Kansas Day History

Places

100

What town is Kansas State in?

Manhatten

200

What is the name of the town where Kansas University is located?

Lawrence

300

What is the capitol of Kansas?

Topeka

400

In what Kansas town is the world's largest handdug well located?

Greensburg

500

What is the largest county in the state of Kansas?

Butler County

State Symbols

100

What is the State Flower of Kansas?

sunflower

200

What is the State Animal of Kansas?

American buffalo

300

What is the State Bird of Kansas?

Western Meadow Lark

400

What is the State Tree of Kansas?

Cottonwood

500

What is the State Reptile of Kansas?

Ornate Box Turtle

Around the State

100

What is the longest river in Kansas?

Arkansas River

200

What is the highest point in Kansas?

Mount Sunflower

300

What are the 4 states that border Kansas?

Missouri (east), Nebraska (north), Oklahoma (south), and Colorado (west)

400

On maps, what is the state of Kansas some times referred to as?

the center of the United States

500

Where is the state's largest swimming pool?

Garden City

Interesting Facts

100

What is the most common nickname for the state of Kansas?

the Sunflower State

200

What is the main crop grown in Kansas?

wheat

300

What is the name of our state song?

Home on the Range

400

Which President was a Kansan?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

500

What famous trail extends through part of Kansas?

the Santa Fe Trail

Miscellaneous

100

What is the state insect?

Honeybee

200

What is the largest city in Kansas?

Wichita

300

The first pizza hut was in what city in Kansas?

Wichita

400

What do the 34 stars on the Kansas flag represent?

Becoming the 34th state to join the union

500

What does "Ad Astra per Aspera" mean?

to the stars through difficulties