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1. A logical place to start a quiz on someone life's would be their birth. John Deere was born in 1804 in a city that began hosting the Vermont State Fair in 1846. What is the name of this city that with a population of 16,500 was the third-largest in Vermont according to the 2010 census?
2. After John Deere attended Middlebury College he was apprenticed in 1821 at the age of 17 to a man named Benjamin Lawrence and four years later he entered the trade for himself. What was this first occupation of John Deere that involves creating objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal?
3. In 1827, just two years after going into business for himself, John Deere married a woman with whom he would have nine children. Who was this woman whose name is similar to the first and last word of a popular nursery rhyme that was first published in 1830?
4. Shortly after he was married John Deere and his family settled in Grand Detour, Illinois. Unlike Vermont, this area had tough prairie soil that the plows of the time struggled with. What metal alloy did John Deere's revolutionary plow of the 1830s replace cast-iron with?
5. In 1843 John Deere formed a partnership so that he could keep up with the demand for his product. What was the name of his business partner that he had a contentious relationship with until 1848 when the partnership was dissolved?
6. In 1848 John Deere moved from Grand Detour to a city 60 miles away located on the Mississippi River. What was the name of this city whose name comes from the French meaning "City of Mills"?
7. In 1854 an influential person in the success of John Deere's company would start working for him and in 1864 this person formed a firm with John Deere as equal partners. Who was this individual who would handle the day-to-day management of Deere & Company from 1864 until his death in 1907?
8. Not surprisingly given his name, what leaping animal did John Deere choose as the logo for Deere & Company?
9. Confident that his company was in able hands, John Deere spent much of his later life in civil and political affairs. Which of the following was NOT a title that John Deere would hold in his lifetime?
10. In 1875 John Deere purchased a home and three adjoining lots and over the next five years he renovated the residence. What geologically themed name did John Deere give to his 8,000 square foot home that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003?
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