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1e. What is the state song?
2e. Who was the Governor of Kansas in 1994?
3e. What is the name of the indian tribe that gave us the name of our state?
4e. Kansas has a nickname that is a flower. What is that name?
5e. The population of Kansas is about 1,300,040 or 2,485,600?
6e. Does the name Kansas comes from an Indian name or a Mexican name?
7e. The large animal that roamed the prairie and was food for so many but was almost entirely killed is ...?
8e. Was Kansas part of the Sante Fe Trail or Cumberland Trail?
9e. Did Daniel Boone ever live in Kansas?
1m. What famous Kansan died in 1969?
2m. Who were the first white men to explore Kansas?
3m. Who was President of the U.S. when the "Stars and Stripes" were first raised in Kansas?
4m. Who was the first white male child born in Kansas?
5m. How did Buffalo Bill get his nick name?
6m. People who live in Kansas are called...?
7m. People who were born in Kansas are called?
8m. Some of Kansas' nicknames related to the crops we grow are...?
9m. Who were the first people to farm in Kansas?
10m. What major political party was officially formed at Osawatomie in May of 1859?
11m. Who is Alf Landon's daughter?
12m. What Kansas statesman ran for Vice President of the United States in 1976 and President in 1996?
13m. What special event happened on January 29, 1861?
1h. The state slogan, "Ad Astra Per Aspera" means...?
2h. The words to our state song were written in what year?
3h. The words to our state song were written by ...?
4h. How many stars are on the official Kansas State Flag?
5h. The name of the Governor's home in Topeka is ...?
6h. In 1922, all 3rd grade children voted to elect the state bird. They voted between which two birds?
7h. Who was the first woman mayor in the United States?
8h. The last indian raid in Kansas was made in what year?
9h. In the mid 1800's, antil-slavery men called themselves what?
10h. In 1872, what town listed Rowdy Joe Lowe and his wife Kate, E.T. "Red" Beard, Shanghai Pierce and Wyatt Earp as its outstanding residents?
11h. Where can you find Prairie Dog State Park?
12h. How many geographical districts has Kansas been divided into by the Kansas Department of Transportation?
13h. In 1860, the legislature passed a bill over the governor's veto abolishing what issue?
14h. Who founded Pizza Hut?
15h. Kansas liquor by the drink laws have been kept intact for a number of years mostly through the efforts of one man. Who?
16h. Washburn University was named after the Massachusetts' company Ichabod Washburn, the producer of what early invention and necessity of the west?
17h. The "Kansas-Nebraska Act" allowed people to decide ...?
1h.
To the stars through difficulties
13m.
Kansas was admitted to the union as a state
1m.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
3h.
Dr. Brewster Higley from Smith Center
17h.
Whether Kansas would be a free or slave state
4m.
Napoleon Boone, son of Daniel Boone
12h.
6-Pioneer, Wild West, Big Lake, Frontier, Trails West, Ozark
8m.
"Bread Basket of America", "The Wheat State"
5m.
He killed buffalo to feed people traveling across the Sante Fe
Trail