The Four "I" States Trivia Quiz

Answer: Idaho

Idaho, being in the western half of the country, is the largest of the four, with a total area of 63,586 square miles, giving it an overall rank of fourteenth. Illinois and Iowa are right in the middle of all 50 states, ranking 25th and 26th, respectively, with areas of 57,916 sq. mi., and 56,273 sq. mi. Indiana is 38th in total area with 36, 417 sq. mi.

Answer: Indiana

Indiana entered the Union on 11 December 1816, becoming the Nineteenth State. Illinois was the 21st in the Union, entering on 3 December 1818. Iowa joined eight states later, giving the United States 29 states as of 28 December, 1846, while Idaho did not join the Union until 1890, when it became the forty-third State on 3 July.

Answer: Iowa

While Illinois and Indiana both border Lake Michigan, one of America's famous Great Lakes, one of Iowa's busiest tourist destinations is the Iowa Great Lakes. The four lakes are Spirit Lake, West Okoboji, East Okoboji, and Silver Lake. Included in the area are amusement parks and the Gardner Cabin, site of the Spirit Lake Massacre of March, 1857.

Answer: Idaho

With its eastern border located entirely in the Rocky Mountains, Idaho has the highest mean elevation by far, according to the U.S. Geological Survey at 5,000 feet, with Mount Borah being its highest point at 12,662 feet. Iowa is second at mean elevation at 1,100 feet and its highest point at 1,670 feet, located on farmland.

Indiana and Illinois follow with mean elevations of 700 and 600 feet, respectively.

Answer: Iowa

Illinois and Iowa are among the top four corn-producing states. For example, in 2012 Iowa produced 17.41% of America's corn, while Illinois produced 11.93%, just behind Nebraska, at 11.99% and Minnesota at 12.75%, according to the "Where Food Comes From" website. Wikipedia claimed Iowa's 2013 corn production to be 2.45 billion bushels, again ahead of Minnesota, Nebraska, and Illinois.

The United States is the world's largest producer of corn.

Answer: Illinois

Completely handmade, Monk's Mound towers 100 feet above the alluvial plain near Collinsville, Illinois. The mound measures 13 acres at its base and probably took 200 years to complete by people carrying earth in baskets from nearby river banks. When in use around AD 1100, it had a large temple on its top surface.

Answer: Idaho

Idaho is the nation's largest potato producer, producing about one fourth of the nation's potato output. It so far outstrips the other three "I's" that they are not even listed in potato-producing states on the potato production website I used for research, which lists America's top 19 potato production states.

Answer: Idaho

The Three I League was the oldest class B league in organized baseball, and for some time was the highest level below the majors. The 1901 teams included Terre Haute, Rock Island, Decatur, Cedar Rapids, Evansville, Bloomington (Illinois) and Rockford.

Answer: Indiana

Although it has the shortest lake shore of any of the Great Lakes states, Indiana's shore on Lake Michigan includes the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. It is divided into 15 disconnected pieces and was established in 1966. On a clear day, while standing on the dunes at West Beach in the park, one can see Chicago across the southern end of Lake Michigan.

Answer: Illinois

With the southernmost point among the four "I" states, Illinois has the closest point of elevation to sea level near the city of Cairo where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers meet. Called "Little Egypt," the southern third of Illinois has its own unique geography and culture.