WorksheetsKansas Day Trivia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What year did Kansas become a state?
1907
1861
1865
1920
Which city in Kansas is the largest?
Kansas City
Overland Park
Wichita
Topeka
Which choice is not a nickname for Kansas?
Aerospace State
Wheat State
Sunflower State
Jayhawker State
What is atop the Capitol dome in Topeka?
The American Flag
The Kansas Flag
A statue of an archer
A big light bulb
What is the state song?
Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City
Home on the Range
This Land is Your Land
God Bless Kansas
How many stars are on the Kansas flag?
34
25
37
29
Which Kansan was the 34th president of the United States?
Bob Dole
William Allen White
Gordon Parks
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas leads the production in which commodity?
Helium
Petroleum
Cement
Salt
In which branch of state government is the Kansas Secretary of State?
Judicial
Legislative
Executive
Official
What is the name of the Supreme Court decision which declared in 1954 that segregation in schools is unconstitutional?
Jones vs. Wichita Board of Education
Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education
Brown vs. Kansas Board of Education
Smith vs. Lawrence Board of Education
When did the Spanish explorer Coronado become the first European to enter present-day Kansas?
1492
1750
1661
1541
In 1803, who sold Kansas to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase?
The French
The Spanish
The Cajuns
The Comanche
Which Kansas location has been ranked the windiest city in the nation?
Hays
Dodge City
Abilene
Salina
Which of these is not pictured on the Great Seal of the State of Kansas?
Buffalo
Covered wagon
Sunflower
Cabin
What is Kansas' state tree?
Cottonwood
Redbud
Sycamore
Blue Spruce
Which Kansas author was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923?
Edgar Allan Poe
Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Charles Monroe Sheldon
William Allen White
Which Atchison native from Kansas was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and when?
Mary Harris Jones in 1929
Amelia Mary Earhart in 1932
Olympia Brown in 1919
Susan Brownell Anthony in 1935
Which Kansan born in Wichita was the first African-American performer to win an Academy Award in 1939?
Sidney Poitier
Dorothy Dandridge
Hattie McDaniel
Ethel Waters
The legislative branch of Kansas government is composed of how many elected officials?
25 Senators and 140 Representatives
45 Senators and 120 Representatives
30 Senators and 135 Representatives
40 Senators and 125 Representatives
Which of these Kansans did not serve as Secretary of State?
Bill Graves
Elwill M. Shanahan
Kathleen Sebelius
Kris Kobach
