Iowa College and University Towns Quiz

Answer: Des Moines

Drake University is located in Des Moines. They have a really good Pharmacy study program there. The Drake Bulldogs are the mascot.

Answer: Iowa City

Kinnick Stadium is where the Iowa Hawkeyes play their home games. The University of Iowa is where Dan Gable wrestled. The Hawkeye wrestlers have a rich history of NCAA prominence. Iowa City was once the capital of Iowa. The old Capitol Building is on the grounds of the University of Iowa.

Answer: Ames

Winterset was the birthplace of John Wayne and it is in Madison County, home of the bridges. Ames is home to Iowa State University. The Cyclones are the mascot of ISU. It too has a strong wrestling program. Clarion is in western Iowa and so is Atlantic.

Answer: Cedar Rapids

Mount Mercy College is in Cedar Rapids. It graduates a lot of people going into the medical field. I think it is affiliated with Mercy Hospital but I may be wrong. Clarinda is the birthplace of Glenn Miller and Dyersville is where Field of Dreams was filmed.

Answer: Iowa Falls

Whatcheer is a small town in south-central Iowa. Denison is in southwestern Iowa. Iowa City is in east central Iowa. Iowa Falls is where Ellsworth is located.

Answer: Storm Lake

Storm Lake is in the lakes region of northern Iowa. The other choices are names of Iowa counties.

Answer: Orange City

Northwestern is in Orange City. The other three are places I made up.

Answer: Dubuque

Clarke College is in Dubuque. Dubuque is a historic river town in Eastern Iowa. Clarksville is a town in Iowa not too far from where I live and it is also in Tennessee. Clarksburg is in Virginia. Clarkstown doesn't exist to my knowledge.

Answer: Pella

Centralia is in Illinois. There is a Central City in Iowa. Central is a middle school in Waterloo. Central College is in Pella. Pella is famous for its Tulip Festival. Wyatt Earp is somehow connected with Pella.

Answer: Sioux Center

Dordt College is in Sioux Center in western Iowa. Waterloo is the 5th largest city in Iowa and also where I live. Jasper is a county in Iowa and Osceola is in southern Iowa.

Answer: Decorah

Luther College in Decorah. It is famous for its Nordicfest to celebrate Decorah's rich Norwegian heritage. The other three are names of places near Decorah. Calmar is another college town with NICC. Spillville is famous for the Bily Clock factory and Antonin Dvorak. Burr Oak is one of the many places connected with Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Answer: Grinnell

Grinnell College is in Grinnell. Kalona is an Amish town. Webster City is is Northern Iowa. Washington is a city and a county in Iowa.

Answer: Sioux City

Keokuk is in Southeastern Iowa. Manchester is in central Iowa and Burlington is is in Southern Iowa. Sioux City is the largest city in Western Iowa.

Answer: Cedar Falls

UNI is in Cedar Falls. They compete in the Gateway conference. The Panthers are the mascot. UNI is where they have lot of concerts.

Answer: Davenport

St. Ambrose is in Davenport. Davenport is Iowa's third largest city and its largest city on the Mississippi river. It is home to a major jazz festival each year.

Answer: Indianola

Johnson is a county. It contains Iowa City. Johnston is in western Iowa and Stone City is somewhere in Iowa. Simpson College is in Indianola.

Answer: Forest City

Waldorf College is in Forest City. Mason City is in northern Iowa. Clear Lake is also in northern Iowa not far from Mason City. Clear Lake is where the "Day the Music Died" happened. Okoboji is a beautiful lake in Iowa

Answer: Cedar Rapids

Coe College is in Cedar Rapids. Denver and Guttenberg are in Eastern Iowa and Humboldt is in Western Iowa.

Answer: Mount Vernon

Not to be confused with Cornell University. Cornell College is in Mount Vernon. It is not far from Cedar Rapids. Marion is not far from C.R either. Coralville is near Iowa City.

Answer: Dubuque

I don't think I need to explain this one because it pretty much speaks for itself.

Answer: Waterloo

Hawkeye is in Waterloo. Williansburg is home to Tanger Outlet Center. Fort Madison is where they have a battle reenactment. West Branch is where President Hoover was from. It is where his Presidential Museum is.

Answer: Fayette

Northfield is in Minnesota. Northland is a cranberry juice and North Hills is something I cam up with.

Answer: Ottumwa

Mahaska is a county and Osceola and Keokuk are Iowa towns as well as famous Indians.

Answer: Waverly

Wartburg College is a private Catholic college in Waverly, Iowa. Home of the Wartburg Knights.

Answer: Dubuque

Loras college is another college in Dubuque. Corning is where Johnny Carson is from. Harpers Ferry is a river town. Oskaloosa is in southern Iowa