Kansas is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state lined by Nebraska toward the north; Missouri toward the east; Oklahoma toward the south; and Colorado toward the west. Kansas is named after the Kansas River, which thus was named after the Kansa Native Americans who lived along its banks. The clan’s name is frequently said to mean “individuals of the (south) wind” although this was probably not the term’s original meaning. For thousands of years, what is currently Kansas was home to various different Native American clans. Clans in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the stream valleys. Clans in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and pursued large crowds of bison.
Here we have gathered some informative Kansas trivia questions for you to enjoy and get some information.
1 Amelia Earhart was born in a Kansas town whose name is also part of the name of a railroad. Johnny Mercer wrote the lyrics to a hit song with this town’s name. What town is it?
Answer: Atchison
2 This large river meets up with the Missouri River in Kansas City and flows through the northeastern part of the state. Name this river.
Answer: Kansas River
3 What is the Kansas state flower?
Answer: Sunflower
4 Which interstate highway DOESN’T run through Kansas?
Answer: I-80
5 Where is “The Big Well”?
Answer: Greensburg, Kansas, USA
6 Which is NOT another nickname for Kansas?
Answer: Jawbreaker State
7 Which Spanish explorer first set foot in the area which is now Kansas?
Answer: Coronado
8 Kansas was the ______ state that enter the Union.
Answer: 34
9 In addition to the Sunflower State, what is another of the various nicknames of Kansas?
Answer: Jayhawker State
10 Where in Kansas can you find one of the world’s largest balls of twine?
Answer: Cawker City
11 Who or what was Kansas named for?
Answer: The warriors called Kansa
12 What is the region in the extreme southeast corner of Kansas that was once the center of zinc mining in the U.S.?
Answer: Ozark Plateau
13 When did “The Big Well” open up as a tourist attraction?
Answer: 1937
14 What is the Kansas state bird?
Answer: Western Meadowlark
15 What was Kansas’ nickname in the years leading up to the Civil War?
Answer: bleeding Kansas
16 At one time it was against the law to serve ice cream on _________ in Kansas.
33 Under the terms of the original Homestead Act of 1862, how many years were Kansans given to improve their land?
Answer: 5 years
34 The world’s largest hand-dug well is located in Greensburg, Kansas. What else is the town of Greensburg known for?
Answer: getting destroyed by an E-F5 tornado
35 Where in Kansas is Riley County?
Answer: Northeast
36 What region, located in the northeast corner of Kansas, is noted for lush hills and valleys as a result of the last Ice Age from which it gets its name?
Answer: Glaciated Region
37 Where is the Coleman Lantern Museum?
Answer: Wichita, Kansas, USA
38 What is the state reptile?
Answer: Ornate Box Turtle
39 Which Kansan served as Vice-President of the United States?
Answer: Charles Curtis
40 Kansas has the largest population of wild ________ in North America.
Answer: grouse
41 What is Wichita’s nickname?
Answer: The Air Capital of the World
42 Famous politician Bob Dole is from which Kansas town?
Answer: Russell
43 In what geographic region of the US is Kansas located?
Answer: Midwest
44 Only ten miles wide, this region runs from the southern border of Kansas as far north as Leavenworth County. Which one is it?
Answer: Chautauqua Hills
45 Where is (was) the first Pizza Hut located?
Answer: Wichita, Kansas, USA
46 What is the state insect?
Answer: Honeybee
47 Who was the only Republican governor in the country to be re-elected in 1934?
Answer: Alf Landon
48 A 30-foot-tall statue of ___________ stands in Manhattan.
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