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Welcome to our page of Indiana trivia questions! Indiana is a state known for its rich history, diverse culture, and iconic landmarks, making it a fascinating destination for trivia enthusiasts. Our selection of questions covers a wide range of topics including the state's history, culture, geography, and landmarks. Whether you're a native of Indiana or just a curious learner, our trivia questions will help you discover new and exciting information about this great state.
For those interested in the history of Indiana, our trivia questions will take you through the state's past, from its early days as a territory to the present. We also cover the state's famous landmarks such as the Indiana Dunes National Park, the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, and the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Culture enthusiasts can learn about the state's diverse cultural heritage, traditional customs, and local art forms.
Indiana's geography and wildlife are also an important part of the state's identity, and our questions cover information about the state's natural wonders like the Hoosier National Forest, the Tippecanoe River and the unique wildlife such as the White-tailed deer and the state bird, the Northern Cardinal.
Our trivia questions are designed to be challenging yet entertaining, making them perfect for individuals, families, or groups of friends. Whether you're looking for a fun way to pass the time or you want to test your knowledge of Indiana, our trivia questions are sure to provide hours of entertainment.
1. At which campus of Indiana University will you find the Jacobs School of Music?
Answer: Bloomington
2. “Hammer And Rails” is a podcast on the SB Nation network, dedicated to sports fans of what “P” University located in West Lafayette, Indiana? The school’s mascot is the Boilermakers, and noteworthy alumni include former NFL quarterback Drew Brees, and many astronauts including Neil Armstrong.
Answer: Purdue University
3. On May 3, 2022, incumbent Todd Young was the only Republican candidate in the U.S. Senate primary election in which state?
Answer: Indiana
4. Born in Wilmington, DE in 1984, actress and comedian Aubrey Plaza is most well-known for her role as the curmudgeonly April Ludgate on what Indiana-based comedy?
Answer: Parks and Recreation
5. Kind of an oddity in the corny Midwest, Indiana Dunes National Park’s sandy shores hug up against what Great Lake that splashes up against Chicago, Milwaukee, Escanaba, Muskegon, Traverse City, and Petoskey?
Answer: Lake Michigan
6. Before he started ServiceNow, who dropped out of Indiana University because he spent all his time doing computer programming instead of attending class?
Answer: Fred Luddy
7. In 1995, a pair of Indiana alumni founded a website called Audionet, which later became Broadcast.com, combining their love of audio broadcasting and Hoosier basketball. One of those Hoosier founders was what now-billionaire and notable "shark?"
Answer: Mark Cuban
8. Former South Bend, Indiana governor Pete Buttigieg became the first openly gay person to serve in the U.S. Cabinet when he was confirmed as the secretary of what department?
Answer: Transportation
9. Famously the mayor of South Bend, Indiana from 2012 to 2020, what failed 2020 Presidential candidate became the United States Secretary of Transportation?
Answer: Pete Buttigieg
10. Matt and Ross Duffer are the directors and producers for what Netflix television series set in 1980s Indiana?
Answer: Stranger Things
11. Although the NFL's Colts now play in Indianapolis, from 1953 to 1984 they were based in what East Coast city known for its history in horse breeding?
Answer: Baltimore
12. Originally constructed for railroad use, Big Four Bridge, a great place to watch the sunset or go for a stroll, connects Louisville, Kentucky to what Indiana city?
Answer: Jeffersonville
13. For the finals of the IVCI, aka the “Olympics of the Violin”, six participants each perform one of 21 major violin concertos at a specific pace and sans pit stop with the symphony orchestra of what speedy Midwest host city?
Answer: Indianapolis
14. Joining the JFK Presidential Library and the National Gallery East Building, I.M. Pei’s work in the late 1970s included designing the University Art Museum at what Big Ten school located in Bloomington?
Answer: Indiana University
15. If you wanted to travel through three adjacent U.S. states that all started with the same letter, you would have to travel through which three states?
