Iowa is a state in the Midwestern locale of the United States, lined by the Mississippi River toward the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River toward the west. It is lined by six states: Wisconsin toward the northeast, Illinois toward the east and southeast, Missouri toward the south, Nebraska toward the west, South Dakota toward the northwest, and Minnesota toward the north.
During the eighteenth and early nineteenth hundreds of years, Iowa was a part of French Louisiana and Spanish Louisiana; its state flag is patterned after the flag of France. After the Louisiana Purchase, individuals laid the foundation for an agriculture-based economy in the heart of the Corn Belt.
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Iowa Trivia Questions
1. What is the official Iowa State Bird?
Show AnswerEastern Goldfinch2.What is Iowa’s all-time hottest temperature recorded at Keokuk on July 20. 1934?
Show Answer118 °F- Of a total population of 675,000, how many men were subjected to military duty from Iowa?
4.Iowa is bordered by what river on the east?
Show AnswerThe Mississippi River5.What percentage of Iowa’s corn production is consumed for the purpose of Ethanol production?
Show AnswerOne third6.In 2008, how many farms were there in the state of Iowa?
Show Answer92,6007.Iowa was the birthplace of which U.S. President?
Show AnswerHerbert Hoover8.Iowa is bordered by what US state to the south?
Show AnswerMissouri9.Where does Iowa rank in land area compared to the other US States?
Show Answer26th10.As far as Iowa’s agriculture, what percentage of the state is covered by crops?
Show AnswerOver 60%11.In what year did the state of Iowa do away with racial barriers to marriage?
Show AnswerIn 185112.Which city is the capital of Indiana?
Show AnswerDes Moines13.How many primary interstate highways does the state of Iowa have?
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Iowa Trivia Quiz
- What is the official Iowa State rock?
- Iowa has the third highest graduation rate in the nation with how many school districts?
16.What is the largest city in Iowa?
Show AnswerDes Moines17.What is the all-time lowest temperature ever recorded in the state of Iowa?
Show Answer-47 °F18.According to the 2010 Census, what percentage of Iowa’s population was white?
Show Answer91.3%19.After English, what is the second-most-common language spoken in Iowa?
Show AnswerSpanish20.How many counties does the state of Iowa have?
Show Answer9921.How many days of thunderstorm activity per year does Iowa average?
Show AnswerAbout 5022.On what date did Iowa became the 29th state in the Union?
Show AnswerDecember 28, 184623.What is the official state flower for Iowa?
Show AnswerWild Rose24.What is the average number of tornadoes per year in Iowa?
Show Answer3725.On what date was the Iowa state law criminalizing same-sex sexual activity repealed?
Show AnswerJune 1976- What is the official Iowa State Tree?
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Iowa Geography trivia
27.The Iowa State Capitol, finished in 1886, is the only state capitol to feature how many domes?
Show AnswerFive28.According to the Census Bureau, what was the population of Iowa on July 1, 2013?
Show Answer3,090,41629.Where are the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum located?
Show AnswerIn West Branch30.Northwest Iowa is home to some of the largest what kind of farms in the world?
Show AnswerWind Turbine Farms31 What city of Iowa is close to a crater impact site from a meteorite collision, from 74 million years ago?
Show AnswerManson32 Five Iowa counties begin with the letter A, but only one is also a presidential name–two presidents, in fact. Corning is the county seat. Which of these is it?
Show AnswerAdams33 This cyclonic Iowa college town is coincidentally linked with TV’s Daniel Boone and the 1967 hit “When the Snow Is on the Roses”. Which city is it?
Show AnswerAmes34 If you travel the most direct route from Dubuque on the Mississippi to Sioux City on the Missouri, which route will you be on and how long will the trip be?
Show AnswerUS Highway 20 for about 300 miles35 In what Iowa town is the Hobo Museum located?
Show AnswerBritt36 Which major Ohio cities is NOT a city in Iowa?
Show AnswerCleveland37 Des Moines, Iowa, lies at the confluence of which two rivers?
Show AnswerDes Moines River and Raccoon River38 Zearing was founded in what year?
Show Answer188139 What is Iowa’s nickname?
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Iowa facts trivia
40 Every year in the town of Britt, people of this “profession” gather for a convention.
Show Answerhobos41 Which TV personality was NOT born in Iowa?
Show AnswerStar Jones42 In which city would you find Iowa State University?
Show AnswerAmes43 In what year was the Iowa state flower, the wild rose, chosen?
Show Answer189744 How many states border Iowa?
Show Answer645 Who was the governor of Iowa in 2000?
Show AnswerTom Vilsack46 Known for the Iowa Old Capitol Building, Iowa City is located in what county of Iowa?
Show AnswerJohnson County47 Seven Iowa counties begin with the letter B. One is named after a heroic leader of his people who fought a war against the United States. The county seat is Waterloo. Which county is it?
Show AnswerBlack Hawk48 This small central Iowa town may have seemed like a brave, new world in 1902 when it was founded. Now part of “Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area”, according to Wikipedia, can you identify it by name and its coincidental association with a dystopian novel published in 1932?
Show AnswerHuxley49 Sioux City is one of Iowa’s five largest cities. But what about its neighbors, South Sioux City and North Sioux City?
Show AnswerSouth Sioux City is in Nebraska and North Sioux City is in South Dakota50 Where in Iowa is the world’s largest (man-made) strawberry?
Show AnswerStrawberry Point51 Which Scandinavian country is also an Iowa city?
Show AnswerNorway52 Des Moines was founded in 1843 when Fort Des Moines was built, but when was it incorporated as a city?
Show AnswerSeptember 185153 How did Zearing get its name?
Show AnswerA judge from Chicago54 What is unusual about the town of Sabula, Iowa?
Show Answerit’s situated on an island55 Herbert Hoover was born in Iowa, but when his parents died he moved in with his uncle. Where did his uncle live?
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