Quiz: Can You Order These Iowa Historical Events?

Farmer planting Corn, Monona County, Iowa, USA, John Vachon, U.S. Farm Security Administration, May 1940. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

By Ellie Konfrst

December 15, 2022

</p> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>True or False: “The Day The Music Died” plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa happened AFTER the publication of Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird.</h3> <ul> <li>True</li> <li>False</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="Order"> <h3>Order these Iowa sports events.</h3> <ul> <li>Nile Kinnick receives the Heisman Award.</li> <li>Iowan Bob Feller became the only pitcher to ever throw a no-hitter on Opening Day.</li> <li>Randy Duncan of the University of Iowa was the #1 overall NFL draft pick.</li> <li>The Cy-Hawk Trophy was established and the series restarted after a decades-long hiatus.</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>Iowa became a U.S. state in 1846. Which of these historical events happened while Iowa was still a territory?</h3> <ul> <li>The first state fair was held in Fairfield.</li> <li>The first railroad was completed across the state.</li> <li>The eastern goldfinch became the official state bird.</li> <li>The first school is founded in Iowa.</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="Order"> <h3>Order these weird Iowa historical events.</h3> <ul> <li>Grasshoppers in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota destroy thousands of acres of crops.</li> <li>Oskaloosa, Iowa becomes the first U.S. city to fingerprint its citizens.</li> <li>Archbishop of Dubuque went on a tirade against swing dancing at a conference.</li> <li>George Nissen of Cedar Rapids receives a patent for the first modern trampoline.</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="SingleChoice"> <h3>In which year did Ozzy Osbourne bite the head off a bat on stage in Des Moines?</h3> <ul> <li>1981</li> <li>1982</li> <li>1983</li> <li>1984</li> </ul> </section> <section data-block="Order"> <h3>Order the 20th century Democratic Iowa Caucus winners.</h3> <ul> <li>Edmund Muskie</li> <li>Jimmy Carter</li> <li>Jimmy Carter (2nd Time)</li> <li>Walter Mondale</li> <li>Dick Gephardt</li> <li>Tom Harkin</li> <li>Bill Clinton</li> </ul> </section> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>