Indiana Quick Quiz
1. How many wineries and vineyards are there in Indiana?
2. What is the official animal of Indiana?
3, What is the largest state park in Indiana?
4. Who was the track and field athlete from Lafayette who won 8 Olympic gold medals?
Answers Below
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February 23, 1985 Bobby Knight, coaching the IU basketball team vs. Purdue, picks up a chair from the IU bench and tosses it across the playing floor. The incident ignites widespread national comment.
February 25, 1779 George Rogers Clark captured Fort Sackville at Vincennes, marking the beginning of the end of British influence in America’s western frontier.
February 26, 1918 Otis Bowen was born in Fulton County. He became a physician and, after serving as Speaker of the Indiana House, was elected Governor in 1972. In 1985, he was appointed by President Reagan to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services.
February 27, 1987 The West Baden Springs Hotel in French Lick was named a National Historic Landmark. Built in 1901, the structure has a free-spanning dome that at one time was the largest in the world.
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Where in Indiana
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Answers: 1. More than 100 2. Indiana doesn’t have a state animal 3. Brown County State Park 4. Ray Ewry
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