Iowa's Global Impact

A man from Lewis Iowa invented which of these drinks.

• Pepsi

• Coke

• Gatorade

• Kool-Aid

Answer explanation

Edwin Elijah Perkins, born in Lewis, Iowa, United States, invented the powdered drink mix Kool-Aid in 1927.

This university in Iowa supplied the U.S. government with 1,000 tons of Uranium that was used to develop the world's first ever Atomic Bomb used in WW2?

• Iowa

• Iowa State

• Drake

• UNI

Answer explanation

Although Iowa didn't technically "invent" the atomic bomb, Iowa State University was essential in the production of the bomb, as they provided the government with massive amounts of uranium.

Which of the following objects was invented in Iowa?

• Trampoline

• Treadmill

• Snow mobile

• Electric Guitar

Answer explanation

Blairstown, Iowa native George Nissen invented a device loved by tumblers, athletes, adults, and children around the world – the trampoline.

Which of these universities was the 1^st  public university in the country to grant a law degree to a woman (Mary B. Hickey Wilkinson, 1873) and to an African American (G. Alexander Clark, 1870)

• Iowa State

• Drake

• UNI

• Iowa

Which state University built the world's first electronic digital computer in 1939.

• Iowa

• UNI

• Iowa State

• Drake

In 1892 John Froelich built the first gasoline-powered tractor that propelled itself backward and forward. His invention helped pave the way for modern farming. He eventually started the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company, which would be renamed this.

In 1886 August Werner was the first person in the world to invent this machine.

• The Internal Combustion Engine

• The Helicopter

• The Motor Cycle

• The Steam Engine

Answer explanation

August Werner wanted to be the first person to invent an aircraft that could actually fly with a person in it! On July 4, 1886, Werner and a passenger got into his homemade helicopter. The machine rose about four feet off the ground before one of the wooden cogs gave way and the helicopter crashed into a heap. Werner never again attempted to fly. But his four-foot flight took place 17 years before the Wright brothers took their historic first flight at Kitty Hawk.

Which of these globally famous artists is from Iowa? (He painted American Gothic)

• Andy Warhol

• Jackson Pollock

• Norm Rockwell

• Grant Wood

Which of these Olympic Athletes is not from Iowa

• Kip Janvrin (decathlete)

• Lolo Jones

  (Hurlder)

• Shawn Johnson (Gymnast)

• Michael Johnson

Answer explanation

Lolo Jones- Des Moines, IA

Kip Janvrin- Panora, IA

Shawn Johnson- Des Moines, IA

This Iowa agronomist nearly ended world hunger with his grain improvements. Some estimates say he saved more than a billion people from starvation with his improvements that helped produce higher wheat yields. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970.

• Norman Borlaug

• Albert Einstein

• Marie Curie

• Jonas Salk