Statistics for History of Missouri

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Who is the only US president from Missouri?	Harry S. Truman	89%
Who where the famous explorers that headed west from St. Louis in 1804?	Lewis and Clark	89%
Who is the author of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?"	Mark Twain	79%
In 1967, the Kansas City Chiefs lost to the Green Bay Packers in the first of what yearly contest?	The Super Bowl	77%
What monument, completed in 1965, is also known as "The Gateway to the West?"	The Gateway Arch	75%
	1904 Summer Olympics	68%
What two major international events were held in St. Louis in 1904?	Louisiana Purchase Exposition	66%
Which Missouri city was hit by a tornado on May 22nd, 2011, resulting in 158 deaths and $2.8 billion in damage?	Joplin	60%
What Kentuckian, famous for being a frontiersman and opening the Cumberland Road, died at his his home in Missouri in 1820?	Daniel Boone	58%
In what city did widespread riots take place after the shooting of Michael Brown by a local police officer in 2014?	Ferguson	49%
Which Missouri city was the eastern terminus for the Pony Express?	Saint Joseph	49%
What fault line caused an earthquake so large it rang bells in Boston in 1812?	New Madrid Fault	47%
Which Missouri city is considered to be the starting point for both the Oregon Trail and the Santa Fe Trail?	Independence	45%
Which American botanist, from Diamond, Missouri, taught at the Tuskegee Institute?	George Washington Carver	42%
What was the name of the Negro League baseball team that Jackie Robinson played for?	Kansas City Monarchs	30%
What state institution opened in 1841, making it the first of its kind west of the Mississippi River?	The University of Missouri	26%
Kansas City, founded in 1838, is named after which Native American tribe?	Kaw or Kanza	11%
Which group of Missouri Bushwhackers is responsible for burning Lawrence, Kansas in 1863?	Quantrill's Raiders	11%
Which Missouri governor ran an unsuccessful secessionist movement during the Civil War?	Claiborne Jackson	9%
Which Missouri Senator do some (incorrectly) claim was President of the United States for a single day?	David Rice Atchison	8%