Greg and Tom compete for this week's title of the Smartest Iowan Director Emily Ashenfelter Graphics Seth Camillo Judge Josh Goding 1. How many counties does Iowa have? 99 1. The state of Iowa has two law schools. One is at the University of Iowa. Where is the other? drake 2. What is Iowa's state sales tax rate? 6% 2. The Avenue of the Saints is a highway connecting Saint Paul, Minnesota and St. Louis, Missouri. What Iowa interstate number connecting Coralville and Waterloo is also part of this route? interstate 380 3. In 1851, more than 100 years before the US Supreme Court, the Iowa Supreme Court removed barriers on what form of marriage? miscegenation, racial 3. The first decision by the Iowa Territory Supreme Court in 1839 rejected what form of labor, 26 years before the end of the US Civil War? slavery 4. Today it is known as one of Iowa's neighbors, but prior to becoming its own territory in 1838, the Iowa District was part of what territory? wisconsin 4. Shortly after being designated the Iowa Territory, Robert Lucas was the first to be granted what title in 1838? governor 5. The lowest altitude point in Iowa is in Lee County at the intersection of two rivers, the Mississippi River and what? Des Moines 480 ft above sea level 5. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Bureau began a hotline this week to notify Iowans of what, this Autumn? changing color of leaves in regions of Iowa