Famous Kansans
Kansas Places
The Wizard of Oz
Kansas History
Kansas Firsts/Facts
100

This famous aviator was born in a small town in Kansas.

Amelia Earhart

100

This Kansas town is known as the "little apple"

Manhattan

100

Dorothy follows this toward the Emerald City.

Yellow Brick Road

100

Kansas has more of these than almost any other state, earning part of its reputation as the heart of “______ Alley.”

Tornadoes

100

This is the name of the official state bird of Kansas

Western Meadowlark

200

This man went by the nick name “Ike” and grew up in Abilene.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

200

This Kansas town became famous for cattle drives and later served as the setting for Gunsmoke.

Dodge City, KS

200

Dorothy's farmhouse lands on which witch?

The Wicked Witch of the East

200

This song is the official state song of Kansas. 

Home on the Range 

200

This is the official state tree of Kansas

Cottonwood

300

This famous television personality was born in Wichita and became known for hosting The Price Is Right.

Bob Barker

300

President Eisenhower's presidential library, museum, and boyhood home are located in this Kansas town.

Abilene

300

What does the Tin Man believe he needs from the Wizard?

A heart

300

What abolitionist became famous for his involvement in the conflict in Kansas before his later raid on Harpers Ferry?

John Brown

300

Kansas' state motto, Ad Astra Per Aspera, translates approximately to what English phrase?

To the stars through difficulties.


400

This Kansas-born actress played Miss Kitty Russel on Gunsmoke for nearly 20 years. 

Amanda Blake

400

This city is both the largest city in Kansas and known as the “Air Capital of the World.”

Wichita, KS

400

In the 1939 movie, Dorothy's slippers are ruby red. What color are they in L. Frank Baum's original book?

Silver

400

What 1854 federal law allowed Kansas and Nebraska settlers to decide the slavery question through popular sovereignty?

Kansas-Nebraska Act


400

Kansas entered the Union in 1861 as which numbered state?

 34th