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Famous People from Kansas Trivia Quiz

Famous folks from Kansas.

A multiple-choice quiz by LTCJ. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
LTCJ

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
312,772

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
332

Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first woman mayor in the United States? Hint

Susan Salter

Lutie Lytle

Carrie Nation

Mary Elizabeth Lease

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry, "Annie Allen"? Hint

Nancy Allen

Lutie Lytle

Gwendolyn Brooks

Hattie McDaniel

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the Kansas City jazz musician (who played the alto saxophone) known as "Bird" in the 1930's to the 1950's? Hint

James Mercer

William E. Mathewson

Charlie Parker

Edward McCabe

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean? Hint

Lutie Lytle

Amelia Earhart

Mary Elizabeth Lease

Lynette Woodard

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the Populist orator, who advised Kansas farmers to "raise less corn and more hell"? Hint

Susan Salter

Carrie Nation

Susan B. Anthony

Mary Elizabeth Lease

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who received an Academy Award (for role as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind") in 1939, the first African American to both win an Oscar and attend the Oscar ceremonies? Hint

Lutie Lytle

Hattie McDaniel

Gwendolyn Brooks

Nancy Allen

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was the first woman in Kansas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representitives Hint

Lynn Jenkins

Nancy Kassebaum

Kathryn O'Loughlin

Nancy Boyda

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Question 8 of 10

8. I lived in Ellis, Kansas where my father was a locomotive engineer. I founded one of the major automobile companies in America. Who am I Hint

John Maxwell

James Buick

Walter Chrysler

Henry Ford

9. Who was the first woman war correspondent accredited by U.S. government, first to serve on four battle-fronts? I am best known for writing about soldiers' personal stories during World War I. Who am I?
Hint

Peggy Hull Deuell

Lynn Jenkins

Nancy Boyda

Kathryn O'Loughlin

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote the Pulitzer-Prize winning play, "Picnic", in 1955 and "Bus Stop" in 1958. Hint

James Naismith

William Inge

Frank E. Peterson, Jr

William Allen White

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first woman mayor in the United States?

Answer: Susan Salter

Elected in Argonia, Kansas in 1887. The following year, 1888, the first all female city government was elected in Kansas.

Carrie Nation was a temperance leader.

Luttie Lytle the first African American female admitted to the Kansas Bar.

Mary Lease was a Populist stump speaker.

2. Who was the first African American poet to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry, "Annie Allen"?

Answer: Gwendolyn Brooks

Lutie Lytle was the first African American admitted to the Kansas Bar.

Hattie McDaniel was the first African Amewrican woman to win an Oscar.

3. Who was the Kansas City jazz musician (who played the alto saxophone) known as "Bird" in the 1930's to the 1950's?

Answer: Charlie Parker

Parker was famous in the Kansas City jazz scene but tragically died at a very young age of a drug overdose.

4. Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?

Answer: Amelia Earhart

Lutie Little was the first African American lawyer in Kansas.

"Yelling Ellen " Lease was a famous Populist stump speaker.

Lynette Woodard was a famous basketball star and the first woman to play on the Harlem Globe Trotters.

5. Who was the Populist orator, who advised Kansas farmers to "raise less corn and more hell"?

Answer: Mary Elizabeth Lease

Lease stomped all over Kansas as well as the Far West and the South for the cause. She was a powerful and emotional speaker.

6. Who received an Academy Award (for role as Mammy in "Gone With the Wind") in 1939, the first African American to both win an Oscar and attend the Oscar ceremonies?

Answer: Hattie McDaniel

The daughter of a Civil War veteran, Hattie McDaniel was born on June 10, 1895 in Wichita.

7. Who was the first woman in Kansas to be elected to the U.S. House of Representitives

Answer: Kathryn O'Loughlin

She was a single woman, a Catholic, and a Democrat in a primarily Republican state, and yet was managed to win the seat. Kathryn O'Loughlin of Hays entered the Democratic primary for Sixth District Kansas U.S. House of Representatives in 1932.

8. I lived in Ellis, Kansas where my father was a locomotive engineer. I founded one of the major automobile companies in America. Who am I

Answer: Walter Chrysler

Chrysler began his own company on June 6, 1925, and it was soon successful enough to become the third largest automaker in the United States.

Answer: Peggy Hull Deuell

Dr. Wilda Smith (former department chair of History at Fort Hays State University and my advisor) has written a very good biography of Peggy Hull.

Nancy Boyda served forone term in congress (2006-2008).

Lynn Jenkins defeated and replaced Boyda in 2008.

Kathryn O'Loughlin was the first woman elected to Congress from Kansas.

10. Who wrote the Pulitzer-Prize winning play, "Picnic", in 1955 and "Bus Stop" in 1958.

Answer: William Inge

James Naismith, invented game of Basketball.

Frank E. Peterson, Jr., in 1979, the first African American marine general.
William Allen White, the "Sage of Emporia", was nationally known editorial writer and owner of the "Emporia Gazette".

Source: Author LTCJ

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