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Indiana Quick Quiz
- What two years were Indiana university's Big Ten football championships?
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What year was Indiana University's first football game?
- What year did "Hoosiers" become the team nickname at Indiana University?
- What is the Indiana University fight song?
BONUS
What year was the bison officially chosen as Indiana University's mascot?
Answers
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December 7, 1941 Japanese planes attack Pearl Harbor, leading to World War II. Over 400,000 Hoosiers go into uniform; 11,783 are killed, over 17,000 wounded.
December 7, 1956 Larry Bird, American Basketball Hall of Fame forward, coach, executive (3 x NBA Championship; NBA Finals MVP 1984, 86; 3 x NBA MVP; 12 x NBA All Star, Boston Celtics), born in West Baden.
December 9, 1896 Games Slayter, American engineer and inventor of fiberglass, born in Argos.
December 11, 1816 President James Madison signed a Congressional resolution admitting Indiana to the Union as the 19th state.
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Answers: 1. 1945 and 1967 2. 1889 3. 1923 4. "Indiana, Our Indiana"
Bonus: 1965. It was retired in 1969 then reinstated in 2025
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