State symbols
What is the state flower of Kansas?
Sunflower
What is Kansas' nickname?
a. Farming State
b. Free State
c. Sunflower State
d. Prairie State
Before firearms, what was an important weapon used by the Plains Indians?
a. sword
b. crossbow
c. bow and arrow
d. rifle
Bow and arrow
Name one sports team from Kansas
answers will vary
Which US president and US Army general grew up in Abilene?
a. Harry Truman
b. Ulysses S. Grant
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower
d. Andrew Jackson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
What is the state bird of Kansas
Western Meadowlark
What did the Plains Indians use for trading and winter clothing?
a. cotton
b. animal hides
c. wool
d. feathers
animal hides
What material were tipi lodges made of?
a. buffalo hides
b. horse hides
c. wool
d. leather blankets
Buffalo hides
Name a Kansas sports team
answers will vary
Which Woman's Christian Temperance Union member, famous for smashing saloons with a hatchet, began her movement in Medicine Lodge?
a. Frances Willard
b. Susan B. Anthony
c. Martha Carey Thomas
d. Carry A. Nation
Carry A. Nation
What is the state tree?
a. Cottonwood
b. oak
c. ash
d. evergreen
Cottonwood
What was one type of lodge used by the Plains Indians?
a. cabin
b. dugout
c. tipi
d. sod house
Tipi
What crop is Kansas most known for growing?
Wheat
What is K-State's mascot
Wildcats
Which influential Kansan from Emporia was a newspaper journalist and author who received two Pulitzer Prizes?
a. Samuel Clemens
b. Walter Winchell
c. William Allen White
d. Ernie Pyle
William Allen White
What is the state animal of Kansas?
a. horse
b. coyote
c. bison
d. white tail deer
Which tribe of the Plains Indians gave Kansas its name?
a. Kiowa
b. Kansa
c. Pawnee
d. Ottawa
Kansa
What was a popular name for the wagons that carried pioneers across the plains of Kansas?
a. prairie schooners
b. trail wagons
c. prairie boats
d. speed wagons
Prairie schooners
What is the mascot for KU
Jayhawks
What Kansas town was attacked and burned by William C. Quantrill?
a. Kansas City
b. Lawrence
c. Leavenworth
d. Osage City
Lawrence
What is the state reptile of Kansas?
a. snapping turtle
b. ornate box turtle
c. painted turtle
d. spotted turtle
Ornate box turtle
What animal did the Spanish introduce that forever changed the way of life for Plains Indians?
a. the horse
b. the buffalo
c. the deer
d. the cow
The horse
What song represents Kansas?
a. Dust in the Wind
b. Home on the Range
c. Happy Trails
d. This Land is Your Land
Home on the Range
What is in the WuShock's mouth
A piece of wheat
What were abolitionists from Kansas known as?
a. Border Warriors
b. Kansans
c. Brown's Boys
d. Jayhawkers
Jayhawkers