Mixed Missouri Trivia

1. Columbia is home to the University of Missouri's flagship campus; what is the mascot of the University of Missouri?

From Quiz All about Columbia, Missouri

Answer: Tigers

The University of Missouri is home to the Tigers of course! The mascot appeared in 1890 when Missouri's first football team was assembled. The name Tigers was chosen to honor a local militia group that had used that name during the Civil War. Missouri's official Tiger mascot waited 94 years to be named. He's now known as "Truman the Tiger" after Harry S Truman.

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: Phil

He is now a well-known exhibit at the Zoo and was named after animal collector Phil Carroll, who brought him to the St. Louis Zoo on September 10, 1941. Phil was one of the largest gorillas on record weighing in somewhere between 500 - 600 lbs.

From Quiz All about Columbia, Missouri

Answer: Christian Female College

Christian Female College is now known as Columbia College and has been co-educational since 1970. The original building, Williams Hall, predates the college's 1851 opening!

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: Placing chocolate on hotel guests' pillows

While staying at the Mayfair Hotel, the actor Cary Grant led his lady friend from the door of the hotel room to the bed pillow with a trail of chocolates. The hotel manager liked the idea so much that he began leaving chocolates on all the guest pillows, starting the custom.

From Quiz All about Columbia, Missouri

Answer: Stephens College

Stephens became a full-fledged college in 1856 about five years after Christian Female College. In the 1860s when James L. Stephens gave $20,000 to the college, the college was then renamed in his honor. Two well-known graduates of Stephens College are actress Annie Potts, and news broadcaster Paula Zahn.

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: Alexian Brothers Hospital

In 1948, Robbie Doe was brought to Alexian Brothers Hospital where a Father Bowdern performed the exorcism. Father Bowdern died in 1983, without ever acknowledging his involvement.

From Quiz All about Columbia, Missouri

Answer: Boone County

Audrain, Callaway and Moniteau County all border Boone County. Boone County is also home to the towns of Ashland, Centralia, Hallsville, and Harrisburg. The County is named for Daniel Boone.

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis

In 1912, installation of the mosaics in the interior began. More than 41,000,000 pieces of glass were used to create the illustrations that told numerous religious stories. 20 different artists created the mosaics.

From Quiz All about Columbia, Missouri

Answer: Jane Froman

Jane Froman was considered an American hero after she survived a plane crash while traveling to entertain American troops during World War II. Susan Hayward played Jane in the movie "With a Song in My Heart". Jane Froman retired to Columbia in 1961 and passed away in 1980.

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: Tornado

The tornado struck at 4:30 p.m. on May 27, 1896. It hit the ground near St. Louis City Hospital, crossed the river towards East St. Louis Illinois, and in a little more than 15 minutes, over 250 people died.

From Quiz All about Columbia, Missouri

Answer: William Jewell

William Jewell College is located in Liberty Missouri. William Jewell is buried at the Jewell Family Cemetery in Columbia. Also buried there is a former Missouri governor, Charles Henry Hardin.

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams died on February 25, 1983 after he choked on a bottle cap in his room at the Hotel Elysee in New York. Despite his wishes to be buried at sea near the location of poet Hart Crane's burial, Williams was actually buried in Calvary Cemetery.

From Quiz All about Columbia, Missouri

Answer: Sam Walton

Sam and his brother Bud, both graduated from Hickman High in Columbia in the 1930s. after moving to Missouri from Oklahoma. J.C. Penney is also from Missouri, he was born in Hamilton, Missouri.

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: Hardscrabble

The Dent family gave Grant and his wife Julie 80 acres of land near St. Louis as a wedding gift. Doing most of the work himself, Grant was able to construct the cabin in just three days. It still stands today as an attraction in Grant's Farm. Also on the property is the Busch family mansion, White Haven, where Grant also took up residence at some point between wars.

From Quiz All about Columbia, Missouri

Answer: Carl Edwards

Carl Edwards started his racing career on dirt tracks around Missouri as a teenager and later began racing in the NASCAR truck series before moving in Nextel Cup and Nationwide racing in 2004.

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: Charles Russell

Growing up at Oak Hill, his family's country estate near St. Louis, Charles Russell always dreamed of being a cowboy. In 1880, at just 16 years of age, he left for Montana in order to fulfil his dream.

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: The Lemp Mansion Restaurant and Inn

The Lemp Mansion, reported as one of the top ten haunted places in North America, is host to various inexplicable events. Many employees and guests of the restaurant and inn reported sightings of Lillian Lemp, the "Lavender Lady" who died in 1960. Other people experienced the feeling of being watched, as well as hearing a dog bark when no dog was present.

From Quiz All about Columbia, Missouri

Answer: Beetle Bailey

Beetle's creator, Mort Walker, graduated from the University in 1948. The statue stands, well Beetle actually sits, outside Reynolds Alumni Center.

From Quiz Fun Facts About St. Louis, Missouri

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Archie Hoxsey, a member of the Wright Brothers' team, gave Roosevelt his first plane ride in 1910. Roosevelt flew from the airfield called Kinloch field for four minutes.

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