KANSAS
PEOPLE
PEOPLE
This pilot from Atchison, KS was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
The capital of Kansas.
What is Topeka?
This is one of Kansas' nicknames.
What is the
"Sunflower State"
"Wheat State"
or "Jayhawker State"
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent these two explorers on an expedition which brought them to Kansas.
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
Wichita State's mascot is named this.
What is WuShock?
This person created the game of basketball for students to play during winter months.
Who is James Naismith?
This Kansas town is the home of the Kansas space museum and planetarium called the Cosmosphere.
What is Hutchinson?
William Frederick Cody and family moved to Leavenworth, Kansas and participated in the Civil War. He also started hunting buffalo and earned this nickname.
Who is "Buffalo Bill"?
Where did Kansas get its name?
the Kansa Native American tribe
These are the official colors for the University of Kansas.
What is Blue and Crimson?
This famous man was from Abilene, Kansas and was not only a five-star general in World War II, but also became a U.S. President.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
This Kansas town is home to the end of the Chisholm Trail and home to a famous Kansan who became one of our presidents.
What is Abilene?
James "Bill" Butler was later known as Bill Hickok and acquired this nickname after he stopped a Missouri lynch mob in 1862.
Who is "Wild Bill Hickok"?
"Ad astra per aspera" is the latin phrase on the Kansas seal on the state flag. What does "ad astra per aspera mean?"
to the stars through difficulties
This is the name of the mascot for the University of Kansas.
What is the Jayhawks?
Ann Dunham grew up in Wichita, KS. Her son, initially an attorney before becoming the senator of Illinois, later went on to be the President of the United States. What was his name?
Who is Barack Obama?
This Kansas town is the geographic center of the 48 contiguous United States.
What is Lebanon?
What is Wichita's nickname, which refers to Boeing?
"The Air Capital of the World"
This major trade route through Kansas stretched 1000 miles from Missouri to New Mexico.
What is the Santa Fe Trail?
This is the name of KSU's football stadium. (Hint: Think of the famous coaches)
What is Bill Snyder Family Stadium?
This is the largest city in Kansas.
What is Wichita?
This western town was on the Santa Fe Trail and has the Boot Hill Museum and other old western buildings.
What is Dodge City?
This was Kansas' nickname in the years leading up to the Civil War?
What is "Bleeding Kansas"?
The year Kansas became a state.
What is 1861?
This is the official dance for Kansas State University football? (stand up and demonstrate please for full points)
What is The WABASH!!!!?