Slow down and relax for a few minutes. Can you answer these questions?
QUESTION 1: In St. Louis, what is the “confluence?”
QUESTION 2: Who was the first St. Louisan to receive his pilot’s license?
QUESTION 3: When and where was the world’s first successful pneumonectomy (lung removal) operation performed, to treat lung cancer?
QUESTION 4: How many cars are in each chain, traveling up the north and south legs of the Gateway Arch?
QUESTION 5: What is comedienne Phyllis Diller’s connection to St. Louis?
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Following are answers to last week’s questions:
QUESTION 1: Which St. Louis-born music legend was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in its inaugural year?
ANSWER 1: Chuck Berry, born in St. Louis in 1926. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opened in 1986.
QUESTION 2: Rank these famous St. Louisans by age, from oldest to youngest: poet Maya Angelou; baseball great Yogi Berra; entertainer Josephine Baker.
ANSWER 2: Josephine Baker, born June 3, 1906, died April 12, 1975; Yogi Berra, born May 12, 1925; Maya Angelou, born April 4, 1928.
QUESTION 3: Which St. Louis native starred in the comedy film, “A Fish Called Wanda?”
ANSWER 3: Kevin Kline, born in 1947. Also starring in the film were John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Michael Palin.
QUESTION 4: What is unique about gymnast George Eyser, who won three gold, two silver, and one bronze medal during the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis?
ANSWER 4: He had a wooden leg! His leg had been amputated when he was run over by a train. Eyser won gold in men’s vault, parallel bars, and rope climbing; silver in men’s individual all-around and side horse; and bronze in men’s horizontal bar.
QUESTION 5: St. Louis, along with the rest of Missouri, became part of the United States due to which agreement?
ANSWER 5: The Louisiana Purchase, signed in 1803. The Louisiana Territory extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and contained all or part of fourteen current states.
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(Image: Confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers; Missouri State Parks and Historic Sites. Yes, this gives away the answer to QUESTION 1 – good for you!)
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