Hoosier History practice #7

Five Hoosiers served as vice president.  Which two were actually born in Indiana?

• Thomas Marshall and Dan Quayle
• Thomas Hendricks and Charles Fairbanks
• Charles Fairbanks and Thomas Hendricks
• Schuyler Colfax and Dan Quayle

How many Hoosiers were nominated for vice president?

• nine
• ten
• six
• seven

What Indiana governor who served from 1822 to 1825 had no opponent in the election?

• WIlliam Hendricks
• Thomas Marshall
• Charles Fairbanks
• Schuyler Colfax

What man of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame was actually born in Henryville?

• Harlan Sanders
• Thomas R. Marshall
• Ronald McDonald
• S. Truett Cathy

What man, notable for his Fountain City house, later organized the Freedman's Aid Society in England?

• Levi Coffin
• William Henry Harrison
• George Rogers Clark
• Jonathan Jennings

What Rockville woman is notable for her role in saving land that became Turkey Run State park?

• Juliet V. Strauss
• Gene Stratton-Porter
• Jane Pauley
• May Wright Sewell

Who was the first Indiana citizen to be canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006?

• Mother Theodore Guerin
• Mother Benedictine
• Sister St. Mary
• Sister Notre Dame

Who was the first Hoosier inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949?

• Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown
• Babe Adams
• Cy Williams
• Carl Erskine

What pro basketball team did Oscar Robertson play for in Cincinnati?

• Cincinnati Royals
• Cincinnati Bearcats
• Cincinnati Reds
• Cincinnati Bengals

What Indianapolis high school did Oscar Robertson attend?

• Crispus Attucks High School
• Shortridge High School
• Arsenal Tech High School
• Northwest High School