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The Sunflower State
100
The Number of counties found in Kansas.
What is 105?
100
More than half of all U.S. migratory waterfowl pass through this wildlife sanctuary.
What is Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area?
100
The branch of government that makes the laws of the state.
What is the legislative branch?
100
Kansas came into the Union as this.
What is the 34th state?
100
It is estimated that 20 million of these roamed the western plains in 1850.
What are bison?
200
Barton County, the only county in Kansas named after a woman, honors this woman.
Who was Clara Barton?
200
The state amphibian.
What is barred tiger salamander?
200
The number of members of the state senate.
What is 40?
200
The year Topeka became the capital.
What is 1861?
200
Homes built on the prairie from hardened dirt and grass.
What were sod houses?
300
Forty-seven counties in Kansas are named after them.
What are Civil War veterans?
300
In Kansas, bear, wolf, panther, grouse, and wild turkey belong to this group of animals.
What are endangered species?
300
The chief of the executive branch.
Who is the governor?
300
The state nickname.
What is the Sunflower State?
300
In 1874, this insect plague came into Kansas, devastating all of the crops.
What are grasshoppers?
400
Seventeen counties have names from this source.
What are Indians?
400
Majestic birds that winter along the Kansas River near Lecompton.
What are Eagles?
400
The Number of members of the state house of representatives.
What is 125?
400
Kansas was named after this Indian tribe.
Who were the Kansa?
400
He was marshal in Abilene and later toured with "Buffalo Bill" Cody's Wild West Show.
Who was James Butler "Wild Bill" Hichok?
500
Topeka is located in this county.
What is Shawnee?
500
They can weigh up to 2,000 pounds and grow up to 6 feet at the shoulder.
What are bison?
500
The branch of government that interprets the laws.
What is judicial branch?
500
The first governor of Kansas.
Who was Charles Robinson?
500
Dust storms during the 1930s gave Kansas this name.
What is the Dust Bowl State?