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50+ Missouri trivia questions

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.

Here we have gathered some informative Missouri trivia questions for you to enjoy and get some information.

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Missouri trivia questions

1 Where does Missouri rank in so far as population is concerned compared to the other states?

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It is the 18th most populous state

2 In 1812 Missouri was rocked by what earthquake?

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The New Madrid earthquake

3 How many counties are there in Missouri?

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114

4 What is the flagship institution and largest university in Missouri?

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The University of Missouri in Columbia

5 As of 2001, with the second-largest number in any state after Texas, how many farms does Missouri have?

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108,000

6 In 2010 how many households were there in Missouri?

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2,349,955 households

7 What is Missouri’s capital city?

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Jefferson City

8 In which year St. Louis was founded by French settlers from New Orleans?

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1764

9 What  is now Missouri was acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase and became known as the what?

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Missouri Territory

10 On what date was Missouri admitted into the union?

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On August 10, 1821

11 What is the name of Missouri’s only nuclear power plant?

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The Callaway Plant in Callaway County

12 Who established the wine industry along the Missouri River?

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Nineteenth-century German immigrants

13 The 2010 Census found that Missouri had a population of how many people?

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5,988,927

14 The 2011 Joplin tornado was the first EF5 tornado to hit Missouri since what year?

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1957

15 The planters, (farmers 20 or more slaves), were concentrated in the counties known as what?

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“Little Dixie”, in the central part of the state

16 The state of Missouri is named for the what?

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Missouri River

Missouri trivia facts

17 What metal does Missouri produce more of than all of the states?

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Lead

18 How many other states does Missouri border?

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Eight

19 What state borders Missouri on the north?

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Iowa

20 Which U.S. State borders Missouri on the south?

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Arkansas

21 What are the two largest rivers flowing through Missouri?

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The Mississippi and the Missouri River

22 What is the highest temperature recorded in Missouri?

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118 °F at Warsaw and Union on July 14, 1954

23 What is the lowest temperature ever recorded for Missouri?

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−40 °F at Warsaw on February 13, 1905

24 The 2011 Joplin tornado, destroyed roughly 1/3 of the city of Joplin, killing how many people?

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159

25 Archaeological digs along Missouri’s rivers show that there was continuous habitation for how many years?

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Over 7,000

26 Most practiced subsistence farming before the Civil War. The majority of Missouri farmers who had slaves had how many slaves?

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Less than five slaves each

27 St. Charles, just west of St. Lou What city was the starting point of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

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St. Charles

28 In 1821 Missouri was admitted to the Union as a what?

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Slave state

29 St. Charles was the first, and temporary capital of Missouri, but was moved to what city in 1826?

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Jefferson City

30 In the early 1830s, Mormon migrants began settling near Independence and soon conflicts over “what” arose between the ‘old settlers’ and the Mormons .

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Religion and slavery

32 Irish and German immigrants were not sympathetic to what?

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Slavery

Missouri state trivia

33 Many of the Irish and German immigrants settled in cities, and created a network of what?

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Catholic churches and schools

34 Where does Missouri rank in production of hogs compared with the other states?

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6th

35 Where is the state ranked in the country for the cultivation of rice?

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4th

36 Where is  Monsanto, one of the largest gene companies in America , located?

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It’s based in St. Louis

37 In 2012, Missouri had roughly 22,000 MW of electrical generating capacity, 82% of which was produced by burning what?

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Coal

38 MetroLink  the only urban light rail/subway system operating in Missouri and it connects the city of St. Louis with where?

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Suburbs in Illinois and St. Louis County

39 Missouri and Kansas have a sports rivalry between the University of Missouri and what other university?

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University of Kansas

40 The rivalry between University of Missouri and the University of Kansas is the oldest college rivalry west of the what?

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Mississippi River

41 The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame can be found in what city?

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Springfield

42 What is Missouri’s state rock?

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Mozarkite

43 What Saint Louis University basketball star was selected in the first round of the NBA draft by the Philadelphia 76ers in 1998?

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Larry Hughes

44 What is the state bird?

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bluebird

Missouri history trivia questions

45 Table Rock Dam, completed by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1958, is on what river?

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White

46 What is the name of the river that runs through Lesterville?

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Black River

47  what is the birthplace of Harry S. Truman?What town is it?

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Lamar

48 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.

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lead

49 What frozen custard stand has only two locations in St. Louis?

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Ted Drewes

50 The name “pilot” is applied to many prominent features in Missouri. This indicates that pioneers used these features for what purpose?

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Land navigation

51 Rolla is the capital seat of which county?

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Phelps

52 Which of these famous monuments is located in St. Louis?

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The Gateway Arch

53 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?

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Sterling Price

54 Which  Branson comedians is known for his catchphrase, “What a country!”?

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Yakov Smirnoff

55 Arthur Bryant’s serves heavenly ________________.

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barbecue
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