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Known as the "Show-Me State," Missouri is located in the midwestern region of the United States and is known for its diverse geography, ranging from the Ozark Mountains to the Mississippi River. From its rich history and cultural heritage to its beautiful natural resources, there's no shortage of fascinating facts to learn about this state. Missouri played a vital role in American history, particularly in the Westward Expansion and the Civil War. It was also the birthplace of Mark Twain and home to famous figures such as Harry Truman and Walt Disney.
The state also has a strong agricultural industry, particularly in the production of soybeans, corn, and hogs. With a diverse range of activities from visiting historical sites to experiencing the state's vibrant music scene, Missouri offers something for everyone. Whether you're a history buff, a trivia enthusiast, or just looking to learn something new, Missouri trivia questions offer a fun and educational way to explore all that this state has to offer.
1. What macropod, whose native environment is many, many miles from the Kansas City area, is the mascot of the University of Missouri at Kansas City?
Answer: Kangaroo
2. Lake of the Ozarks is a body of water in this state, which is nicknamed "The Show Me State."
Answer: Missouri
3. What now-defunct airline was headquartered in Kansas City from the 1940s until the 1970s, and nearly moved to Dallas before Missouri officials moved to keep it in state by relocating it to St. Louis?
Answer: Trans World Airlines (TWA)
4. Harpoon in Boston, Sand Creek in Wisconsin, and O'Fallon in Missouri all have a chocolate-flavored product which is what type of beer?
Answer: Stout
5. Which wealth management service sounds like it’s just one guy who will help you with your money, but it’s actually a century-old firm headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri that has 19,000 advisors throughout the U.S. and Canada?
Answer: Edward Jones
6. In 1983, the Environmental Protection Agency permanently relocated 500 residents from Times Beach in what Midwestern state because of widespread dioxin contamination?
Answer: Missouri
7. Currently the official state tree of Missouri and Virginia, “Cornus florida” is the scientific name of the flowering species of what canine-sounding tree?
Answer: Dogwood
8. Known for hits like "Good Luck, Babe!" and "Hot to Go," Missourian pop star Kayleigh Rose Amstutz is better known by what stage name that honors her late grandfather and not a religious building?
Answer: Chappell Roan
9. The Global Operations Headquarters of Mastercard is in what city in St. Charles County, Missouri? The city name kind of sounds like an Irish version of the last name of the host of NBC’s “Tonight Show.”
Answer: O'Fallon
10. What chain of bakery-cafe and fast casual restaurants, which was founded in St. Louis in 1987, has its current headquarters in Sunset Hills, Missouri?
Answer: Panera Bread
11. In Chic Young’s syndicated newspaper comic strip “Blondie”, Joplin, Missouri is the hometown of the titular character, her husband Dagwood Bumstead, her children Alexander and Cookie, and what family dog with a floral name?
Answer: Daisy
12. One of several U.S. state capitals named after a President, Jefferson City is the capital of what Midwestern state?
Answer: Missouri
13. Immediately before they relocated to Sacramento in 1985, the Kings played home games in what Midwest city that's pretty used to regal sports teams?
Answer: Kansas City
14. Missouri borders 8 states, tied for the most with Tennessee. Covering most of its eastern side, with what state does Missouri share its longest border, stretching 331 miles and just edging out Arkansas for the title?
Answer: Illinois
15. A side wheeler steamboat that sank in the Missouri River near Kansas City was rediscovered in 1988 and became the source of a popular KC-area museum that preserves artifacts from the wreck. What was the name of this steamboat?
Answer: Arabia
16. Although leveled by a tornado three years later, Sam and Bud Walton opened a Ben Franklin store in the Ruskin Heights neighborhood in the 1950s in what state?
Answer: Missouri
17. St. Louis native Taylor Momsen played Jenny Humphrey on what CW teen drama series set in New York City?
Answer: Gossip Girl
18. A yeti-free hiking and biking thoroughfare in Arkansas and Missouri lends what name to Walmart's line of outdoor equipment?
Answer: Ozark Trail
19. Connecting St. Louis, Missouri with East St. Louis, Illinois, the Eads Bridge, which was built in the 19th century, is the first bridge across what American river?
Answer: Mississippi River
20. What unofficial nickname, which is 20 units more than a similarly-named classified Air Force facility, is Walmart's mysterious and secretive Jane, Missouri data center known by?
Answer: Area 71
21. While the name “Budweiser” makes it sound like your beer came straight from Germany, the brew is actually all-American. Which Midwestern state is home to the Anheuser-Busch Brewery?
Answer: Missouri
22. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which allowed both Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, repealed an earlier "Compromise" named after what other state?
Answer: Missouri
23. Maine was admitted as a state in 1820 as part of a "Compromise" that admitted what other state to the union, maintaining the balance of free and slave states?
Answer: Missouri
24. Since 2008, Global Entrepreneur Week has inspired young people around the world to pursue their wildest dreams. While it’s a global celebration, it was started by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, which calls which Midwestern American state home?
Answer: Missouri
25. What was the name of the Missouri high school teacher who created LGBT History Month in 1994?
Answer: Rodney Wilson
26. Kansas City's Christopher S. Bond Bridge, which carries I-29/I-35/US-71 over the Missouri River, was completed in 2010 as a replacement for what bridge, which was shortly demolished thereafter?
Answer: The Paseo Bridge
27. Edward H. Angle, responsible for a system of classifying crooked teeth still in use today, established the first school of orthodontics in 1900 in what city?
Answer: St. Louis
28. Although it only lasted from 1860 to 1861, what service, which ran from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, is remembered as an important symbol of the western frontier?
Answer: The Pony Express
29. Kansas City, Missouri was the site of Laugh-O-Gram Studios, an animation studio in the 1920s that only lasted a couple years. But a brown rodent in the building gave employee Walt Disney the inspiration to come up with what renowned cartoon character?
Answer: Mickey Mouse
30. Two different U.S. states are tied for the distinction of sharing a border with the most other states. Exactly how many states does each of these two states border? (Hint: these two states also border each other.)
Answer: Eight (Tennessee)
31. The presidential library and resting place of what U.S. President are located in Independence, Missouri?
Answer: Truman
32. In 1968, Walmart opened its first stores outside of Arkansas. Name EITHER of the two states in which Walmart opened a store that year (besides Arkansas).
Answer: Missouri and Oklahoma
33. Let's exclude Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS. Now there are three remaining towns or cities in the Kansas City "Metropolitan Area" with a population of more than 100,000. Two of these are located in the state of Kansas (Overland Park, Olathe). What is the one remaining that is located in Missouri?
Answer: Independence
34. What American movie star won her second Best Actress Oscar for her performance in the 2017 film, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri?"
Answer: Frances McDormand
35. A 1903 house in Kansas City's Roanoke Park neighborhood is preserved by the Missouri Parks Department as the home and studio of what Midwestern painter and muralist?
Answer: Thomas Hart Benton
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