Indiana trivia

In 1925, this day of the year became Indiana Day

• February 12

• August 8

• December 11

• April 19

Indiana's state flag has __ stars on it, because it was the __th state to join the Union.

• 8

• 13

• 16

• 

There were two cities that were the capital of the state/territory of Indiana before it became Indianapolis in 1825. Which were they?

• Corydon

• South Bend

• Vincennes

• Gary

A Christmas Story (1983) was set/filmed in which city in Indiana?

• Fort Wayne

• Evansville

• Hammond

• New Albany

Answer explanation

Although the movie is set in fictional Hohman, IN - you can still visit Flick's bronze pole licker statue in Hammond.

KFC's Colonel Sanders was actually from Indiana, not Kentucky. Which small city was he born in?

• Henryville

• Connersville

• Logansport

• Kendallville

Parke County is known as the covered bridge capital with __ covered bridges in its 450 sq miles

• 12

• 21

• 31

• 43

Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909 and is considered the largest single day sporting event in the world - about how many spectators come to watch?

• 250k

• 350k

• 500k

• 600k

Answer explanation

In 2022, IMS had 325k visitors!

The first professional baseball game was played in Ft Wayne in 1871 - the FW Kekiongas against the Cleveland Forest Cities. Did FW beat beat Cleveland?

• Yes

• No

Answer explanation

Yes, they won 2-0.

In 1880, this Indiana city was the first to use electric street lights.

• Scottsburg

• Michigan City

• Merrillville

• Wabash

Indiana produces more pro basketball players per capita than any other state. __ in every million Indiana residents will play in the NBA

• 18

• 22

• 26

• 31

Answer explanation

Larry Bird, Shawn Kemp, Eric Gordon, Gordon Hayward, and George Hill are a handful of the 150+ NBA players from Indiana