Local Trivia

The questions for the Local Trivia are taken from the previous week's "Out of the Past" column that runs daily on the Records page.

This week's question

Q: What company agreed in March 1999 to assemble it airplanes at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport?

A: Zenair of Canada Ltd.

Q: Joining Billy Swan, Narvel Felts and Dennis Turner in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in March 1999 was what Cape Girardeau singer-songwriter?

A: Louis "Lou" Hobbs.

Q: Fire damaged or destroyed between 2,000 and 3,000 feet of good grade lumber at what Cape Girardeau company on March 4, 1949?

A: L.H. Landgraf Lumber Co., 1459 Independence St.

Q: What Cape Girardeau physician announced he would be candidate for mayor March 6, 1924?

A: Dr. W.R. Goodykoontz.

Q: Before a crowd estimated at 3,000, how many men participated in "The Greek Streak", streaking around Towers circle drive on the Southeast Missouri State University campus the evening of March 7, 1974?

A: Sixty-seven.

Previous question's answer

What Cape Girardeau group organized a burning of what it deemed "indecent" comic books and magazines on Feb. 24, 1949, at St. Mary's High School?

Senior Troop 29 of the Girl Scouts.