Indiana Quick Quiz
1. What year was the first Indiana State Fair held?
2. Where was the first Indiana State Fair held?
3. What Indiana cities have hosted the Indiana State Fair?
4. What cookbook was named the official cookbook of the 1999 Indiana State Fair?
Answers Below
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August 17, 1940 Wendell Willkie accepted the Republican nomination to run for President in his hometown of Elwood. Over 260,000 were in the crowd.
August 18, 1920 The 19th Amendment was ratified by the United States Congress, giving women the right to vote
August 19, 1909 The first automobile race was held at the new Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The 5-mile dash was a disaster because of the breaking up of the crushed rock track. Six people died. Louis Schwitzer won with an average speed of 57.43 mph.
Where in Indiana
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Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in the Indiana Statehouse of the Chapel (Meditation Room).
"This room is set aside for the purpose of providing a place where those who bear the heavy responsibility of government may go and commune with their Maker...As the founding fathers of this nation found strength and guidance from this source, so we in our day acknowledge on this occasion our dependency upon our Maker for the proper discharge of our duties."
-Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb
Chapel Dedication May 22, 1970
"Smiling babies should actually be categorized by the pharmaceutical industry as a powerful antidepressant."
-Jim Gaffigan
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Answers: 1. 1852 2. Downtown Indianapolis in what is now Military Park 3. Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Madison, New Albany and Terre Haute 4. Picnics, Potlucks & Prizewinners
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