Trivia Questions Week 08/12/16

By Eldon Combs | August 12, 2016 | Comments Off on Trivia Questions Week 08/12/16
  1. Missouri University played it’s first basketball game against Kansas University in 1907 – the final score was 34 to 32 – who was the victor MU or KU?
  2. The Pony Express delivered mail West from:  Joplin, Granby, or St. Joseph Missouri?
  3. The number of current Kansas University Big 12 Conference Basketball Titles is more, less, or equal to the number of St. Louis Cardinals World Series Championships? (KU 12 straight conference titles/Cardinals 11 World Series Championships)
  4. Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, or Alfie Bolin once pocketed Missouri tax money raised for schools, stole Missouri horses, and escaped from a Missouri Jail? (It all happened in 1871)
  5. The one and only “Wizard” St. Louis Cardinal Short Stop Ozzie Smith played 19 very entertaining seasons of baseball – winning a “Gold Glove” more or less than 70% of the time he played? (Won 13 times in 19 seasons = 68.42%)
  6. Get caught taking a White Squirrel from Marionville, MO and you’ll be fined:  $250, 500, $750?
  7. How many MLB teams did the great “Harry Carry” call play-by-play for:  1, 2, or 3? (The legendary announcer worked for the: St. Louis Cardinals, Oakland A’s, & Chicago Cubs)
  8. The Outlaw Jesse James was shot & killed in St. Joseph, MO – James was responsible for killing more or less than a dozen people during his outlaw days? (Between 12 & 17 victims)
  9. In the 1980 film, “The Gods Must Be Crazy” the lives of the Kalahari Bushmen are disrupted when a:  Coke, Pepsi, or 7up bottle falls from the sky?
  10. On Route 66 in Devil’s Elbow, MO you’ll find the Elbow Inn Bar & BBQ – visitors are encouraged to leave their: Bras, Driver’s License, or a picture of their “Weenus” from the ceiling? (“Weenus” is the stretchy skin that covers your elbow – nothing dirty here!)
  11. Gary Pinkel is the winningest football coach in Missouri University history- with regard to winning percentage – coach Pinkel Is In or Not In the school’s Top 10 of all time? (11th)
  12. If you visit the St. Louis Gateway Arch on a windy day – you can feel the top of the monument sway as much as:  18, 20, or 22 inches?
  13. Only one team in the history of the Big 8/12 has ever completed a basketball conference schedule undefeated – it was the MU Tigers in:  1992, 1993, 1994? (Mark Atkins, Melvin Booker, Jevon Crudup, Mario Finner, LaMont Frazier, Jed Frost, Derek Grim, Chris Heller, Derek Johson, Paul O’Line, Reggie Smith, Jason Sutherland, Kelly Thames, Chip Walther, Julian Winfield)  I’m not an MU fan but you have to give that team and I mean TEAM props.
  14. “Missouri Day” is held the 3rd Wed of each:  Mar, May, or Oct? (“Missouri Day” is set aside each year to foster love for the state’s history and to teach the glories of Missouri)
  15. What year was “Truman the Tiger” introduced as Missouri University’s new mascot:  1953, 1978, or 1986? (The 33rd President of the United States Harry Truman inspired the name)
  16. When Missouri achieved statehood it became the 22nd, 24th, or 26th state to join the Union?
  17. When was the last time the Missouri Tigers were the #1 rated football team in America:  2005, 2007, or 2009? (MU beat KU coached by Mark Mangino to earn the #1 spot)
  18. Bible Question:  From James 3:6 – What is described as defiling the whole body, and setting on fire the course of nature – Is it the:  Eyes, Tongue, or Lust?
  19. In what year did the St. Louis Rams change their colors from Blue & Yellow to Blue & Gold:  1999, 2000, 2001?
  20. The St. Louis Gateway Arch is:  Taller than Wide, Wider than Tall, or As Tall as Wide? (630 feet Wide at the base – 630 feet Tall at it’s peak)
  21. The last year the NFL football Cardinals played a game in St. Louis was:  1986, 1987, or 1988? (12/13/1987 – beat the NY Giants 27 – 24 – 29,623 fans showed up to say goodbye)
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