1940's
1950's
Marion, Indiana
Indiana History
Christmas Trivia
100

Marvel Comics introduces this superhero in March 1941

Who is Captain America?

100

This animated love story between two dogs from different sides of the tracks was the biggest box office hit in the 1950s.

What is Lady and The Tramp?

100

It is named for this Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.  Also known as the Swamp Fox.

Who was Francis Marion?

100

This Big 10 school in Indiana kicked off in 1869, named for one of its early financial supporters.

What is Purdue?

100

This popular Christmas beverage is also called “milk punch.

What is eggnog?

200

This cereal adopted the phrase 'Snap! Crackle! Pop!' to describe the sound it makes when you pour milk on it.  

What are Rice Krispies?

200

After being accused of using campaign funds improperly, Nixon made a famous speech saying that he intended to keep what campaign gift.

Who was Checkers the Dog?

200

The Battle was fought in December 1812, north of the current city of Marion, as an expeditionary force sent by William Henry Harrison against the Miami villages.

What was the Battle of the Mississinewa?

200

Indiana is the first state to have this in its state capitol. It was built in memory of former first lady Beth Bowen

What is a chapel?

200

This is the number of ghost that show up in A Christmas Carol.

What is four?

300

This was invented in 1948 in Switzerland by George de Mestral.

What is velcro?

300

J. Fred Muggs was not a person, but a monkey cohost of this show in the fifties?

What was The Today Show?

300

From 1900 to 1901, Marion had their own baseball team called this.

Who were the Glass Blowers?

300

This TV mom was born in Dale, Indiana; one of 10 children and the daughter of a tobacco farmer.

Who was Florence Henderson?

300

In Home Alone, the McCallisters are traveling here on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?

What is Paris?

400

Orson Welles directed this groundbreaking film in 1941.  

What is Citizen Kane?

400

This company created the first frozen TV dinners?

What is Swansons?

400

By combining the 2.25 mile Riverwalk with holiday lights and displays, this walkway in 1992 was home to nearly 56,000 lights and has grown to include more than 2,000,000 lights and is nearly 4 miles long.

What is Christmas City Walkway of Lights?

400

The first successful farm of what in the United States was opened in Martinsville in 1899.

What are goldfish?

400

This is the modern-day country where St. Nicholas is said to be born.  

What is Turkey?

500

In 1949, this author wrote a classic novel about a dystopian future. The book was titled 1984.  

Who was George Orwell?

500

What type of area’s population grew larger than rural and urban populations for the first time in the 1950’s?

What are the suburbs?

500

These two men each donated 30 acres of land in 1831 for the site of Marion.  One has a school named after him and the other a street.

Who are Martin Boots and David Branson? 

500

Caverns in Indiana bear the name & the bones of this trailblazer's brother Squire, who was laid to rest there in 1815.

Who was Daniel Boone?

500

This is one of Santa’s reindeer that has the same name as another holiday mascot.

What is Cupid?