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