Famous Hoosiers
IN Waterways
School Spirit
Meet the Natives
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Indianapolis grocer Gilbert Van Camp discovered his customers enjoyed an old family recipe and he opened up a canning company to produce this picnic side dish.
What is PORK & BEANS?
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This river's name comes from the Miami Native American word meaning "water over white stones".
What is the WABASH?
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Sycamore Sam is the mascot.
What is Indiana State University?
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More than 100 species of trees are native to Indiana, but this is the official state tree.
What is the TULIP TREE? [Poplar] genus Liriodendron
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The film "Hoosiers" (1985) is loosely based on the story of the Milan High School team that participated in the 1954 state championship of this sport
What is BASKETBALL?
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Levi and Katie Coffin were famous 'agents' who provided overnight lodging for more than 2,000 runaway slaves on this 'train' system in Wayne County.
What is the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD?
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Most of IN's rivers flow south and west, eventually emptying into this muddy river.
What is the MISSISSIPPI RIVER?
200
Two astronauts that walked on the Moon, Neil Armstrong and Eugene Cernan, graduated from this prestigious university in the 1950's.
What is Purdue University?
200
Fort Wayne was built in 1794, after the Battle of Fallen Timbers, on the village site of these First Nations people.
Who are the native MIAMI?
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Gina Davis, Madonna and Rosie O'Donnell played baseball as Rockford Peaches, coached by Tom Hanks, and shot games at Evansville, IN in this film.
What is "A League of Their Own"?
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Indiana has been the home of 5 vice presidents, but only one (1) president, this one who gave short speeches during his “front-porch” campaigns in the 1880's.
Who was BENJAMIN HARRISON?
He was a grandson of the 9th president, William Henry Harrison (VA), and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a founding father who signed the US Declaration of Independence.
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The state motto, “Cross Roads of America” can be traced back to the early 1800s when traffic was a major means of transportation on this river, the southern border of the state.
What is the OHIO RIVER?
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Ball State University in Muncie was built mostly from donations by the founders of the Ball Corporation, a company than made these containers with lids.
What are glass CANNING JARS?
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This pink beauty is the state flower of Indiana.
What is the PEONY?
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This movie starred Sean Austin as a small walk-on football player at Notre Dame University.
What is "RUDY"?
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Marcella Gruelle of Indianapolis created this iconic doll with red yarn hair in 1914.
What is RAGGEDY ANN?
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The Nature Conservancy has identified this central Indiana river as one of the top 10 in the US to preserve due to its ecological diversity and the high proportion of endangered species found in it.
What is the TIPPECANOE RIVER?
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Indiana University’s greatest swimmer, who won 7 gold medals in the 1972 Olympic games.
Who was Mark Spitz?
400
The name "Hoosier" was frequently used in many parts of the South and can be traced back to a Cumberland dialect of England that refers to these people.
What are 'hoo' or woodsmen, rough hill people?
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"Hoosiers" starring Gene Hackman was filmed mostly in central Indiana, with the state-finals basketball game scenes shot at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the campus of this university.
What is Butler University?
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The General Secretary of the Communist Party of the United States Earl Browder was arrested for 'investigation' and 'vagrancy' in the 1930's and sat in this Indiana town jail.
What is TERRE HAUTE?
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This river, that flows through central and southern Indiana, is the main tributary to the Wabash River, and the state capital, Indianapolis, is located on it.
What is the WHITE RIVER?
1999: 4.6 million fish died in the White R. from a industrial spill and polluted run-off. The kill was traced back to Guide Corp, an automotive parts maker in Anderson.
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The leading liberal arts college in Greencastle, Indiana, it has many notable alumni in media, business and government.
What is DePauw University?
500
Below the earth in Southern Indiana is a sea of this sedimentary rock that built New York City’s Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Wash DC's Pentagon, and the U.S. Treasury
What is SALEM LIMESTONE?
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This cycling film was shot entirely on location in Bloomington, Indiana, and got a surprise Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
What is 'BREAKING AWAY'?