Iowa
Pop Culture
Celebrity Death
World War I and II
100

This famous actor was born in Honolulu, but was raised in Norwalk. He was notably featured in a DC movie.

Jason Mamoa (actor)

100

These two political and racial activists helped kickstart the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Dr. Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks

100

This celebrity died in 1963 and was shot to death by a man named Lee. 

John F. Kennedy (35th President)

100

This country was the only one involved (in world war ii) to avoid economic ruin (before, during, and after).

The United States of America

200

This basketball player was born and raised in Ames, then went to go play for Iowa State, and eventually, the Sacramento Kings.

Harrison Barnes (basketball player)

200

A singer and a baseball player were famous for being married until the death of the player.

Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe

200

This celebrity has an unknown cause of death despite being one of the most popular singers of all time. 

Elvis Presley (singer)

200

This was the major turning point of the war, as the bombing put the US involved.

Pearl Harbor

300

This was the only president to have been born in Iowa (Woolstock). However, he grew up in California.

Herbert Hoover

300

Two of the first five presidents died on July 4. Which two were they?

John Adams (2) and Thomas Jefferson (3)

300

These famous rappers were from different parts of the US, but were killed in the same way by gunshot wound.

The Notorious BIG and Tupac Shakur

300

These were the leaders during the Second World War from the US, Great Britain, and Japan.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hirohito, and Winston Churchill.

400

This school district was a part of history, going to court for a ruling that allowed the protests of the Vietnamese War.

Des Moines Public

400

These were the first people to ever go to the moon.

Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong

400

On December 8, 2019, a famous singer tragically overdosed while sitting down in a Chicago Airport.

Juice WRLD (Jarad Higgins)

400

The shooting of Austria-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the cause of which war.

WWI

500

This famous actor was notable for portraying Superman, he was also born in Norwalk, Iowa.

Jeremy Stephens (actor)

500
This Russian (USSR) cosmonaut was the first human to ever go to space, with the Russians beating the US in the Space Race.

Yuri Gagarin

500

This celebrity was thought to have died in the 90s, but actually died in 2003. He was a political activist.

Nelson Mandela (political activist)

500

These countries were the only ones to win both wars.

France, Russia, United Kingdom, and the United States