What famous Native American was the founder of Black Hawk County?
Black Hawk
100
What is the state's oldest city?
Dubuque
100
What currently famous actor from Cedar Rapids?
Ashton Kutcher
100
What is Iowa's State Bird?
The Eastern Goldfinch
200
Where does Iowa rank nationally in farm income?
a.) 1st
b.) 3rd
c.) 5th
d.) 11th
B.) 3rd - After California and Texas
200
What is the name of the famous Iowa couple portrait by Grant Wood?
American Gothic
200
Near what town is the Kate Shelly High Bridge, one of the world's highest double-track railroad bridges?
Boone
200
What Iowa event, known as "America's Athletic Classic", is held at a university in Des Moines each April?
Drake Relays
200
What hit the town of Estherville in 1879?
a.) A Tornado
b.) A Meteor
c.) An Earthquake
d.) The Gold Rush
B.) A Meteor
300
The state of Iowa has how much of America's "Grade A" Farm Land?
a.) 25%
b.) 50%
c.) 20%
d.) 40%
A. 25%
300
What is Herbert Hoover's middle name?
a.) Henry
b.) Elmer
c.) Clark
d.) Joseph
C.) Clark
300
Where is the site of Iowa's only Indian reservation?
Tama
300
What famous female R&B group was Des Moines native Tionne Watkins a part of? (*Hint - "No, I don't want no...")
TLC
300
What do the four H's of the 4-H symbol stand for?
Head, heart, hands, and health
400
What is Iowa's chief fruit crop?
Apples
400
In what year was Iowa admitted to the Union as the 29th state?
a.) 1852
b.) 1837
c.) 1846
d.) 1868
C. 1846
400
What is the total area of the state of Iowa?
a.) 56,276 square miles
b.) 63,294 square miles
c.) 31,943 square miles
d.) 73,240 square miles
A.) 56,276 square miles
400
How large are the Iowa State Fairgrounds?
a.) 250 acres
b.) 400 acres
c.) 520 acres
d.) 75 acres
B.) 400 acres
400
Iowa is known for all of the following except what fact?
a.) Invention of the Tractor
b.) Fresh Water Pearl Button Industry
c.) Fountain Pens
d.) Bottle Caps
e.) Washing Machines
D.) Bottle Caps
500
What is the average annual temperature in Iowa?
a.) 48 degrees
b.) 57 degrees
c.) 65 degrees
d.) 32 degrees
A.) 48 degrees
500
For what Glidden native was the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima named?
a.) Paul Tibbets
b.) Elenora Grant
c.) May Henderson
d.) Enola Gay
D. Enola Gay
500
For what American war did Iowa soldiers contribute the highest percentage of their state population?
Civil War
500
What pop singing group filmed a live broadcast of their 1995 Cedar Rapids concert?
Boyz II Men
500
How many pounds of marshmallows was needed to make the World's Largest Rice Krispie at Iowa State University?
a.) 1,466
b.) 322
c.) 3,256
d.) 2,345