Things you Should Know
What city do you live in?
Wichita
What was one type of lodge used by the Plains Indians?
Sod house
Which famous fast food restaurant started in Kansas?
Pizza Hut
What is the Kansas state bird?
Western Meadowlark
What is the state song?
Home on the range
What river flows through Wichita on its way south through Tulsa and onto the Gulf of Mexico?
Arkansas River
What animal did the Spanish introduce that forever changed the way of life for Plains Indians?
Horse
What is Wichita's nickname?
The Air Capital of the World
What is the state tree?
Cottonwood
What is the capital of Kansas?
Topeka
What is the Kansas state flower?
Sunflower
Where is the Kansas state fair held each year?
Hutchinson
What is the state animal?
Buffalo
What did the Plains Indians use for trading and Winter clothing?
animal hides
What is the state reptile?
Ornate Box Turtle
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from Kansas?
Amelia Earhart
What major trade route through Kansas stretched a thousand miles from Missouri to New Mexico?
Santa Fe Trail
What town in Kansas can you find Dorothy's House?
Liberal
What year did women get the right to vote in Kansas?
1912
Kansas is home to 21 of these that served to help freedom seekers on their journey North.
Underground Railroad
What is the highest point in Kansas?
Mount Sunflower
How many counties does Kansas have?
105
The "Birdman of Alcatraz" Robert Stroud was housed here during his time in Kansas.
Where is the prison located?
Leavenworth
Which cartoonist, born in Kansas, is the creator of the famous comic strip "Beetle Bailey"?
Mort Walker
During the Missouri Compromise... How many states in the Union were free states and slave states?
11