Answer: Manson
The Manson impact crater is dated to have been formed in the Cretaceous period. It was once thought that this was the impact left behind after the dinosaur extinction event, but tests of the site confirmed that it was too old.
From Quiz: U.S.A: All About Iowa
Answer: Ames
Ed Ames is a singer/actor who played the role of Mingo in the TV series "Daniel Boone". As a singer he sang with his brothers as the Ames Brothers, and his cover single of "When the Snow Is on the Roses" reached number one on the US charts in 1967.
Ames is the home of Iowa State University. In 2012, it was ranked eighth in population among Iowa cities.
From Quiz: Coincidental Iowa Town Names
Answer: Britt
Britt even has a Hobo Convention on the second weekend every August. The museum is located in an old movie theater.
From Quiz: Iowa Tourist Attractions
Answer: Des Moines River and Raccoon River
The Des Moines River is a tributary of the Mississippi River and originates in southern Minnesota. The Raccoon River is a tributary of the Des Moines River. This confluence made the site very attractive to John Dougherty who recommended in 1834 that a settlement be established. The Grand, Mississippi, Missouri, and Wolf Creek all flow through or border Iowa.
From Quiz: Des Moines, Iowa
Answer: 1881
Zearing was founded in 1881. However, the area was inhabited in the 1840s by farmers, and some of those same families are still in town or on the outskirts to this day. We are excited to be celebrating our 125th birthday in 2006.
From Quiz: Zearing- A Great Town To Call Home
Answer: hobos
The National Hobo Convention is held every August in the town of Britt, near the Minnesota border. About 30,000 people gather at this festival honoring hobos, a type of bum or vagabond who rides on freight trains. You can even vote for your favorite hobo to be crowned Hobo King or Queen! And don't miss the Hobo Museum while you're in town.
From Quiz: Iowa Fun Facts
Answer: Ames
Ames is near Des Moines. It is in Story county. it is home of the Cyclones.
From Quiz: Iowa A to Z
Answer: 1897
The wild rose blooms in the color pink. It was chosen as the state flower in 1897 because it decorated the meal that the Iowans presented to the battleship USS Iowa.
From Quiz: Iowa
Answer: 6
The states are from North going clock wise, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, and South Dakota.
From Quiz: Iowa Geography
Answer: Tom Vilsack
From Quiz: General Knowledge about Iowa
Answer: Johnson County
The grounds of the Iowa Old Capitol Building are over 600 square miles. Iowa University is also in Iowa City, and, largely due to this, Johnson County has been the strongest Democratic county since 1984.
From Quiz: U.S.A: All About Iowa
Answer: Black Hawk
The Black Hawk War was fought in 1832, and is another sad chapter in the disgraceful history of treatment of Native peoples by the United States government. Among the notable veterans of the Black Hawk War were future presidents Zachary Taylor and Abraham Lincoln.
From Quiz: Iowa County Alphabetical
Answer: Strawberry Point
The strawberry is 15 feet high and 12 feet across! It's huge! There's a green sign under the strawberry that says "Strawberry Point".
From Quiz: Iowa Tourist Attractions
Answer: September 1851
In May 1843, James Allen built a fort in this area to serve as a military post for defense against hostile Native Americans. Des Moines was incorporated as a city 22 September 1851. Remains of the old fort are still present.
From Quiz: Des Moines, Iowa
Answer: A judge from Chicago
A judge from Chicago, Illinois offered to donate a church bell to the church if the town would name itself after him. By the way, the wealthy landowner's dog choice is actually how the town of Colo, Iowa, just ten miles to the south of Zearing, got its name.
From Quiz: Zearing- A Great Town To Call Home
Answer: it's situated on an island
The small town (population of about 700) of Sabula, Iowa is situated on a narrow island in the Mississippi River. The town, four blocks wide and nine blocks long, can be reached only by bridge, causeway, or boat. The island was first inhabited by Native Americans and wasn't found by white settlers until 1835. The town of Sabula, whose name is Latin for "sandy soil", was incorporated in 1864.
From Quiz: Iowa Fun Facts
Answer: Oregon
Herbert Hoover went to Oregon without his brothers or sisters.
From Quiz: Iowa. How much do you know?
Answer: Decorah
Incidentally, Decorah also is home to the United States largest single ethic museum, the Vesterheim.
From Quiz: The Image of Iowa
Answer: because it contributes to the wildlife
In Iowa the oak is prized for the contributions it provides for the birds and other wildlife.
From Quiz: Iowa
Answer: 80
If you drove this road, you would go from New York City to San Francisco. The only Interstate Highway longer than the I-80 is the I-90 which runs from Seattle to Boston.
From Quiz: Iowa Geography
Answer: Barnstormers
From Quiz: General Knowledge about Iowa
Answer: Nebraska
The Missouri River forms a significant portion of the border between Iowa and Nebraska. The only city in Iowa situated west of the Missouri River is Carter Lake. The Missouri River is the longest river in North America.
