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Kansas (the band) Trivia Quiz

Kansas are a progressive rock band from the US state of that name; how much do you know about them?

A multiple-choice quiz by Dizart. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Dizart

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
422,482

Updated
Dec 27 25

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Kansas were formed in 1970 in which city? Hint

Wichita

Topeka

Lawrence

Kansas City

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Question 2 of 10

2. After a number of membership changes in their formative years, Kansas recruited which singer as their lead vocalist in 1972? Hint

Steve Perry

Steve Earle

Steve Winwood

Steve Walsh

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Question 3 of 10

3. Kansas released their debut, eponymous, album in 1974. The album's sleeve featured which famous American abolitionist? Hint

John Brown

Harriet Tubman

Frederick Douglass

Sojourner Truth

4. Kansas' commercial breakthrough came in 1976 when the album "Leftoverture" reached number five on the Billboard chart. The album spawned which hit single, that would come to be regarded as the band's "signature" song? Hint

Cheyenne Autumn

The Wall

Carry on Wayward Son

What's on My Mind

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the lead guitarist with Kansas between 1973 and 1983? Hint

Kerry Livgren

Dewey Bunnell

Terry Kath

Tom Scholz

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Question 6 of 10

6. What is the title of the 1977 album that reached number four on the Billboard chart, the highest of any Kansas album in the 20th century? Hint

Masque

Audio Visions

Monolith

Point of Know Return

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Question 7 of 10

7. Kansas have had numerous line-up changes through the years. Which one of the following musicians was NEVER a keyboardist with the band? Hint

Patrick Moraz

David Manion

Tom Brislin

Greg Robert

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which one of the following is the title of a Kansas album released in 2000? Hint

Somewhere in Time

Somewhere to Elsewhere

Somewhere in England

Somewhere Somehow

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which future member of Deep Purple was briefly a member of Kansas between 1985 and 1989? Hint

Joe Satriani

Joe Lynn Turner

Steve Morse

Don Airey

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who became the full-time vocalist with Kansas in 2016? Hint

Arnel Pineda

Ronnie Platt

Joseph Williams

David Freiberg

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Kansas were formed in 1970 in which city?

Answer: Topeka

The band known as Kansas were formed in 1970 in the state capital of Kansas, Topeka. The band was created by merging members of two local bands, Saratoga and White Clover.

2. After a number of membership changes in their formative years, Kansas recruited which singer as their lead vocalist in 1972?

Answer: Steve Walsh

Steve Walsh, from St Joseph, Missouri, was lead singer with Kansas from 1973 until 1981 and again between 1985 and 2014. As well as singing, Walsh also contributed on keyboards.

3. Kansas released their debut, eponymous, album in 1974. The album's sleeve featured which famous American abolitionist?

Answer: John Brown

"Kansas" stalled at number 174 on the US billboard chart, whilst two singles taken from the album, "Can I Tell You" and "Lonely Wind", both failed to chart. The album's sleeve consists of part of a mural painted on the side of the Kansas State Capitol.

This mural, painted by John Steuart Curry, is called "Tragic Prelude", and features John Brown, an abolitionist who fought in "Bleeding Kansas" in the 1850s.

Answer: Carry on Wayward Son

"Leftoverture" was released in the autumn of 1976, and, as well as reaching number five in the USA, made number two in Canada. The lead-off song on the album, "Carry on Wayward Son", made number 11 in the US and gave the band their first UK chart hit.

5. Who was the lead guitarist with Kansas between 1973 and 1983?

Answer: Kerry Livgren

Kerry Livgren, from Topeka, was a founding member of Kansas in 1970, and was lead guitarist on all their albums from their 1973 debut until 1983's "Drastic Measures". Livgren had converted to evangelical Christianity in the late 1970s, and this, along with dissatisfaction with the band's musical direction, led to his departure in 1983.

Despite this, he would make occasional stage appearances with the band in the 1990s and 2000s.

6. What is the title of the 1977 album that reached number four on the Billboard chart, the highest of any Kansas album in the 20th century?

Answer: Point of Know Return

"Point of Know Return" was released in autumn, 1977, and reached number four in the USA and number seven in Canada. The album featured the song "Dust in the Wind", which was a number six Billboard hit in 1978, as well as reaching number three in Canada and the top 20 in a number of European countries.

7. Kansas have had numerous line-up changes through the years. Which one of the following musicians was NEVER a keyboardist with the band?

Answer: Patrick Moraz

Patrick Moraz was a keyboardist with Yes and Moody Blues but was never a member of Kansas. All the others listed were with Kansas at some stage of the band's existence, whilst Steve Walsh and Kerry Livgren also played keyboards alongside their other duties.

8. Which one of the following is the title of a Kansas album released in 2000?

Answer: Somewhere to Elsewhere

"Somewhere to Elsewhere" is the title of Kansas' 14th studio album. Released in the summer of 2000, the album failed to make the Billboard chart. This was the last Kansas album to feature Steve Walsh on vocals.

9. Which future member of Deep Purple was briefly a member of Kansas between 1985 and 1989?

Answer: Steve Morse

Steve Morse was lead guitarist with Dixie Dreggs between 1973 and 1983. After a spell with his own Steve Morse Band, he joined Kansas in 1986, replacing Kerry Livgren. He would appear on two albums, "Power" and "In the Spirit of Things", before departing in 1989.

10. Who became the full-time vocalist with Kansas in 2016?

Answer: Ronnie Platt

After the retirement of Steve Walsh in 2014, Kansas replaced him with Ronnie Platt. Formerly a member of Kansas City band Shooting Star, Platt messaged guitarist Rich Williams on Facebook asking to be considered as the new lead singer of Kansas, and he eventually took over at the microphone in 2016.

Source: Author Dizart

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