Question: Why is the state where the author of Burnt Norton lived known as the Show Me State?

full_context: Document 1: Branson, Missouri: Branson has long been a popular destination for vacationers from Missouri and around the country. The collection of entertainment theaters along 76 Country Boulevard (and to a lesser extent along Shepherd of the Hills Expressway), including Dolly Parton's Stampede, has increased Branson's popularity as a tourist destination.
Document 2: T. S. Eliot Prize (Truman State University): The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is awarded annually by Truman State University, which is a United States university located in Missouri. First awarded in 1997, the prize is given "for the best unpublished book-length collection of poetry in English, in honor of native Missourian T. S. Eliot’s considerable intellectual and artistic legacy". Eliot won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. The prize includes publication of the collection as well as a purse of $2000. Poets submit their unpublished collections to Truman State University Press for each year's competition. A well-known poet is chosen each year to judge the collections, and to select the winner and several finalists.
Document 3: Missouri: Well - known Missourians include U.S. President Harry S. Truman, Mark Twain, Walt Disney, Chuck Berry and Nelly. Some of the largest companies based in the state include Cerner, Express Scripts, Monsanto, Emerson Electric, Edward Jones, H&R Block, Wells Fargo Advisors and O'Reilly Auto Parts. Missouri has been called the ``Mother of the West ''and the`` Cave State''; however, Missouri's most famous nickname is the ``Show Me State '', as Missourians are known for being skeptical.
Document 4: Pulitzer Prize: The Pulitzer Prize / ˈpʊlɪtsər / is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian - born) Joseph Pulitzer who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher, and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty - one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US $15,000 cash award (raised from $10,000 in 2017). The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.
Document 5: PEN Translation Prize: The PEN Translation Prize (formerly known as the PEN/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize through 2008) is an annual award given by the PEN American Center to outstanding translations into the English language. It has been presented annually by PEN American Center and the Book of the Month Club since 1963. It was the first award in the United States expressly for literary translators. A 1999 "New York Times" article called it "the Academy Award of Translation" and that the award is thus usually not given to younger translators.
Document 6: Burnt Norton: Burnt Norton is the first poem of T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets". He created it while working on his play "Murder in the Cathedral" and it was first published in his "Collected Poems 1909–1935" (1936). The poem's title refers to a Cotswolds manor house Eliot visited. The manor's garden served as an important image within the poem. Structurally, the poem is based on Eliot's "The Waste Land" with passages of the poem related to those excised from "Murder in the Cathedral".
Document 7: Harry S. Truman: Harry S. Truman 33rd President of the United States In office April 12, 1945 -- January 20, 1953 Vice President None (1945 -- 1949) Alben W. Barkley (1949 -- 1953) Preceded by Franklin D. Roosevelt Succeeded by Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th Vice President of the United States In office January 20, 1945 -- April 12, 1945 President Franklin D. Roosevelt Preceded by Henry A. Wallace Succeeded by Alben W. Barkley United States Senator from Missouri In office January 3, 1935 -- January 17, 1945 Preceded by Roscoe C. Patterson Succeeded by Frank P. Briggs Presiding Judge of Jackson County, Missouri In office January 1, 1927 -- January 1, 1935 Preceded by Elihu W. Hayes Succeeded by Eugene I. Purcell Judge of Jackson County, Missouri's Eastern District In office January 1, 1923 -- January 1, 1925 Preceded by James E. Gilday Succeeded by Henry Rummel Personal details (1884 - 05 - 08) May 8, 1884 Lamar, Missouri, U.S. December 26, 1972 (1972 - 12 - 26) (aged 88) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. Resting place Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum Independence, Missouri, U.S. Political party Democratic Spouse (s) Bess Wallace (m. 1919) Children Margaret Truman Parents John Anderson Truman Martha Ellen Young Education Spalding's Commercial College UMKC School of Law (withdrew) Signature Military service Allegiance United States Service / branch United States Army Missouri National Guard United States Army Reserve Years of service 1905 -- 1911 (Missouri National Guard) 1917 -- 1919 (United States Army) 1920 -- 1953 (Reserve) Rank First Lieutenant (National Guard) Major (Army) Colonel (Reserve) Commands Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, 60th Brigade, 35th Infantry Division 1st Battalion, 379th Field Artillery Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division 379th Field Artillery Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division Battles / wars World War I Western Front
Document 8: The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: ``The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock '', commonly known as`` Prufrock'', is the first professionally published poem by American - born, British poet T.S. Eliot (1888 -- 1965). Eliot began writing ``Prufrock ''in February 1910, and it was first published in the June 1915 issue of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse at the instigation of Ezra Pound (1885 -- 1972). It was later printed as part of a twelve - poem pamphlet (or chapbook) titled Prufrock and Other Observations in 1917. At the time of its publication, Prufrock was considered outlandish, but is now seen as heralding a paradigmatic cultural shift from late 19th - century Romantic verse and Georgian lyrics to Modernism.
