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Exploring Kansas: A Quiz on Its History and Culture

Test your knowledge about the state of Kansas, its culture, history, and notable locations with this engaging quiz!

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1 What is the motto of Kansas?

2 Which of the following is east of Kansas?

3 The judicial branch of the state government is headed by the ________.

4 Who played Buckshot the videomovie Kansas?

5 Which is the largest metropolitan area in Kansas?

6 Who is the governor of Kansas?

7 Areas under the protection of the ________ include:

8 Who played Nelson Nordquist the videomovie Kansas?

9 What role did Gary Schuler play in the videomovie Kansas?

10 The territorial dispute ultimately led to the ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Cimarron Redoubt in southwestern Kansas was built as a fortification and later converted to a post office.
  • the directors of Blue Mont Central College had to offer the college's building and land to the state of Kansas three times before the state accepted it and converted it into Kansas State University in 1863.
  • the disputed Cherokee Strip in Kansas was the result of a boundary conflict between the Osage, Cherokee and United States federal government which lasted from 1854 until 1866.
  • in 1872, Western University in Kansas, USA, selected Charles Henry Langston, abolitionist, politician and future grandfather of poet Langston Hughes, as principal of its new normal school.
  • in 1862, Senator Samuel Pomeroy of Kansas proposed the colony of Linconia to fulfill U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's vision for African-American emigration to Central America.
  • Joseph McCoy was a 19th century cattle baron who is often cited as the inspiration for the phrase "The Real McCoy" because he made good on his pledge to Texas ranchers to get them a good price for their Longhorn cattle if they drove them from Texas to Kansas on the Chisholm Trail.
  • Lake Scott State Park is home to El Quartelejo Ruins, the northernmost Indian pueblo in the United States and the only one known in Kansas.
  • during the Indian Wars, troops stationed at Fort Harker, Kansas in 1867 performed more escorts of wagon trains in one year than troops stationed at any other frontier fort in the post-American Civil War era.
  • Charles de Saulles coached an undefeated football team of workers from a Kansas zinc smelting works that defeated the Carlisle Indians and was dubbed "the oddest football team in the country".
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