You’re busy with back-to-school activities, diaper changes, doctor appointments, and so on. But take a moment to expand your view to the world around you.

QUESTION 1: What is St. Louisan Mickey Carroll’s claim to fame?

QUESTION 2: In what year was the first Veiled Prophet Parade held in St. Louis?

QUESTION 3: At the end of the 19th century, what was the tallest building in St. Louis?

QUESTION 4: Which famous St. Louisan said, “Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical?”

QUESTION 5: Which architect entered and won a design competition in 1947, to create a Jefferson National Expansion Memorial?

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Following are answers to last week’s questions:

QUESTION 1: What popular beverage made its debut during the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis?
ANSWER 1: Iced tea. Due to hot weather, the Far East Tea House wasn’t selling enough tea. Tea merchant Richard Blechynden poured some over ice, and an American favorite was born. Note: This version of history is controversial – some say that iced tea was invented earlier, and merely popularized at the 1904 World’s Fair.

QUESTION 2: Skybox Sports Bar and Grill in St. Louis is owned by which four nationally known celebrities?
ANSWER 2: Skybox Sports Bar & Grill, 800 North Third Street, 314-241-5100, is owned by hip hop artist and St. Louis native, Nelly; former St. Louis Ram, Marshall Faulk; New York Knick and St. Louis native, Larry Hughes; and basketball player and East St. Louis (IL) native, Darius Miles.

QUESTION 3: Which St. Louis native, a television and movie star, was the first guest to appear on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien?”
ANSWER 3: John Goodman was the first guest on NBC's “Late Night with Conan O’Brien." The episide first aired September 13, 1993.

QUESTION 4: What St. Louis attraction offers your child a chance to sit at the President’s desk, sign the Declaration of Independence, and vote in an electronic voting booth?
ANSWER 4: The Magic House in Kirkwood, newly expanded, offers a wide variety of hands-on activities for children.

QUESTION 5: What famous singer, born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee, found musical inspiration when she moved to St. Louis?
ANSWER 5: The future Tina Turner, then sixteen years old, saw Ike Turner perform at Club Manhattan in St. Louis. The rest, as they say, was history.

Lifestyle tip: At the beginning of each new school year, write everyone’s scheduled events on a family calendar. This avoids confusion, overscheduling, and double-booking.

(Image: Wendy’s Wizard of Oz.)

For more St. Louis fun:

• St. Louis trivia #003
• St. Louis trivia #002
• St. Louis trivia #001