Kansas State Symbols
What is the Kansas State Flower?
Sunflower
When was Kansas admitted to the Union of the United States?
January 29, 1861
Name this Famous Female Aviator.
Amelia Earhart
What movie is about a traveling Kansas farm girl?
Wizard of Oz
What gas was discovered in Kansas?
Helium was first discovered in Dexter, Kansas in 1903.
Nickname for Kansas?
Sunflower State
What was the Territorial nickname for Kansas?
Bleeding Kansas
Name the US President that called Kansas home.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What famous pizza restaurant chain began in Kansas?
Pizza Hut
Where does Kansas get its name?
Our state is named for the Kansa tribe, also called "The People of the South Wind."
Official Reptile for the State of Kansas?
Box Turtle
What battle is said to have started the Civil War?
The Battle of BlackJack near Baldwin City
This Kansas journalist created a national children's book award.
William Allen White
Who is the governor of Kansas?
Laura Kelly
What used to cover our state (and much of the midwest) millions of years ago?
What is the Kansas State Song?
Home on the Range
William Quantrill burned this city in Kansas to the ground.
Lawrence KS
Dodge City had this famous sheriff.
Wyatt Earp
These two famous wagon trails ran through Kansas and took settlers to the western side of the continent.
Santa Fe Trail and Oregon Trail
What valuable "treasures" are kept underground in Hutchinson, Kansas?
movie memorabilia