It's here, Affton!
Our annual festival celebrating life in our own little neck-of-the-woods starts today. And if you plan to attend Affton Community Days, you'll want to read this.
Affton Patch is running a trivia game, asking questions about "vacationing" in Affton. Since you're a Patch reader, we only thought it was fair to give you first shot at the answers.
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Here are the questions (and answers) we'll be asking at our booth today:
- Great white sharks found off the coast of Africa are known to jump almost 10 feet in the air. What restaurant with a location on Gravois posted this fact during Shark Week? Sybergs.
- What did Ulysses S. Grant name the 80 acre farm where he built a four-room cabin for himself and his new bride Julia Dent? A: Hardscrabble.
- When Grant’s Farm was a farm run by Ulysses S Grant, what did he grow? Name one. Potatoes, wheat, fruit.
- True or False: Grant’s Cabin is still located exactly where Ulysses S Grant himself built it. False.
- Affton is home to the Budweiser Clydesdale Stables. Which of these is NOT a requirement for becoming a Budweiser team Clydesdale: Stand 6 feet high, All white feathering on 4 legs and feet, Have a 3-foot-long tail. The tail length is not a requirement.
- Tourists at Grants Farm get a complimentary beer at The Bauernhof, a 19th century style Bavarian farm. What is “baurenhof” mean in German? Farmstead.
- Which of these animals is not part of the Deer Park exhibit at Grant’s Farm? Deer, Bison, Koi fish, Buffalo, Zebra. Buffalo.
- What famous actor was born and raised in Affton and went to Affton High School? John Goodman.
- Which two Affton businesses have signs that are recognized as historic signs by St. Louis County? Ferderhofer’s Bakery and Phil’s BBQ.
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