All About Missouri

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1. The Gateway Arch in St. Louis is ______ feet tall. 580 630 610 540

2. What was the Missouri University of Science and Technology originally named? University of Missouri-Rolla Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy Rolla College Missouri College-Rolla

3. As children, we learn that the capital of Missouri is Jefferson City. However, Jefferson City was not the first site of the capital. Where was the capital first located? St. Louis St. James Ste. Genevieve St. Charles

4. Which one of the following U.S. Presidents was from Missouri? Richard M. Nixon Grover Cleveland Harry S Truman Herbert Hoover

5. Missouri is known as the __________ State. Granite Show-Me Treasure Buckeye

6. Missouri experienced a series of powerful earthquakes in late 1811 and early 1812. What is the name of the fault along which these earthquakes occured? San Andreas St. Louis Cairo New Madrid

7. What Missouri town was the eastern terminal of the Pony Express? Kansas City St. Louis St. Joseph Jefferson City

8. Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the "Little House" books, lived in Missouri for the last several years of her life. What is the name of the town in which she, Almanzo and Rose, lived? Springfield Marshfield De Soto Mansfield

9. In what year was the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair held in St. Louis? 1900 1904 1902 1906

10. Which well-known Army General was born near Moberly, Missouri? Dwight D. Eisenhower George S. Patton Omar N. Bradley Douglas MacArthur