50+ Iowa Trivia Questions

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.

Here we have gathered some informative Iowa trivia questions for you to enjoy and get some information.

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Iowa Trivia Questions

1. What is the official Iowa State Bird?

2. What is Iowa’s all-time hottest temperature recorded at Keokuk on July 20. 1934?

3. 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?

5. What percentage of Iowa’s corn production is consumed for the purpose of Ethanol production?

6. In 2008, how many farms were there in the state of Iowa?

7. Iowa was the birthplace of which U.S. President?

8. Iowa is bordered by what US state to the south?

9. Where does Iowa rank in the land area compared to the other US States?

10. As far as Iowa’s agriculture, what percentage of the state is covered by crops?

11. In what year did the state of Iowa do away with racial barriers to marriage?

12. Which city is the capital of Indiana?

13. How many primary interstate highways does the state of Iowa have?

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Iowa Trivia Quiz

14. What is the official Iowa State rock?

15. Iowa has the third highest graduation rate in the nation with how many school districts?

16. What is the largest city in Iowa?

17. What is the all-time lowest temperature ever recorded in the state of Iowa?

18. According to the 2010 Census, what percentage of Iowa’s population was white?

19. After English, what is the second-most common language spoken in Iowa?

20. How many counties does the state of Iowa have?

21. How many days of thunderstorm activity per year does Iowa average?

22. On what date did Iowa become the 29th state in the Union?

23. What is the official state flower for Iowa?

24. What is the average number of tornadoes per year in Iowa?

25. On what date was the Iowa state law criminalizing same-sex sexual activity repealed?

26. 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?

28. According to the Census Bureau, what was the population of Iowa on July 1, 2013?

29. Where are the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum located?

30. Northwest Iowa is home to some of the largest what kind of farms in the world.

31 What city of Iowa is close to a crater impact site from a meteorite collision, from 74 million years ago?

32 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?

33 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?

34 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?

35 In what Iowa town is the Hobo Museum located?

36 Which major Ohio city is NOT a city in Iowa?

37 Des Moines, Iowa, lies at the confluence of which two rivers?

38 Zearing was founded in what year?

39 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.

41 Which TV personality was NOT born in Iowa?

42 In which city would you find Iowa State University?

43 In what year was the Iowa state flower, the wild rose, chosen?

44 How many states border Iowa?

45 Who was the governor of Iowa in 2000?

46 Known for the Iowa Old Capitol Building, Iowa City is located in what county of Iowa?

47 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?

48 This small central Iowa town may have seemed like a brave, new world in 1902 when it was founded. Now part of the “Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area”, according to Wikipedia, can you identify it by name and its coincidental association with a dystopian novel published in 1932?

49 Sioux City is one of Iowa’s five largest cities. But what about its neighbors, South Sioux City and North Sioux City?

50 Where in Iowa is the world’s largest (man-made) strawberry?

51 Which Scandinavian country is also an Iowa city?

52 Des Moines was founded in 1843 when Fort Des Moines was built, but when was it incorporated as a city?

53 How did Zearing get its name?

54 What is unusual about the town of Sabula, Iowa?

55 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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