A Variety of Questions about Kansas

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1. Which Spanish explorer first set foot in the area which is now Kansas? Balboa Ponce de Leon Coronado Pizarro

2. What was Kansas' nickname in the years leading up to the Civil War? tornado alley home of the free bleeding Kansas land of the setting sun

3. Who sacked and burned the town of Lawrence in 1863? the Kansas State Wildcats Quantrill's Raiders the Nebraska Cornhuskers the Oklahoma Sooners

4. Which group settled in Kansas during the 1870's to escape religious persecution in Russia? the Mennonites the Lutherans the Quakers the Mormons

5. Which Kansan served as Vice-President of the United States? Bob Dole Charles Curtis Gerald Ford Dan Quayle

6. Who was the only Republican governor in the country to be re-elected in 1934? Alf Landon John Carlin Bob Docking Dwight Eisenhower

7. Which famous Kansas newspaperman edited the Emporia Gazette from 1895 until his death in 1944? William Allen White Wiklliam Randolph Hearst Will Rogers H. L. Mencken

8. Which famous medical facility, noted for its psychiatric research, is located in Topeka? the Menninger Clinic the Jayhawk Clinic the Mayo Clinic the Big Sur retreat

9. Jim Ryun became famous for his accomplishments in which field? aviation literature science track and field

10. What is Wichita's nickname? The Air Capital of the World cowtown home of the world's largest outdoor rodeo home of the world's largest hand-dug well

11. The Eisenhower Museum is located in which Kansas town? Leavenworth Hays Abilene Concordia

12. Which Kansas town was the location for the TV series 'Gunsmoke'? Dodge City Liberal Salina Garden City

13. Which event is held annually in Wichita during the first two weeks of August? the world's largest outdoor rodeo the NBC World Series the hot air balloon fest the kite-flying extravaganza

14. Kansas leads the nation in the production of which product? oil natural gas cattle wheat

15. How many stars are in the Kansas state seal? 5 34 13 100

16. What is the state motto of Kansas? e pluribis unum nil sine numine salus populi supreme lex esto ad astra per aspera

17. Which is the state's largest newspaper? the Hutchinson News the Topeka Capital-Jouranl the Wichita Eagle the Kansas City Star

18. What river flows through Wichita on its way south through Tulsa and on to the Gulf of Mexico? the North Platte River the Arkansas river the Missouri River the Cheyenne River

19. Which river forms part of the border of Kansas? Kansas is a rectangle, with no river boundaries. the Arkansas River the Missouri River the Mississippi River

20. The state's name comes from a Kansas Indian word 'kanza', meaning what? great plains horse buffalo south wind