Answer: Indiana Illinois Iowa
16. From management consultant to Mayor Pete to the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg’s political career took off as the mayor of which Midwestern city?
Answer: South Bend
17. Since 2016, the tallest building in Indianapolis has been known by what official name? This is also the name of the tallest building in San Francisco and the name of an enterprise software company.
Answer: Salesforce
18. Indiana's Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art has occupied, since 1982, a building designed by what legendary architect behind the Louvre Pyramid?
Answer: I. M. Pei
19. The University of Cambridge offered the first degree in computer science but what Midwestern university had the country’s first computer science department? The school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Answer: Purdue University
20. Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky. Which other capital of a U.S. state is closest in distance to Frankfort? We're using "as the crow flies" or haversine distance, rather than driving distance. And we're looking for the city, not the state.
Answer: Indianapolis
21. Meaning "valley of paradise" in Spanish, what is the name of both a college and town in Indiana, and a major seaport on the Pacific coastline of Chile?
Answer: Valparaiso
22. In the 1888 U.S. presidential election, Benjamin Harrison beat Grover Cleveland despite losing the popular vote, in large part thanks to winning two swing states, New York and what Hoosier state?
Answer: Indiana
23. In Illinois and Indiana in the late 1880s, a female serial killer murdered at least 14 people she’d lured by placing marriage ads in local papers. Dubbed “Hell’s Belle,” she only stopped killing when she died in a fire in 1908—or did she? What was the name of the murderous mistress who some historians believe faked her death?
Answer: Belle Gunness
24. People born and raised in Indiana, as well as the athletics teams at Indiana University, are known by which name (or demonym)?
Answer: Hoosiers
25. With over 482,950 square footage of things to do and see, Indiana is home to the biggest museum for kids in the world—the Children’s Museum is located at 3000 N Meridian Street in which city? It’s in the official name of the museum.
Answer: Indianapolis
26. Before losing the 2004 election, Joe Kernan was the last Democratic Governor of Indiana. Kernan took over after what two-term Governor died while in office?
Answer: Frank O'Bannon
27. What is Indiana's Mount Baldy, the largest of its kind on the shore of Lake Michigan at 126 feet?
Answer: Sand Dune
28. Created by the Root Glass Company in Terra Haute, Indiana, the “perfect liquid wrapper” is how industrial designer Raymond Loewy described the iconic bottle shape of what branded soda that was invented in 1886 by a pharmacist in Atlanta?
Answer: Coca-Cola
29. Abraham Lincoln was famously born in Kentucky and lived much of his adult life in Illinois. However, he spent most of his childhood and early teenage years in what third state?
Answer: Indiana
30. What Midwestern city was the home of the Studebaker car manufacturer? This city was also featured in the 2019 news cycle due to its presidential hopeful "Mayor Pete."
Answer: South Bend
31. There is only one U.S. state with four syllables in its name that borders zero other states with exactly four syllables. What is this state?
Answer: Indiana
32. What famed American science fiction author's "Memorial Library" is located in Indianapolis, the city in which he was born in 1922?
Answer: Kurt Vonnegut
33. In 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was created out of the merging of the Teamsters National Union (from Chicago) and the Team Drivers' National Union (from Detroit), and the headquarters was established in what Midwest U.S. city?
Answer: Indianapolis
34. Before he founded ServiceNow, what university did Fred Luddy drop out of (in his home state) because he was just spending too much time computer programming to keep up with his studies?
Answer: Indiana University
35. Author John Green set his tearjerking 2012 bestseller, "The Fault in Our Stars," in what state capital that is also Green's hometown?
Answer: Indianapolis
36. Which American president had such distinct blue eyes and such a cold, stone-faced demeanor that he was popularly known as the "human iceberg?" This man served one term as a U.S. Senator from Indiana and one term as U.S. president.
Answer: Benjamin Harrison
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