People
Who won many awards and honors for creating the comic strip Peanuts?
Charles M. Schulz
What state is the Gateway Arch and the Patee House Museum in?
Missouri
What is the capital of Minnesota?
St. Paul
What did Native Americans make from the pink and red clay stone in Pipestone National Park?
What is petrified wood?
Who is known as the "father of the communication
satellite"?
John Robinson Pierce
What is the name of the massive glacier lake that covers parts of Minnesota, North Dakota, and Canada?
Lake Agassiz
What is the capital of Iowa?
Des Moines
During the Great Depression, President Hoover hired workers to build the Hoover Dam on what river?
Colorado River
What did President Truman decide to use against Japan in World War II to end the war?
atomic bomb
Who was awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross?
George "Bud" Day
What state is the Mayo Clinic and the Mall of America located in?
Minnesota
What is the capital of Missouri?
Jefferson City
What state is the John Deere company and the Meskwaki Nation in?
Iowa
Who proposed the first Arbor Day, where over one million trees were planted in Nebraska?
J. Sterling Morton
What is Samuel Clemens pen name?
Mark Twain
What state is Dodge City and Fort Leavenworth in?
Kansas
What is the capital of North Dakota?
Bismark
What state is Chimney Rock and Offutt Air Force Base in?
Nebraska
Why was Kansas given the name Bleeding Kansas in the 1800s?
they were fighting over whether to be a free or slave state
How was Dred Scott granted freedom?
The court said Scott could not be free, so the Blow family bought him and gave granted his freedom.
What state is Mount Rushmore and the memorial honoring Crazy Horse in?
South Dakota
What is the capital of South Dakota?
Pierre
Who was the supreme commander of the Allied troops on D-Day?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What Native American chief and his men ran out of food, and were forced to surrender to the US Army at Little Bighorn River?
Crazy Horse
What city stretches over the border of Kansas and Missouri?
Kansas City
What is the capital of Nebraska?
Lincoln
Who designed an auger to unload grain?
Lyle Yost
Who became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
What state is Theodore Roosevelt National Park and International Peace Garden in?
North Dakota
What is the capital of Kansas?
Topeka