Question
This state includes the former religious settlements of Adam-ondi-Ahman and Far West. This state contains the Temple Lot in a city identified as the location of Zion. In this state, an “extermination order” against the members of the LDS church was issued by governor Lilburn Boggs. A town in this state called St. Joseph was a terminus of the Pony Express. The video game Oregon Trail starts in this state, where settler groups traveled west from cities along this state’s namesake river. Maine was added to the union to counterbalance the addition of this slave state in its namesake 1820 “compromise.” For 10 points, what state home to Independence is governed from Jefferson City? ■END■
ANSWER: Missouri [accept Missouri Compromise]
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Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Ashish Kumbhardare | Rowan | NYU C | 55 | 10 |
Ben Rotko (UG) | Swarthmore B | Lehigh | 59 | 10 |
Daniel Shannon (DII) | University of Delaware A | Columbia A | 71 | 10 |