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Travel: Think you know Missouri?

Thursday, May 10, 2007 | 2:19 a.m. CDT; updated 5:44 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

BY Missourian staff

Q. Missouri is surrounded by eight states: Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Kentucky.

_________ is the only other state in the union with as many neighboring states.

Q. ____ ______ pancake flour was the first ready-mix food to be sold commercially and was invented in St. Joseph in 1899.

Q. Kansas City is known as the city of fountains. It has more than any city in the world except _______.

Q. It’s a popular way to explore the Missouri countryside. You can do so from the seat of a _______ during an annual cruise that takes place in June through parts of mid-Missouri.

A. Tennessee

A. Aunt Jemima

A. Rome

A. Tractor

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