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<p>[QUOTE="AdamL, post: 149088, member: 6029"]<b>Time is up!!!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Well folks, its been fun. You all did great! I think I under-estimated how much knowledge can be quickly attained by smart people with high speed internet. tehee. Well done. No one missed more than 2 or 3. I think everyone got #10, Mexico, Mo, which is my home town. I didn't think anyone would get that. The most commonly missed questions were both of the ones involving bridges. I have to say, I was most impressed by ozland tiger, who responded so quickly, I don't think he had time to do much research, and he only missed two. Anyway, enough rambling from me. Here are the answers:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. show-me-state (there were some other acceptable ones)</p><p>2. Fulton, MO</p><p>3. 1946</p><p>4. St. Joseph, MO</p><p>5. Sept. 23</p><p>6. 1821</p><p>7. 4</p><p>8. Centralia, MO</p><p>9. Glasgow, MO</p><p>10. Mexico, MO (home!)</p><p>11. Matt Blunt (Didn't vote for that guy!)</p><p>12. New Madrid</p><p>13. Florida, MO</p><p>14. Bluebird</p><p>15. Hawthorn</p><p>16. Omar Bradley</p><p>17. Dogwood</p><p>18. Missouri Waltz</p><p>19. 1982</p><p>20. Whiteman A.F.B.</p><p>21. Harry S. Truman</p><p><br /></p><p>14 people played, and as I said, you all did very well. Thanks for participating. The following 4 people got them ALL correct:</p><p><br /></p><p>ajm229</p><p>JimM</p><p>horvath</p><p>Max</p><p><br /></p><p>I came up with some EXTRA hard questions to use as a tie-breaker, but I think you guys have done enough research. So I think I'll pull a name out of a hat when I get off work tommorrow. The winner will probably be announced by 6:00 PM CST tommorrow. Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="AdamL, post: 149088, member: 6029"][b]Time is up!!![/b] Well folks, its been fun. You all did great! I think I under-estimated how much knowledge can be quickly attained by smart people with high speed internet. tehee. Well done. No one missed more than 2 or 3. I think everyone got #10, Mexico, Mo, which is my home town. I didn't think anyone would get that. The most commonly missed questions were both of the ones involving bridges. I have to say, I was most impressed by ozland tiger, who responded so quickly, I don't think he had time to do much research, and he only missed two. Anyway, enough rambling from me. Here are the answers: 1. show-me-state (there were some other acceptable ones) 2. Fulton, MO 3. 1946 4. St. Joseph, MO 5. Sept. 23 6. 1821 7. 4 8. Centralia, MO 9. Glasgow, MO 10. Mexico, MO (home!) 11. Matt Blunt (Didn't vote for that guy!) 12. New Madrid 13. Florida, MO 14. Bluebird 15. Hawthorn 16. Omar Bradley 17. Dogwood 18. Missouri Waltz 19. 1982 20. Whiteman A.F.B. 21. Harry S. Truman 14 people played, and as I said, you all did very well. Thanks for participating. The following 4 people got them ALL correct: ajm229 JimM horvath Max I came up with some EXTRA hard questions to use as a tie-breaker, but I think you guys have done enough research. So I think I'll pull a name out of a hat when I get off work tommorrow. The winner will probably be announced by 6:00 PM CST tommorrow. Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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