. He tried again in 1850's Scott v. Sanford (Sanford was Emerson's legal trustee). In the end, the Supreme Court ruled against Scott.
From Quiz: Around St. Louis
Answer: Country Club Plaza
The Plaza is said to be the largest outdoor shopping area in America.
From Quiz: Going to Kansas City
Answer: Creve Coeur
Creve Coeur is an upper middle-class neighborhood with some lovely restaurants and a thriving central business district.
From Quiz: St. Louis Suburbs
Answer: Maya Angelou
Born Marguerite Johnson on April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri, Maya Angelou has become one of the most prolific writers of poetry in America. In January 1993, she became only the second poet in U.S. history to have the honor of writing and reciting original work at the Presidential Inauguration of William Jefferson Clinton. The first one was Robert Frost in 1961 who read his work at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy. In 1995 she was congratulated by Bantam Books for being the first African-American to be the longest-running (2 years) on The New York Times Paperback Nonfiction Best-seller list.
From Quiz: St. Louis is Famous For...