Date: 
Sun, 11/10/2024 - 12:01am to Sat, 11/16/2024 - 11:59pm

Indiana Quick Quiz

  1.     October 16 - October 22 The Week in Indiana History | Spotlight on Lake Which interstate crosses the Kennedy Bridge into Kentucky?

  2.      Which type of tree is mentioned in the song, "Back Home Again in Indiana?"

  3.      In what city will you find the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame?

  4.      Which Indiana governor is honored by a monument in Hayden, Indiana?

Answers Below 

 

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Hoosiers movie

November 10, 1986 The movie “Hoosiers” premieres at the Circle Theater in Indianapolis.  One of the most popular sports movies of all time, it is loosely based on the 1954 Milan High School basketball championship.

 

November 11, 1918 The Armistice is signed to end World War I.  130,670 Hoosiers served

Armistice

 

Vonnegut

November 11, 1922 Kurt Vonnegut, American author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan), born in Indianapolis.

 

KOGNovember 13, 1888 Charles Edward Henry began production at the Opalescent Glass Works in Kokomo. Still in business, the company is known world-wide.

 

ttpNovember 16, 1963 The first touch-tone telephones roll off the line at the Bell Telephone Western Electric plant on the eastside of Indianapolis

 

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It makes me sick when I see a guy just stare at a loose ball and watch it go out of bounds.

- Larry Bird

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4Our Where in Indiana? from last week was taken of a Studebaker at the Studebaker Museum in South Bend Indiana.

 

Where in Indiana?

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Answers:     1. I-65     2. Sycamore     3. New Castle, Indiana     4. Edgar D. Whitcomb

 

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