1. What famous expedition started in the St. Louis area in May of 1804? The ________________________________ Expedition. Answer: (The two surnames joined by and)

2. What is the modern nickname for the city of St. Louis that is historically significant? The Gateway to the West The Mound City The Gateway of America The Show Me City

3. What was the nickname of St. Louis before the construction of the Arch? The Mound City Gateway of America The Show Me City The Nation's Gateway

4. Most people know that St. Louis hosted the World's Fair in 1904, but what other notable world event took place in St. Louis that very same year? The 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 World Exposition The 1904 Winter Olympics The starting point for the 1904 Cross Country Auto Race

5. It's informal name was the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair, but what was its official name? The Mississippi Valley World Cultural Exposition The 1904 Discovery Fair The Louisiana Purchase Exposition The 1904 Technology and Cultural Fair

6. Speaking of the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair, many traditional American foods are credited with having their birth at the Fair. Of course, several of these claims are disputed. Which of the following is the only widely accepted food to have been born at the 1904 World's Fair? the hot dog iced tea peanut butter the ice cream cone

7. The Saint Louis World's fair was held in a large urban park. In which park was the fair held? Fair Grounds Park Forest Park Tower Grove Park Shaw's Park

8. Many celebrities were either born in, or lived in St. Louis. Which of these is NOT as St. Louisan? Will Rogers Vincent Price Charles Lindbergh Scott Joplin

9. The first bridge built across the Mississippi River at St. Louis was complete in the 1870s. It was the longest arch bridge and the first bridge using exclusively cantilever support methods. Engineers came from all over the world to study the engineering of this bridge. What is the name of this bridge? Lewis and Clark Bridge MacArthur Bridge Eads Bridge Discovery Bridge

10. What two major rivers, both important to the expansion of the U.S.A., have their confluence just north of St. Louis? the Mississippi and the Ohio Rivers the Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers the Missouri and the Illinois Rivers the Missouri and the Ohio Rivers