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Country Western Balderdash
Balderdash=Nonsense
• In this group game, your team must identify the correct answer among several nonsense answers.• I will read the question and choices and then your team has one
minute to discuss your answer. Americans may encourage discussion, but not give away a correct answer.• I will say, “Time Up. Choose your answer. Answers up.”• Your team leader will hold up the LETTER corresponding to your
choice.• With hands up, I will reveal the correct answer.
A.Rome of the West
B.Gateway to the West
C.Mound CityD.All of the above
St. Louis’ nickname is…
D. All of the above
St. Louis is called Gateway
to the West because…
A.The Arch looks like a gate
B.It was a travel hub in the 1800’s
C.A lot of immigrants settled here
D.It hosts a national racecar event
B. It was a travel hub
St. Louis is also called Mound City because…
A. The Cardinal’s Baseball team wins a lot
B. It was built on 7 little hillsC. An ancient civilization built
pyramid-like mounds hereD. The Mounds Candy Bar was
developed here
C. The pre-Columbian Cahokia people built the largest civilization in North America.
Who made a famous journey
west from St. Charles?
A. Bonnie Parker & Clyde BarrowB. Naomi & Wynonna JuddC. Merriweather Lewis & William
ClarkD. John Smith & Pocahontas
C.
When Lindenwood was established…
A. Railroads were the main source of transportation
B. Henry Ford’s Model T (car) had just been invented
C. Conestoga wagons were outdated
D. It was common to see 150 steamboats at St. Louis’ levy
D. Steamboats flourished in 1827
What fictional characters travelled the Mississippi on a
raft?
A.Tom & BeckyB.Huck & JimC.Jack & JillD.Rocky & Bullwinkle
B. Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn & Jim
Name a famous female western “sharp-shooter”
A. Laura Ingalls Wilder
B. Jackie JoynerC. Harriet TubmanD. Annie Oakley
Annie
Oakley
D.
The Pony Express was…
A. The first mail service across the west
B. St. Joseph’s famous annual horse race
C. A train running from St. Louis to Chicago
D. An alternate transportation source for Santa Claus
A. Rapid mail service by land
A “hillbilly” is…
A. A billy goat that claims control of a pasture
B. An unsophisticated Ozark Mountain dweller
C. An ant hillD. An article of agricultural clothing
B
Simple Mountain Folk
What’s an “all-fired shindig”?
A. A barn danceB. A kick in the leg from an
angry cowC. An underground prairie dog
burrowD. A painful insect bite
A. Let’s Dance!