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C. Conestoga wagons were outdated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!