Kansas Trivia
Kansas History and Geography
Officially Kansas
People in Kansas
Kansans in the Movies
100
The first Pizza Hut restaurant was founded in what Kansas city?
Wichita
100
This city was chosen as the capital of Kansas upon statehood?
100
This plant is the Kansas state flower.
Sunflower
100
This Spaniard was the first explorer to set foot in the area which is now Kansas.
Coronado
100
In this movie, a young farm girl from Kansas is transported to a magical land by a large tornado.
The Wizard of Oz
200
At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on this dessert in Kansas.
Cherry Pie
200
Which state forms Kansas' eastern border?
Missouri
200
This mammal is the state animal of Kansas.
Bison
200
Led by Sacagawea, this pair of explorers became the first Americans to explore the land that would one day become the 34th state.
Lewis and Clark
200
This superhero was famously raised on a Kansas farm.
Superman
300
In addition to the Sunflower State, what is the other nickname of Kansas?
Jayhawker State
300
Kansas gets her name from this group.
Kansa Native American Tribe
300
This is the Kansas state bird.
Western Meadowlark
300
This famous female pilot was born in Atchison, KS.
Amelia Earhart
300
In the movie Glory Road, a team from the University of Kansas playing this sport loses to the eventual national champions.
Basketball
400
Commonly used for shelter by early settlers of Kansas, this type of home was made out of earth blocks cut from the prairie.
Sod House
400
This large river meets up with the Missouri River in Kansas City and flows through the northeastern part of the state.
Kansas River
400
This is the state tree of Kansas.
Cottonwood
400
This Confederate sacked and burned the town of Lawrence in 1863.
William Quantrill
400
This actor plays the shrinking super hero Ant-Man in the MCU.
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500
This item used in farming has a museum dedicated to it in La Crosse, KS.
Barbed Wire
500
_______County is the geographical center of the 48 contiguous states.
Smith
500
Meaning "To the stars through difficulties", this is the Latin state motto of Kansas.
Ad Astra per Aspera
500
This United States president was raised in Kansas.
Dwight Eisenhower
500
Kansan Jason Sudeikis plays a college football coach turned English football coach in this Apple TV show.
Ted Lasso