Kansas Trivia

Geography


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Geography Trivia - Easy

1e. What state borders Kansas on the north?

2e. What state borders Kansas on the south?

3e. What state borders Kansas on the east?

4e. What state borders Kansas on the west?

5e. Where is the capital of Kansas?

6e. What town hosts the annual Kansas State Fair?

7e. Is Kansas 3rd, 14th, or 48th in size compared to other states in the U.S.?

8e. Is Kansas land mostly flat or rolling and hilly?

9e. Is the largest city in Kansas, Wichita or Topeka?

10e. The state of Kansas is in what shape?


Geography Trivia - Medium Difficulty

1m. How many counties are there in Kansas?

2m. What is the western third of Kansas known as?

3m. Where is the boyhood home town of President Dwight D. Eisenhower?

4m. What Kansas town founded in 1881 was composed almost entirely of Swedish immigrants?

5m. What famous early day cemetary is located on a hill in Dodge City?

6m. From which mountain range does the Arkansas River flow?

7m. In 1880 what Kansas town was known for being the biggest cattle market in the world?

8m. What city is known for salt mining?

9m. Name the river that forms the North East border of Kansas?

10m. What is the largest city in Kansas?

11m. What is the approximate width in miles of Kansas?

12m. What is the approximate height in miles of Kansas?

13m. What geometrical shape does the State of Kansas have?

14m. The highest point in Kansas is...?


Geography Trivia - Hard

1h. What is the greatest distance between the northern and southern borders of Kansas?

2h. What is the eastern third of Kansas known as?

3h. What is the greatest distance between the eastern and western borders of Kansas?

4h. What is the middle third of Kansas known as?

5h. What northern town was the home of a World War II P.O.W. camp?

6h. What Kansas town is known for its "International Pancake Race"?

7h. What was Kansas State University's original name?

8h. What college began as a Swedish Lutheran institution?

9h. What was Wichita State University's original name?

10h. In what town was the Free-State party located in Kansas?

11h. Where is the cowboy capital located?

12h. Daniel Boone and his family lived in what Kansas county?

13h. What town is the home of the world's largest bale of twine?

14h. What Kansas town used to be called Council Springs?

15h. What small town is one mile from the Kansas-Colorado state line?

16h. What is the most notable landmark on the Old Santa Fe Trail, in Kansas?

17h.What is the oldest city in Kansas?

18h. What is the longest river in the state?

19h. Carrie Nation's home was located in what Kansas town?

20h. Where is the Kickapoo Indian Reservation located?

 

 

 


Answers


1h. 204 miles

10m. Wichita

9e. Wichita

12m. 200

5e. Topeka

8e. Rolling and hilly

6m. the Rocky Mountains

10e. Rectangle

13m. rectangle

7e. 14th

16h. Pawnee Rock

1m.105

2e. Oklahoma

14m. Mount Sunflower (4,039 ft)

19h. Medicine Lodge

3e. Missouri

3h. 411 miles

9m. Missouri River

10h. Lawrence

17h. Leavenworth

1e. Nebraska

4m. Lindsborg

6h. Liberal

20h. Horton

12h. Jefferson County

2m. the High Plains

8h. Bethany College at Lindsborg

6e. Hutchinson

8m. Hutchinson

15h. Kanarado

11m. 400

11h. Dodge City

2h. the Flint Hills region

9h. Fairmount College

7m. Dodge City

14h. Council Grove

4e. Colorado

4h. Central Kansas

5m. Boot Hill

7h. Bluemont College

18h. Arkansas River

3m. Abilene

13h. Cawker City

5h. Concordia