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This famous Kansan was the first women ever to be asked to play on the Harlem Globetrotters Basketball Team. To this day she still holds the record for making 3,649 points in 4 years at Kansas University.
Who is Lynette Woodard?
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This famous Kansan grew up in Atchison, Kansas and was the first woman to attempt to fly a plane across the Pacific Ocean.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
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This gentleman was the 34th President of the United States and grew up in Abilene Kansas.
Who is Dwight D Eisenhower?
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This famous Kansan was born on December 5, 1879 in Hawthorne, Iowa. He built his first plane in 1911 and was the founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation.
Who is Clyde Cessna?
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This famous Kansan was born July 5, 1921 in Oklahoma and was a great artist. a) Francis Blackbear Bosin b) Langston Hughes c) Clyde Cessna
Who is a) Francis Blackbear Bosin?
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This famous Kansan invented the thirteen original rules for the game basketball in 1891.
Who is James Naismith?
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This famous Kansan changed her name because she wanted to carry a nation and died in Leavenworth Kansas. She was famous for smashing saloons. a) Susan B. Anthony b) Ida Tarbell c) Carry A. Nation d) Carrie Chapman Catt
Who is c) Carrie (Carry) A. Nation?
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This famous African American Kansan was a poet and was born in 1902 and he died 1967. a) Francis Blackbear Bosin b) Langston Hughes c) Wild Bill Hickok c) Russel Stover
Who is b) Langston Hughes?
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This famous Kansan owned the Chrysler car company and was born April 2, 1875 in Wamego, Kansas.
Who is Walter Chrysler?
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This famous Kansan was our 16th Governor. He was born on September 19, 1887 and lost the election for president against Theodore Roosevelt. a) Sam Brownback b) Bill Clinton c) Alfred Landon d) Abraham Lincoln
Who is c) Alfred Landon?
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This Woman set records at Kansas State University for points, rebounds, and free throws that are still unchallenged today. She played in the WNBA and is now retired and provides clinics for children who love basketball. a) Amelia Earhart b) Nicole Ohlde c) Hattie McDaniel d) Vivian Vance
Who is b) Nicole Ohlde?
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This woman was born in Pepin, Wisconsin and later moved to Walnut Grove, Minnesota. She later settled in Kansas and wrote children's books including: Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, and Farmer Boy.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
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This famous Kansan was a U.S senator from 1969 to 1996 and was born on July 22, 1923 in Russell, Kansas. He was a nominee to be president but lost to Bill Clinton.
Who is Robert Dole?
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This famous Kansan invented one of the most famous brands of chocolate that he sold in one of his five stores before his chocolates became nationally famous. He was born in Osborne County in 1921.
Who is Russell Stover?
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This famous Kansan lived in Emporia, Kansas. He was the editorial writer for the Kansas City Star. He also bought the Emporia Gazette and earned the nickname 'The Sage of Emporia'. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.
Who is William Allen White?
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This famous Kansan played in five Pro-Bowls and was drafted to play for the Detroit Lions in 1951. He was born in Sublette, Kansas in 1928 and played football for Colorado State University. a) Jack Christiansen b) Robert Dole c) Sam Brownback d) Tamba Hali
Who is a) Jack Christiansen?
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In 1859 this woman doctor from Virginia became the first woman doctor in Kansas after moving to Spring Hill, Kansas. a) Laura Ingalls Wilder b) Celia Ann Dayton c) Amelia Earhart d) Georgia Neese Clark Gray
Who is b) Celia Ann Dayton?
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This African American was born on November 30, 1912 in Fort Scott, Kansas and was a photographer who stood up to racism. He won the William Allen White Award in 2005.
Who is Gordon Parks?
400
This gentleman is the current Governor of Kansas. He was born in Garnett, Kansas and has five children. He attended the University of Kansas.
Who is Governor Sam Brownback?
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This famous Kansan was the first Native American Indian to serve as Vice President under Herbert Hoover. He was born on January 25, 1860 near Topeka, Kansas. a) Charles Curtis b) Robert Dole c) Dwight D. Eisenhower d) Gordon Parks
Who is Charles Curtis?
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This gentleman was asked to join seven different basketball teams. He is currently the Assistant Coach of the Austin Spurs. He attended Washington High School in Kansas City, Kansas and played basketball at UCLA. a) Wyatt Earp b) Langston Hughes c) Earl Watson d) Clyde Cessna
Who is c) Earl Watson?
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This famous Kansan was born on January 27, 1898 in Richland, Kansas and became the U.S Treasurer. a) Amelia Earhart b) Georgia Neese Clark Gray c) Hattie McDaniel d) Vivian Vance
Who is b) Georgia Neese Clark Gray?
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This gentleman is famous for being in the most famous gun fight in America at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona and was a sheriff in Dodge City, Kansas.
Who is Wyatt Earp?
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This prominent African-American scientist and inventor graduated from Minneapolis High School in Minneapolis, Kansas. He is best known for the many uses he devised for the peanut.
Who is George Washington Carver?
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This American actor born in Kansas City, Kansas and graduate of Kansas State University is best known for his role on Modern Family as Cameron Tucker. a) William Allen White b) Gordon Parks c) Eric Stonestreet d) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who is Eric Stonestreet?