From Quiz: U.S.A: All About Iowa
Answer: Kingsley
Krishna Pandit Bhanji is the birth name of Ben Kingsley, who won an Academy Award for his performance as Gandhi in the film of the same name.
In 1883, when the railroad came to the area Kingsley is in today, a Vermonter named Nahum Kingsley was hired to lay out the town. Many of Kingsley's streets today have names that originated in Vermont. The Loess Hills along the Missouri River in western Iowa and Missouri, is the largest deposit of this wind-blown soil in the world, except for the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in China.
Only Merrill, of the incorrect choices, is in Plymouth County, although Pierson is Kingsley's partner in the Kingsley-Pierson school district, and together their Panthers have won state titles in boy's golf (1987), boy's track and field (1978), and softball (1966 and 1967).
From Quiz: Coincidental Iowa Town Names
Answer: A Native American maiden leapt to her death from it
The original bridge was built in 1886. It was rebuilt in 1922. It later became a tourist attraction, and many people come every year to enjoy it.
From Quiz: Iowa Tourist Attractions
Answer: Iowa City
Iowa City was the first State capital. Des Moines was given that distinction in 1857. The Old Capitol Building in Iowa City now stands on the University of Iowa campus.
From Quiz: Des Moines, Iowa
Answer: Kossuth County
From Quiz: What Do You Know About Iowa?
Answer: Herbert Hoover
Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st US president, was born in West Branch on August 10, 1874. Before becoming president, he was a mining engineer (he had a degree in geology from Stanford) and humanitarian. The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site encompasses the cottage where Herbert was born, a blacksmith shop similar to his father's, the town's first one-room schoolhouse, the Friends (Quaker)Meetinghouse where the family worshipped, and several houses. Also at the site are the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, the gravesites of Herbert and his wife Lou, and an 81-acre tallgrass prairie.
From Quiz: Iowa Fun Facts
Answer: Southeast
Lee county was first settled.
From Quiz: Iowa. How much do you know?
Answer: Simon Estes
More than just farmers!
From Quiz: The Image of Iowa
Answer: corn
Iowa is among the top producers of corn, soybeans and hogs in the country.
From Quiz: Iowa A to Z
Answer: First
Iowa ranks first in corn and soy beans. Iowa is known as the agricultural state.
From Quiz: Iowa
Answer: Eastern Goldfinch
The eastern goldfinch eats the seeds of a variety of plants. It became the state bird in 1933.
From Quiz: Iowa--The Hawkeye State
Answer: Polk
It is Des Moines with a population of approximately 200,000.
From Quiz: Iowa Geography
Answer: Cedar Rapids
The oldest purpose-built mosque in America was near the city of Ross, in North Dakota, which was also the first ever purpose-built mosque in the USA; however it fell into disrepair and fell down.
The Mother Mosque of America was made by descendants from what is now Lebanon and Syria.
From Quiz: U.S.A: All About Iowa
Answer: Manning
Peyton Manning was the winning quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts in Superbowl XLI (2007), while his brother Eli was the winning QB for the New York Giants in Superbowls XLII (2008) and XLVI (2012).
Prior to the coming of the railroad, the Manning area was a swampy region used by the indigenous Iowa tribe, a Siouxan people also known as the Baxoje, for hunting. There were no nearby rivers and few trees. In 1881, a depot was built on the future site of the town of Manning where two railroad routes intersected, thus beginning the history of the town. In 1948 the small town high school's basketball team won a state championship by defeating the much larger Davenport High School by a score of 46-43, while Manning's football team won the 2002 Class A football title by a score of 52-0.
From Quiz: Coincidental Iowa Town Names
Answer: I-29
Interstate 29 in Iowa follows the Missouri River along Iowa's "west coast". Its northern-most entry/exit point is at Sioux City where it enters/leaves South Dakota. In CW McCall's "Old Home Filler Up and Keep On Truckin Cafe", the singer's dog is named Sloan, and he and Mavis go to Pisgah "to the picture show", which happens to be a drive-in. Although the song specifically mentions I-80, all of the exits in the question exist on I-29, which runs concurrently with I-80 for about 16-20 miles north of Council Bluffs.
From Quiz: Iowa Travel
Answer: Ames
The concrete gnome is 15 feet tall and 3,500 pounds. This garden gnome is found at Iowa State University. Go Cyclones!
From Quiz: Iowa Tourist Attractions
Answer: Tornados and floods
Des Moines and much of Iowa lie in Tornado Alley. Threats from tornados and severe thunderstorms are common, especially in spring and early summer. The nearby Des Moines River and Raccoon River have flooded on occasion. In 1993 the Des Moines Water Works was submerged by flood leaving many of the city residents without drinking water.
From Quiz: Des Moines, Iowa