Kansas
  • 1. What is the capital city of Kansas?
A) Kansas City
B) Topeka
C) Wichita
D) Overland Park
  • 2. Which river forms part of the eastern boundary of Kansas?
A) Columbia River
B) Missouri River
C) Ohio River
D) Colorado River
  • 3. What is the nickname of Kansas?
A) Wheat State
B) Jayhawk State
C) Sunflower State
D) Buffalo State
  • 4. Which famous aviator was born in Atchison, Kansas?
A) Amelia Earhart
B) Howard Hughes
C) Orville Wright
D) Charles Lindbergh
  • 5. What is the highest point in Kansas?
A) Mount Mitchell
B) Mount Sunflower
C) Pikes Peak
D) Mount Elbert
  • 6. In which year did Kansas become the 34th state to join the Union?
A) 1861
B) 1890
C) 1854
D) 1876
  • 7. What is the official state bird of Kansas?
A) American Robin
B) Western Meadowlark
C) Bald Eagle
D) Northern Cardinal
  • 8. Which university's sports team is known as the Jayhawks?
A) University of Kansas
B) Kansas State University
C) Wichita State University
D) Emporia State University
  • 9. Which U.S. President lived in Kansas for a few years during his childhood?
A) Herbert Hoover
B) Lyndon B. Johnson
C) Harry S. Truman
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 10. Which famous author was born in Kansas and wrote 'In Cold Blood'?
A) Harper Lee
B) John Steinbeck
C) Truman Capote
D) F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • 11. What is the state flower of Kansas?
A) Lily
B) Rose
C) Sunflower
D) Tulip
  • 12. Which famous baseball player, known as 'The Sultan of Swat', was born in Kansas?
A) Babe Ruth
B) Lou Gehrig
C) Jackie Robinson
D) Hank Aaron
  • 13. What is the highest recorded temperature in Kansas history?
A) 110°F
B) 135°F
C) 121°F
D) 99°F
  • 14. What is the state insect of Kansas?
A) Honeybee
B) Monarch Butterfly
C) Lightning Bug
D) Ladybug
  • 15. Which singer-songwriter from Kansas wrote the hit song 'Dust in the Wind'?
A) Bob Dylan
B) Kerry Livgren
C) Bruce Springsteen
D) Elton John
  • 16. What is the largest city in Kansas by population?
A) Wichita
B) Kansas City
C) Overland Park
D) Topeka
  • 17. Which Kansas native won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993?
A) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
B) Toni Morrison
C) Alice Munro
D) Ernest Hemingway
  • 18. Which actor from Kansas starred in iconic movies like 'Die Hard' and 'The Sixth Sense'?
A) Meryl Streep
B) Robert De Niro
C) Tom Hanks
D) Bruce Willis
  • 19. What river makes up a portion of the southern boundary of Kansas?
A) Mississippi River
B) Yellowstone River
C) Rio Grande
D) Arkansas River
  • 20. What is the state tree of Kansas?
A) Cottonwood
B) Pine
C) Maple
D) Oak
  • 21. What is the official state soil of Kansas?
A) Butler Silt Loam
B) Cherokee Loam
C) Miami Silt Loam
D) Harney Silt Loam
  • 22. Which famous football coach was born in Salina, Kansas?
A) Urban Meyer
B) Pete Carroll
C) Bill Snyder
D) Nick Saban
  • 23. Which former U.S. Senator and 1996 Republican presidential candidate is from Kansas?
A) John McCain
B) Mitt Romney
C) Bob Dole
D) Al Gore
  • 24. What is the official state mammal of Kansas?
A) American Bison
B) White-tailed Deer
C) Eastern Gray Squirrel
D) Mountain Lion
  • 25. Which famous jazz musician and bandleader was born in Parsons, Kansas?
A) Louis Armstrong
B) Ella Fitzgerald
C) Duke Ellington
D) Count Basie
  • 26. Which agricultural crop is Kansas primarily known for?
A) Corn
B) Wheat
C) Soybeans
D) Cotton
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