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All about Columbia, Missouri Trivia Quiz

Welcome to Columbia, Missouri! Let's see how much you know about the city halfway between Kansas City and St. Louis smack in the middle of the Show-Me-State.

A multiple-choice quiz by kctiger18. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
kctiger18

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
296,128

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
549

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Question 1 of 10

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

Maulers

Lions

Tigers

Cougars

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Question 2 of 10

2. Columbia is home to the first college for women west of the Mississippi, what was it's original name? Hint

Stephens College

Columbia College

Columbia Female Academy

Christian Female College

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Question 3 of 10

3. This College was founded in 1833 as a finishing school for women called Columbia Female Academy. What is it now known as? Hint

Columbia University

University of Central Missouri

Central Methodist University

Stephens College

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Question 4 of 10

4. What county is Columbia the seat of? Hint

Boone County

Audrain County

Callaway County

Moniteau County

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Question 5 of 10

5. What famous singer/actress of the 1940s and '50s spent part of her youth and much of her adult life in Columbia? Hint

Jane Froman

Marilyn Monroe

Jane Powell

Dorothy Dandridge

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Question 6 of 10

6. What founder of a Kansas City area College lived in and is buried in Columbia? Hint

James S. Rollins

David Hickman

Harry Truman

William Jewell

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Question 7 of 10

7. What retail magnate graduated from Hickman High School in Columbia? Hint

Sam Walton

Rowland Macy

J.C. Penney

Ray Kroc

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which well-known NASCAR driver is a native of Columbia? Hint

Tony Stewart

Carl Edwards

Kurt Busch

Jeff Gordon

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these celebrities attended the University of Missouri-Columbia? Hint

Tom Berenger

Sheryl Crow

All three of these

Brad Pitt

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which comic strip character is immortalized in a statue on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia? Hint

Garfield

Blondie

Charlie Brown

Beetle Bailey

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

2. Columbia is home to the first college for women west of the Mississippi, what was it's original name?

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!

3. This College was founded in 1833 as a finishing school for women called Columbia Female Academy. What is it now known as?

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.

4. What county is Columbia the seat of?

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.

5. What famous singer/actress of the 1940s and '50s spent part of her youth and much of her adult life in Columbia?

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.

6. What founder of a Kansas City area College lived in and is buried in Columbia?

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.

7. What retail magnate graduated from Hickman High School in Columbia?

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.

8. Which well-known NASCAR driver is a native of Columbia?

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.

9. Which of these celebrities attended the University of Missouri-Columbia?

Answer: All three of these

All of these people attended MU, but Pitt never graduated. He left school just two weeks before his completion date to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. Crow and Berenger both hold degrees, Crow in Music and Education, Berenger in Journalism.

10. Which comic strip character is immortalized in a statue on the campus of the University of Missouri-Columbia?

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.

Source: Author kctiger18

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