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What is the state flower?
Sunflower
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What is the full name of Kansas State's mascot?
Willie the Wildcat
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Was Kansas a pro-slavery or anti-slavery state during the civil war?
Anti-slavery
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What year was Kansas founded?
1861
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Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (She's from Atchison)
Amelia Earhart
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What is Kansas' Capital?
Topeka
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What is the state bird?
Western Meadowlark
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How many years in a row has K-State beat Kansas in football?
17 years
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What territory was Kansas part of originally?
Louisiana territory
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Kansas was the _______ state to join the USA
34th
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What movie became the unofficial symbol of Kansas with this quote, "There's no place like home."
The Wizard of Oz
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What is the state's nickname?
The Sunflower State/Wheat State
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What is the state reptile?
Ornate box turtle
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Last time KU won March Madness
2022
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Where does the name Kansas come from?
The Kansa Tribe
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What city is the oldest in Kansas?
Leavenworth
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What town is the center of USA?
Lebanon, KS
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Which United States president was from Kansas?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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What is the unofficial state food?
Barbecue
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What club did the "rock chalk Jayhawk, KU" chant come from?
The KU science club
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What element was discovered in 1905 at the University of Kansas?
Helium
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This famous pizza chain was founded in Wichita in 1958
Pizza Hut
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What is the name of the 30-foot-tall statue that stands in Manhattan City Park? It represents the importance of the Kansas wheat farmer
Johnny Kaw
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Where is the highest point in Kansas?
Mount Sunflower at 4,039 feet!
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What is the state song?
Home on the Range
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What year have the Royals win the World series?
1985 and 2015
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What were abolitionists from Kansas known as?
Jayhawkers
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Most immigrants who came to Kansas are from?
Germany
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The K-State Wildcats were formerly known as...
The Aggies (For agriculture)
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What does the state motto, "Ad Astra per Aspera", mean?
Latin for "To the Stars through Difficulties."