| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Capital of Indiana | Indianapolis | 100%
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| A person from Indiana is called a... | Hoosier | 92%
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| Which famous motor race is held in Indiana's capital city? | The Indianapolis 500 | 85%
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| The state bird? | cardinal | 65%
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| Which Indiana town receives millions of letters at Christmastime? | Santa Claus | 62%
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| Southern Indiana has one of the world's richest deposits of what sedimentary rock? | limestone | 57%
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| Which notorious singing group hails from Gary, Indiana? | The Jackson 5 | 57%
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| Amelia Earhart was once a professor at which Indiana college? | Purdue University | 54%
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| In what year did Indiana become a state? | 1816 | 50%
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| Indiana produces 90% of the world's supply of which popular snack? | popcorn | 47%
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| Who is the current governor? | Mike Pence | 42%
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| Which singer/songwriter, who wrote "Small Town", is from Seymour, Indiana? | John Cougar Mellencamp | 39%
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| What is the Indiana state motto? | The Crossroads of America | 35%
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| The state flower? | peony | 25%
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| Which famous actor, star of "East of Eden", was born in Marion, Indiana? | James Dean | 23%
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| One Indianapolis-born author mentions famous Indiana figures in his book "Cat's Cradle". Who was this author? | Kurt Vonnegut | 20%
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| What is the official state song? | On the Banks of the Wabash | 19%
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| Which Indiana city was once known as the "Circus Capital of America"? | Peru | 17%
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| Which famous poet was born in Greenfield, Indiana? | James Whitcomb Riley | 14%
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| Indiana's first newspaper, "The Indiana Gazette", was first published in which city? | Vincennes | 12%
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| What is the Indiana state tree? | yellow poplar | 10%
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| The main station of the underground railroad was in Indiana, in whose home? | Levi Coffin | 7%
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| The world's first peacetime train robbery was committed in which Indiana city? | Seymour | 7%
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| Fort Wayne was built in 1794 at a Miami village after what famous battle? | The Battle of Fallen Timbers | 6%
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| Who is the only Miss Indiana to win the Miss America pageant? | Katie Stam | 5%
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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? | Fall Creek Massacre | 3%
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| And what was the name of the gang who robbed the train? | The Reno Brothers | 3%
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