st. louis

     

City that boasts the tallest U.S. monument, completed in 1965

Trivia about st. louis

  • After landing in Paris in 1927 Lindbergh filed an exclusive report to newspapers in 2 cities, New York & this
  • Ice cream cones & iced tea were both introduced at this Missouri city's 1904 world's fair
  • Eero Saarinen designed its famous arch
  • The Gateway Arch is part of this city's Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
  • City where you'll find the USA's tallest man-made monument
  • Pierre Laclede named this Missouri city after not 1 but 2 French kings
  • The International Bowling Museum & Hall of Fame is across the street from Busch Stadium in this Missouri city
  • Belleville, Illinois is part of this Missouri city's metropolitan area
  • Angel-food cake was supposedly created in the Missouri city
  • Near 2 major rivers, this Missouri city was founded as a fur trading post by Pierre Laclede in 1763
  • The Post-Dispatch, est. 1878
  • This city's Forest Park was the site of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase exposition
  • This city's metropolitan area consists of 6 Missouri counties & 5 Illinois counties
  • This Midwest city is home base to Cardinals, Rams & Clydesdales
  • The Museum of Westward Expansion is located under the Gateway Arch in this city
  • The Y-shaped design on this city's flag represents the convergence of the Mississippi & Missouri rivers
  • From 1977 to 1981, this NHL city's Blues played their home games in the Checkerdome
  • This city's art museum in Forest Park was the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1904 World's Fair
  • This Missouri city on the Mississippi has the oldest college west of the Mississippi
  • It's home to over a dozen golden arches of McDonald's & a 630-foot high single stainless steel arch
  • In 1904 people met at the fair in this city to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase
  • Jonathan Franzen is from Webster groves, a suburb of this Missouri city where he set "The Twenty-Seventh City"
  • The ice cream cones on the stamp seen here symbolize this city's 1904 World's Fair
  • This city's Gateway Arch borrowed the arch idea from the historic Eads Bridge nearby
  • 1957:"The Spirit of ___"
  • Meet me in this city & "we will dance the hoochee koochee" & "I will be your tootsie wootsie"
  • The metropolitan area of this Missouri city extends into Illinois
  • The Post-Dispatch can be found in Spot's doghouse because he lives in this Midwestern city
  • The largest Japanese garden in the U.S. is in this city with the largest arch
  • A steamboat on this U.S. city's seal symbolizes its growth
  • The Post-Dispatch
  • Eliot grew up in this city where his grandfather had co-founded Washington University
  • Following Nelly, Chingy is the latest big star out of this city's rap scene
  • Coinciding with the World's Fair, the first Olympic Games in the U.S. opened in this city May 14, 1904
  • On July 12, 1808 this large city's Missouri Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi
  • The first Olympics held in the U.S. were in this Midwest city in 1904
  • Before winning 2 NBA titles playing for the Celtics, M.L. Carr played in the ABA for the Spirits of this city
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a covered pile of crates in the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, Oregon.) A 5,000-sq.-ft. exhibit at the Columbia Gorge Museum shows the 30 tons of cargo Lewis & Clark took when setting out from this city in 1804
  • (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a melting tray at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.) The makers of Crayola introduced dust-free school chalk; it was so successful that it won a gold medal at the 1904 World Exposition in this city
  • Go "down to Missouri" & see this largest city between Chicago & L.A. on Route 66