Q 01/05

In which month is the Iowa State Fair held each year?

A) June

B) July

C) August

D) September

Answer · why

C) August

It runs for 11 days in Des Moines near the state capital and, with over a million visitors, is the largest event in Iowa.

Q 02/05

The fair's famous Butter Cow is displayed in a refrigerated case inside which fairgrounds structure?

A) The Varied Industries Building

B) Pioneer Hall

C) The Agricultural Building

D) The Livestock Pavilion

Answer · why

C) The Agricultural Building

Hundreds of pounds of butter are layered onto a wood-and-wire frame in a case kept between 35 and 40 °F.

Q 03/05

How many days does the Iowa State Fair run?

A) 7

B) 9

C) 11

D) 14

Answer · why

C) 11

The fair has been held on the same Des Moines grounds since the 1880s, and a parade the evening before opening day kicks it off.

Q 04/05

In which year did the fair draw a then-record 1,182,682 visitors?

A) 2015

B) 2019

C) 2023

D) 2024

Answer · why

D) 2024

The 10th of that month also set a single-day record at 128,732 people; 2019 and 2025 were the next-biggest years at the time.

Q 05/05

The first Iowa State Fair, in October 1854, was staged in which town?

A) Muscatine

B) Oskaloosa

C) Fairfield

D) Keokuk

Answer · why

C) Fairfield

It ran on a $323 budget across just six acres, and for the next quarter-century the fair moved from town to town across eastern Iowa.