You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Chain Restaurants
A Very Historic Birthday
French the Halls
Steppe by Steppe
What’s the Dooh-Dah, Wichita?
100

This popular coffee chain has faced numerous Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges, with allegations of holding "listening sessions" and spending heavily on anti-union consultants rather than bargaining.

What is Starbucks? 

100

Born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912, this American painter is famous for his “drip” painting technique, including the work “No. 5, 1948.”

Who is Jackson Pollock?


100

This 1977 Fleetwood Mac album was the first of the band's in Belinda French's record collection. 

What is Rumours? 

100

These nomadic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe were famous for their horseback riding and mobility, dominating large areas east of Europe. 

Who are the Mongols?

100

In the 1930s, this infamous gangster briefly hid out in Wichita while being pursued by federal authorities.

Who is Pretty Boy Floyd?

200

This fast food chain, using 11 herbs and spices and opening its first Chinese location in 1987, has honored communist figures like Lei Feng, integrating capitalist brands with state-approved socialist heroes, a unique form of cultural blending. 

What is KFC? 

200

Famous painter Frida Kahlo, known for her self-portraits and colorful depictions of indigenous culture, was also an active member of this political party, reflecting her support for workers’ rights and social justice.

What is the Mexican Communist Party?

200

Three types of these can be found on any given day in the French pantry, including varieties like sweet, yellow, and red. 

What are onions? 

200

These portable round tents, used by Mongol nomads, allowed the empire’s people to travel quickly while maintaining a familiar home environment.

What are yurts?

200

This abandoned 19th-century building was rumored to be haunted and inspired ghost tours in downtown Wichita for decades.

What is the Carey House Hotel?

300

This beloved burrito-bowl eatery in Lansing, Michigan was the first branch of a nation-wide fastfood chain to successfully unionize, joining the Teamsters in 2022.  

What is Chipotle? 

300

American frontiersman Daniel Boone, famous for exploring and settling areas of this state in the late 18th century, became a symbol of westward expansion and rugged pioneer life.

What is Kentucky? 

300

A solar-powered one of these will capture all manner of House Finches, Northern Cardinals, and Red-bellied Woodpeckers that visit the French backyard. 

What is a smart bird feeder? 

300

This landlocked country in Central Asia, once part of the Soviet Union, covers much of the Eurasian Steppe and is known for its nomadic traditions and vast grasslands.

What is Kazakhstan?

300

Built in the 1950s after a series of floods in the preceding decades, this floodway diverts water from Chisholm Creek, the Little Arkansas River, and the Arkansas River to the west, around central Wichita, before emptying back into the Arkansas downstream of the city.

What is the MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway? 

400

During the American embargo against Cuba, Fidel Castro arranged for his ambassador to Canada to purchase and ship 28 containers of this now-defunct national restaurant chain's ice cream to Cuba.

What is Howard Johnson's?

400

Before creating masterpieces with stars and flowers, this artist worked as an art dealer and a missionary in Belgium, experiences that deeply influenced his later paintings.

Who is Vincent van Gogh?

400

Gruyère cheese appeared in this many ounces atop our delectable Christmas breakfast casserole. 

What is six? 

400

During the 13th century, these campaigns across the Eurasian Steppe involved highly mobile cavalry tactics, leading to the rapid expansion of the largest contiguous land empire in history.

What are the Mongol conquests?

400

The Keeper of the Plains is a 44-foot steel statue designed by this artist, whose "Ring of Fire" is lit nightly at the Arkansas River's confluence.

Who is Blackbear Bosin? 

500

"Pizzastroika" refers to this beloved national pizza chain's 1990 launch in Moscow, USSR, a landmark event blending American capitalism with Soviet collapse, becoming a symbol of shifting global politics as the Cold War ended. 

What is Pizza Hut?

500

Before becoming a leader of India’s independence movement, this Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist spent over 20 years in South Africa, organizing the Indian community there and developing his philosophy of nonviolent resistance.

Who is Mahatma Gandhi?

500

This civil war, fought from 1936 to 1939, was much discussed in the French household throughout the holidays. 

What is the Spanish Civil War? 

500

This legal code, attributed to Genghis Khan, regulated behavior, military service, and trade throughout the Mongol Empire.

What is the Yassa?

500

In 1886, Wichitan Addie J. McCall became the first female to practice this profession in Kansas, defying gender norms of her time.

What is a pharmacist? 

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