Missouri is a state in the Midwestern locale of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is lined by eight states Iowa toward the north, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee toward the east, Arkansas toward the south, and Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska toward the west. In the south are the Ozarks, a forested highland, giving wood, minerals, and recreation. The Missouri River courses through the middle into the Mississippi River, which makes up the eastern line. With 6,000,000 occupants, it is the nineteenth most crowded state. The largest urban areas are St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, and Columbia; Jefferson City’s capital.
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Missouri trivia questions
1 Where does Missouri rank in so far as population is concerned compared to the other states?
Show AnswerIt is the 18th most populous state2 In 1812 Missouri was rocked by what earthquake?
Show AnswerThe New Madrid earthquake3 How many counties are there in Missouri?
Show Answer1144 What is the flagship institution and largest university in Missouri?
Show AnswerThe University of Missouri in Columbia5 As of 2001, with the second-largest number in any state after Texas, how many farms does Missouri have?
Show Answer108,0006 In 2010 how many households were there in Missouri?
Show Answer2,349,955 households7 What is Missouri’s capital city?
Show AnswerJefferson City8 In which year St. Louis was founded by French settlers from New Orleans?
Show Answer17649 What is now Missouri was acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became known as the what?
Show AnswerMissouri Territory10 On what date was Missouri admitted into the union?
Show AnswerOn August 10, 182111 What is the name of Missouri’s only nuclear power plant?
Show AnswerThe Callaway Plant in Callaway County12 Who established the wine industry along the Missouri River?
Show AnswerNineteenth-century German immigrants13 The 2010 Census found that Missouri had a population of how many people?
Show Answer5,988,92714 The 2011 Joplin tornado was the first EF5 tornado to hit Missouri since what year?
Show Answer195715 The planters, (farmers 20 or more slaves), were concentrated in the counties known as what?
Show Answer“Little Dixie”, in the central part of the state16 The state of Missouri is named for the what?
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17 What metal does Missouri produce more of than all of the states?
Show AnswerLead18 How many other states does Missouri border?
Show AnswerEight19 What state borders Missouri on the north?
Show AnswerIowa20 Which U.S. State borders Missouri on the south?
Show AnswerArkansas21 What are the two largest rivers flowing through Missouri?
Show AnswerThe Mississippi and the Missouri River22 What is the highest temperature recorded in Missouri?
Show Answer118 °F at Warsaw and Union on July 14, 195423 What is the lowest temperature ever recorded for Missouri?
Show Answer−40 °F at Warsaw on February 13, 190524 The 2011 Joplin tornado, destroyed roughly 1/3 of the city of Joplin, killing how many people?
Show Answer15925 Archaeological digs along Missouri’s rivers show that there was continuous habitation for how many years?
Show AnswerOver 7,00026 Most practiced subsistence farming before the Civil War. The majority of Missouri farmers who had slaves had how many slaves?
Show AnswerLess than five slaves each27 St. Charles, just west of St. Lou What city was the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Show AnswerSt. Charles28 In 1821 Missouri was admitted to the Union as a what?
Show AnswerSlave state29 St. Charles was the first, and temporary capital of Missouri, but was moved to what city in 1826?
Show AnswerJefferson City30 In the early 1830s, Mormon migrants began settling near Independence and soon conflicts over “what” arose between the ‘old settlers’ and the Mormons .
Show AnswerReligion and slavery32 Irish and German immigrants were not sympathetic to what?
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33 Many of the Irish and German immigrants settled in cities, and created a network of what?
Show AnswerCatholic churches and schools34 Where does Missouri rank in production of hogs compared with the other states?
Show Answer6th35 Where is the state ranked in the country for the cultivation of rice?
Show Answer4th36 Where is Monsanto, one of the largest gene companies in America , located?
Show AnswerIt’s based in St. Louis37 In 2012, Missouri had roughly 22,000 MW of electrical generating capacity, 82% of which was produced by burning what?
Show AnswerCoal38 MetroLink the only urban light rail/subway system operating in Missouri and it connects the city of St. Louis with where?
Show AnswerSuburbs in Illinois and St. Louis County39 Missouri and Kansas have a sports rivalry between the University of Missouri and what other university?
Show AnswerUniversity of Kansas40 The rivalry between University of Missouri and the University of Kansas is the oldest college rivalry west of the what?
Show AnswerMississippi River41 The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame can be found in what city?
Show AnswerSpringfield42 What is Missouri’s state rock?
Show AnswerMozarkite43 What Saint Louis University basketball star was selected in the first round of the NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1998?
Show AnswerLarry Hughes44 What is the state bird?
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45 Table Rock Dam, completed by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1958, is on what river?
Show AnswerWhite46 What is the name of the river that runs through Lesterville?
Show AnswerBlack River47 what is the birthplace of Harry S. Truman?What town is it?
Show AnswerLamar48 Closer to Knob Lick, Missouri I came to a town named Bonne Terre. I took an underground tour there of a ___ mine, whose product was used in batteries.
Show Answerlead49 What frozen custard stand has only two locations in St. Louis?
Show AnswerTed Drewes50 The name “pilot” is applied to many prominent features in Missouri. This indicates that pioneers used these features for what purpose?
Show AnswerLand navigation51 Rolla is the capital seat of which county?
Show AnswerPhelps52 Which of these famous monuments is located in St. Louis?
Show AnswerThe Gateway Arch53 Several antebellum homes still stand in Jefferson City and were present to see the arrival of which Confederate general’s army during the Civil War?
Show AnswerSterling Price54 Which Branson comedians is known for his catchphrase, “What a country!”?
Show AnswerYakov Smirnoff55 Arthur Bryant’s serves heavenly ________________.
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