Document 9: Little Gidding (poem): Little Gidding is the fourth and final poem of T. S. Eliot's "Four Quartets", a series of poems that discuss time, perspective, humanity, and salvation. It was first published in September 1942 after being delayed for over a year because of the air-raids on Great Britain during World War II and Eliot's declining health. The title refers to a small Anglican community in Huntingdonshire, established by Nicholas Ferrar in the 17th century and scattered during the English Civil War.
Document 10: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is a poem by Thomas Gray, completed in 1750 and first published in 1751. The poem's origins are unknown, but it was partly inspired by Gray's thoughts following the death of the poet Richard West in 1742. Originally titled Stanzas Wrote in a Country Church - Yard, the poem was completed when Gray was living near St Giles' parish church at Stoke Poges. It was sent to his friend Horace Walpole, who popularised the poem among London literary circles. Gray was eventually forced to publish the work on 15 February 1751, to pre-empt a magazine publisher from printing an unlicensed copy of the poem.
Document 11: Harry S. Truman Bridge: The Harry S Truman Bridge is a vertical lift rail drawbridge over the Missouri River connecting Jackson County, Missouri with Clay County, Missouri in Kansas City, Missouri. It has a 427 foot main span, and is the tenth longest span in the United States.
Document 12: List of Nobel laureates in Literature: The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors for outstanding contributions in the field of literature. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, which are awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. As dictated by Nobel's will, the award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and awarded by a committee that consists of five members elected by the Swedish Academy. The first Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded in 1901 to Sully Prudhomme of France. Each recipient receives a medal, a diploma and a monetary award prize that has varied throughout the years. In 1901, Prudhomme received 150,782 SEK, which is equivalent to 8,823,637.78 SEK in January 2018. The award is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.
Document 13: Missouri: Missouri is landlocked and borders eight different states as does its neighbor, Tennessee. No state in the U.S. touches more than eight. Missouri is bounded by Iowa on the north; by Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee across the Mississippi River on the east; on the south by Arkansas; and by Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska (the last across the Missouri River) on the west. Whereas the northern and southern boundaries are straight lines, the Missouri Bootheel protrudes southerly into Arkansas. The two largest rivers are the Mississippi (which defines the eastern boundary of the state) and the Missouri River (which flows from west to east through the state) essentially connecting the two largest metros of Kansas City and St. Louis.
Document 14: Israel: In 1966, Shmuel Yosef Agnon shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with German Jewish author Nelly Sachs. Leading Israeli poets have been Yehuda Amichai, Nathan Alterman and Rachel Bluwstein. Internationally famous contemporary Israeli novelists include Amos Oz, Etgar Keret and David Grossman. The Israeli-Arab satirist Sayed Kashua (who writes in Hebrew) is also internationally known.[citation needed] Israel has also been the home of two leading Palestinian poets and writers: Emile Habibi, whose novel The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist, and other writings, won him the Israel prize for Arabic literature; and Mahmoud Darwish, considered by many to be "the Palestinian national poet." Darwish was born and raised in northern Israel, but lived his adult life abroad after joining the Palestine Liberation Organization.[citation needed]
Document 15: The Family Reunion: The Family Reunion is a play by T. S. Eliot. Written mostly in blank verse (though not iambic pentameter), it incorporates elements from Greek drama and mid-twentieth-century detective plays to portray the hero's journey from guilt to redemption. The play was unsuccessful when first presented in 1939, and was later regarded as unsatisfactory by its author, but has been successfully revived since the 1940s. Some critics have thought aspects of the tormented hero reflect Eliot's own difficulties with his estrangement from his first wife.
ground_truth: Missourians are known for being skeptical.
sub_queries: Burnt Norton >> author Answer: T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot >> residence Answer: Missouri
Missouri is known as the show me state Answer: Missourians are known for being skeptical.