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Research Questions

Now it's your turn - if you want to learn more about Iowa, try finding the answers to some of these questions:

Geography:

  1. How many counties does Iowa have? How does this compare to Wisconsin?
  2. What river borders Iowa on the East? The West?
  3. Where and what are the Loess Hills?
  4. Where is the "most crooked street in the world"? (and not the one in California)

People:


Who are the following "famous Iowans" and why are they "famous"?
  1. Ashton Kutcher
  2. Buffalo Bill Cody
  3. Elijah Wood
  4. Glenn Miller
  5. John Wayne
  6. Johnny Carson
  7. Kurt Warner
  8. Marc Andreessen
  9. Robert Noyce
  10. Shawn Johnson

Puzzlers:

  1. What former US President is from Iowa?
  2. When and where was "...the day the music died"?
  3. Which pope visited Iowa and when did he do it?
  4. Why is Iowa named "The Hawkeye State"?