Hint
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Answer
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Capital of Indiana
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Indianapolis
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A person from Indiana is called a...
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Hoosier
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In what year did Indiana become a state?
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1816
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Who is the current governor?
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Mike Pence
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What is the Indiana state tree?
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yellow poplar
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The state flower?
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peony
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The state bird?
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cardinal
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What is the official state song?
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On the Banks of the Wabash
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Which famous motor race is held in Indiana's capital city?
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The Indianapolis 500
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Which Indiana town receives millions of letters at Christmastime?
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Santa Claus
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What is the Indiana state motto?
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The Crossroads of America
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Southern Indiana has one of the world's richest deposits of what sedimentary rock?
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limestone
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Fort Wayne was built in 1794 at a Miami village after what famous battle?
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The Battle of Fallen Timbers
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Which Indiana city was once known as the "Circus Capital of America"?
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Peru
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Indiana's first newspaper, "The Indiana Gazette", was first published in which city?
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Vincennes
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Amelia Earhart was once a professor at which Indiana college?
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Purdue University
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In Madison County, 1824, nine Native Americans were slaughtered by seven white settlers. This event came to be known as what?
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Fall Creek Massacre
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The main station of the underground railroad was in Indiana, in whose home?
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Levi Coffin
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The world's first peacetime train robbery was committed in which Indiana city?
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Seymour
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And what was the name of the gang who robbed the train?
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The Reno Brothers
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Which famous actor, star of "East of Eden", was born in Marion, Indiana?
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James Dean
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Which notorious singing group hails from Gary, Indiana?
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The Jackson 5
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Which singer/songwriter, who wrote "Small Town", is from Seymour, Indiana?
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John Cougar Mellencamp
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Which famous poet was born in Greenfield, Indiana?
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James Whitcomb Riley
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One Indianapolis-born author mentions famous Indiana figures in his book "Cat's Cradle". Who was this author?
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Kurt Vonnegut
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Who is the only Miss Indiana to win the Miss America pageant?
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Katie Stam
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Indiana produces 90% of the world's supply of which popular snack?
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popcorn
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