Quiz: Can You Order These Iowa Historical Events?Posted December 15th, 2022 at 1:43pm by Ellie Konfrst 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)</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>
