Iowa Firsts - First in the nation

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  1. In 1893 the first intercollegiate game to be played in this sport, was played between the University of Iowa and the University of Chicago. Iowa lost 15-12. the game was ...?

    2. Your answer:
    lacrosse
    basketball
    football
    baseball

  2. The first fast food franchise began in Muscatine Iowa in 1926. Fred Angell began selling and then franchising..?

    3. Your answer:
    McDonalds
    White Castle
    A & W
    Maid Rite

  3. The first gasoline engine tractor was invented in Iowa and demonstrated by...?

    4. Your answer:
    John Froelich
    Allis Chalmers
    John Deere
    Samuel Oliver

  4. Amana Refrigeration introduced a new home appliance to the world in 1967. It was a/an..?

    5. Your answer:
    microwave oven
    electric vacuum cleaner
    electric range
    dishwashing machine

  5. On August 27, 1927 the University of Iowa announced the formation of a new department in the university and the first in the United States. It was ...?

    6. Your answer:
    the school of Social Work
    the school of Elderly Studies
    the School of Religion
    the school of Medicine

  6. President Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Land Grant Act into law in 1862. In 1864 Iowa became the first state to designate the first Land Grant College in the United States. That college today is known as...?

    7. Your answer:
    the University of Iowa
    the University of Northern Iowa
    Iowa State University
    Drake University

  7. The first mosque, built in 1934, and the first muslim cemetery was established in North America at:

    8. Your answer:
    Des Moines, Ia
    Sioux City, Ia
    Keokuk, ia
    Cedar Rapids, Ia

  8. Dave Armbruster was a coach at Iowa in the 1930s. He invented a swimming stroke that was added to the Olympics in 1956. it was the...?

    9. Your answer:
    butterfly
    backstroke
    Australian Crawl
    pike

  9. Iowa students may not appreciate them, but teachers have used them for years to assess student progress. They were invented by Dr. E.F. Lindquist in the early 1930s.

    10. Your answer:
    The Tests of Educational Development
    Iowa Tests of Basic Skills
    the SAT
    The American College Tests

  10. In the 1920s Lester Martin came up with an idea that eventually caught on and effects all of us almost every day. He devloped the idea for...?

    11. Your answer:
    direct mail advertising
    yellow pages
    department store catalogs
    phone solicitaions

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