Date: 
Mon, 03/02/2026 - 12:01am to Sat, 03/07/2026 - 11:59pm

Indiana Quick Quiz

Indiana History ...          1.   What does the torch on the Indiana state flag represent?
          2.   What do the seven lines surrounding the torch on the Indiana state flag represent?
          3.   What do the thirteen stars that encircle the torch on the Indiana flag represent?
          4.   Who designed the Indiana state flag?

Answers Below

 

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March 1, 1888     The Ball Brothers began glass production in Muncie. The company became famous for their glass canning jars and grew to become the largest producer of recyclable beverage cans in the world.

 

March 2, 1933     The Indiana Legislature adopted the cardinal as the official state bird.

 

March 4, 1934     John Dillinger escaped from the Crown Point jail, stole Sheriff Lillian Holley's car, and headed for Chicago.

 

March 5, 1860     Samuel Luther Thompson was born in Danville, He was inducted posthumously into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. Thompson had a .331 career batting average, .923 career run batted in average, and 126 career home runs.

 

 

Where in Indiana

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Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken in Marshall at Turkey Run State Park.

 

"The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow"

-Kurt Vonnegut

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Answers:     1.   Liberty and enlightenment     2.   The far-reaching influence of the flag's noble ideas.     3.   The original thirteen states.     4.   Paul Hadley

 

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