History
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Geography
Interesting Facts
100

What is home to the largest living rodent in North America? In has a large, black, paddle-like tail.

Beaver

100

Where was the first Pizza Hut located?

Wichita

100

What town in Kansas has re-created Dorthy's house from "The Wizard of Oz"?

Liberal

100

In what city will you find the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center?

Hutchinson

100

Name the Kansas state tree?

Cottonwood

200

When the Kansas Constitution was first drawn up, what people were given the right to vote?

White males

200

What college was once known as Kansas State Agricultural College?

K-State

200

In the TV Series, "Gilliagan's Island", the character Mary Ann, was said to live in what Kansas town?

Winfield

200

What Kansas city calls itself the "Little Apple"? 

Manhattan

200

Name the Kansas state reptile

Ornate box turtle

300

Kansas was the first state to ratify the 15th amendment. What did the 15th Amendment do?

Give African Americans the right to vote

300
How often where horses changed in the Pony Express?

Every 10-15 miles

300

The actor who portrayed Ward Cleaver, father of "The Beaver", was born in Lawrence. What was his real name?

Hugh Beaumont

300

Name the Halloween festival held yearly in Independence?

Neewollah

300

What does the name "Kansa" mean?

People of the South Wind

400

What kind of winter wheat did the Mennonites bring to Kansas from Russia that helped make Kansas the "Breadbasket of America"?

Turkey Red

400

In the early 1860's, starving Kansans flocked to this man for help in killing buffalo to feed their families

Wild Bill Mathewson

400

Name the group who sacked and burned the town of Lawrence in 1863

Quantrill's Raiders

400

What is the Prairie Chicken Capital of the World?

Cassoday

400
How many covered wagons are on the Great Seal of Kansas?

2 wagons

500

In 1936, Alton, Kansas,  set a record for the highest temperature ever recorded in the state. What was the temperature?

121 degrees

500

Who played basketball at the University of Kansas from 1955-1958 and went on to play professionally for the Warriors and the Lakers?

Wilt Chamberlain

500

The first black woman to win an Academy Award as a Kansan who was in the Movie "Gone with the Wind". Name the woman.

Hattie McDaniel

500

What Kansas town has held the National College Basketball Tournament since 1945?

Hutchinson

500

In the 19th Century, only one Kansas governor had one. What was it?

A mustache

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