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Kansas Quiz #3

My third quiz on Kansas. This one is more about the history of Kansas.

A multiple-choice quiz by ACreepyGuy. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ACreepyGuy

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
346,946

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

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Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

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1. Where was the first territorial capital of Kansas? Hint

Manhattan

Fort Riley

Topeka

Levenworth

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2. How did John Brown kill the pro-slavery settlers during the Pottawatomie Massacre? Hint

hacking them with swords

sliting throats

drowning

didnt kill anybody

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3. Who first proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Hint

Thomas Hart Benton

Charles Sumner

Stephen A. Douglas

Alexander Stephens

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4. Near what Kansas town did the Marais des Cygnes Massacre take place? Hint

Melvern

Ottawa

Kansas City

Trading Post

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5. Which famous Kansan was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? Hint

Gwendolyn Brooks

Amelia Earhart

Vivan Vance

Zasu Pitts

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6. Where is the Dwight David Eisenhower presidential library? Hint

Mound City, Kansas

Abilene, Kansas

Council Grove, Kansas

Lyndon, Kansas

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7. Which of these towns does Route 66 NOT pass through? Hint

Baxter Springs

Topeka

Galena

Riverton

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8. Which of these Kansas cities was affected by the dust bowl? Hint

Lucus

Liberal

Council Grove

Lyndon

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9. Where were the origial Kansas "jayhawkers" created? Hint

Osage City

Lawerence

Mound City

Fort Scott

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10. A famous paleontologist has a musuem dedicated to him in Hays, Kansas. Name this man who is best known for his discovery of a fossil of a fish inside another fish? Hint

John Brown

George Sternberg

Richard Ryan

Bobby Brown

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11. Mount Sunflower (4,039 feet, 1231 m) is the highest point in Kansas. What county is Mount Sunflower in? Hint

Gove County

Wallace County

Trego County

Linn County

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12. What unincorporated town in Graham County Kansas was founded by African Americans who escaped slavery? Hint

Lucas

Nicodemus

Colby

Norton

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13. Which NBA star who went to Kansas University is best known for his 100 point game with the Philadelphia Warriors on March 2, 1962? Hint

Jeff Withey

Mario Chalmers

Wilt Chamberlain

Bill Self

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14. Which president granted Kansas statehood? Hint

James Polk

Abraham Lincoln

James Buchanan

Andrew Jackson

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15. Who or what is "Big Brutus"? Hint

A giant rock in Pawnee Rock State Park

A wealthy cattle rancher who was rather large

A Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel

A two-headed cow

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where was the first territorial capital of Kansas?

Answer: Fort Riley

This was the capital for only four days in 1855. Andrew Reeder ,the governor at this time, picked this location, away from the pro-slavery influence of Missouri, where the legislature would choose a capital, create a constitution, and decide if Kansas would be a free or slave state.

2. How did John Brown kill the pro-slavery settlers during the Pottawatomie Massacre?

Answer: hacking them with swords

John Brown hacked five pro-slavery men to death with swords during the night of May 24 and the morning of May 25, 1856 in retaliation for the sacking of Lawerence by pro-slavery settlers.

3. Who first proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

Answer: Stephen A. Douglas

The Kansas-Nebraska Act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening the lands up to settlers, and repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing the settlers of the territories to determine by popular sovereignty whether the territories wanted slavery.

4. Near what Kansas town did the Marais des Cygnes Massacre take place?

Answer: Trading Post

On May 19, 1858, pro-slavery men killed five free-state men and wounded five others. The massacre, which followed earlier disputes on both sides of the fight, became a major event in the "Bleeding Kansas" era.

5. Which famous Kansan was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Amelia attempted to fly around the world, but disappeared en route to Howland Island on July 2, 1937. She was born July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, and was only the 16th woman to be issued a pilot's licence.

6. Where is the Dwight David Eisenhower presidential library?

Answer: Abilene, Kansas

Though Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas he chose his boyhood home in Abilene, Kansas as the site for his presidential library.

7. Which of these towns does Route 66 NOT pass through?

Answer: Topeka

Only 12.5 miles of Route 66 acutually go through Kansas.

8. Which of these Kansas cities was affected by the dust bowl?

Answer: Liberal

The Dust Bowl affected mostly the southern portion of the Kansas plains. Liberal is located in that region.

9. Where were the origial Kansas "jayhawkers" created?

Answer: Mound City

The Kansas Jayhawkers were a group of anti-slavery guerrillas who fought pro-slavery guerrilla, especially in the areas close to Missouri. "Jayhawker" is nowadays often used for all born and bred Kansans.

The origin of the term "jayhawker" is thought to have been used to describe a group of American patriots associated with famous New York lawyer John Jay during the American Revolution.

10. A famous paleontologist has a musuem dedicated to him in Hays, Kansas. Name this man who is best known for his discovery of a fossil of a fish inside another fish?

Answer: George Sternberg

George Sternberg found his facinating fossil in Gove County, Kansas. Xiphactinus audax is the scientific name for the species of the fossil.

11. Mount Sunflower (4,039 feet, 1231 m) is the highest point in Kansas. What county is Mount Sunflower in?

Answer: Wallace County

Mount Sunflower is 4,039 feet above sea level. It is located less than a half mile from the Colorado border.

12. What unincorporated town in Graham County Kansas was founded by African Americans who escaped slavery?

Answer: Nicodemus

Nicodemus is a nationally registered US historical site and is the only remaining Western town that was originally settled by former African American slaves during Reconstruction.

13. Which NBA star who went to Kansas University is best known for his 100 point game with the Philadelphia Warriors on March 2, 1962?

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain

After playing with the Jayhawks, Wilt went on to play with the Harlem Globetrotters and then played in the NBA with the Warriors and later in his carrer with the Lakers.

14. Which president granted Kansas statehood?

Answer: James Buchanan

James Buchanan granted Kansas statehood on January 29, 1861, forty days after South Carolina secceded from the Union.

15. Who or what is "Big Brutus"?

Answer: A Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel

Big Brutus is a Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel that is the centerpiece of a mining musuem south of West Mineral, Kansas in the southeastern part of the state. It is 160' tall and weighs 11 million pounds with a top speed at a whopping .22 miles per hour.

Source: Author ACreepyGuy

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