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Kansas - Mixed Facts Trivia Quiz

This quiz will test your knowledge of the first 100 years of Kansas as a state.

A multiple-choice quiz by LTCJ. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
LTCJ

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
385,243

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
208

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. In the early 20th century a mining boom started in Kansas with lead mines. The area centered around the geological area known as the ________? Hint

Chautauqua Hills

Ozark Plateau

Smoky hills

Glaciated Region

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Question 2 of 10

2. To protect miners going to the Colorado gold fields, an army fort was established on Big Creek, half way between the Saline and Smoky Hill rivers. Hint

Ft Riley

Ft Hays

Ft Dodge

Ft Wallace

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Question 3 of 10

3. Kansas was home to many famous lawmen. Which of these was a fictional lawman in Kansas? Hint

"Wild" Bill Hickhock

Wyatt Earp

"Bear river" Tom Smith

Matt Dillion

4. Due to railroad land grants 20 miles either side of the track and recruiting settlers from Europe, ethnic settlements dotted western Kansas. Which of these settlements was called the "Czech capitol of Kansas"? Hint

Wilson

Salina

Leibenthal

Greensberg

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Question 5 of 10

5. After the Civil War migrating former slaves founded Black farming communities in western Kansas. The most famous one was __________? Hint

Hill City

Nicodemus

Colby

Goodland

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Question 6 of 10

6. During a whistle stop tour, presidential campaign candidate William Jennings Bryan referred to a native stone church as the "Cathedral of the Plains" The church is located in the town of ____________? Hint

Victoria

Munjor

Catherine

Hays

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Question 7 of 10

7. George Grant was a Scotsman gentleman that founded a town in Ellis county named for Queen Victoria. One of his many accomplishments was to introduce British cattle into the United States. What was the breed introduced by George Grant? Hint

Hereford

Aberdeen Angus

Short Horn

Jersey

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Question 8 of 10

8. Kansas has sent very strong women to Congress. The first represented Hays, Kansas in Congress in 1935-36. Who was she? Hint

Joan Finney

Kathleen Sebelius

Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy

Nancy Landon Kassebaum

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Question 9 of 10

9. Standing 5'5" tall and weighing a slight 120 pounds he didn't look like a famous general. He is one of the greatest generals that few remember, but one of the two army camps at Ft Riley is named after him. One of three Kansans to win the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Philippines. Hint

James Forsyth

Nelson Miles

Arthur MacArthur Jr.

Fredrick Funston

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Populist party was very strong in Kansas. Who advised farmers to "raise more hell and less corn". Hint

Carrie Nation

Mary Elizabeth Lease

"Sockless" Jerry Simpson

Annie Diggs

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In the early 20th century a mining boom started in Kansas with lead mines. The area centered around the geological area known as the ________?

Answer: Ozark Plateau

The area was known for many labor problems as eastern miners attempted to unionize mine workers. The main city in the southeast Kansas town is Pittsburg.

2. To protect miners going to the Colorado gold fields, an army fort was established on Big Creek, half way between the Saline and Smoky Hill rivers.

Answer: Ft Hays

The fort was first established as Ft Fletcher but was washed away in a flood. The fort was moved 18 miles upstream and named Ft Hays to honor Alexander Hays, a union general killed in the Wilderness campaign. It served as home to the 7th US Cavalry and other units and was the main supply fort for the Indian campaigns.

3. Kansas was home to many famous lawmen. Which of these was a fictional lawman in Kansas?

Answer: Matt Dillion

In the 1950s some congressmen thought Matt Dillon was an actual lawman and wanted to honor him as an example of the western lawman.

Answer: Wilson

Wilson holds an annual festival to recognize its Czech heritage.

5. After the Civil War migrating former slaves founded Black farming communities in western Kansas. The most famous one was __________?

Answer: Nicodemus

W R Hill recruited former slaves to start their own town in Graham county. The county seat was named Hill City after him. An annual reunion brings hundreds of descendants back to Nicodemus. In the neighboring town of Bogue, the city population was 143 (2010 census) but only 3% minority.

Answer: Victoria

The Catholic church was created by local stonemasons who had emigrated from Germany and was home to local monastery.

Answer: Aberdeen Angus

The other prominent British settlement was called Runnymede and had a local polo club. Half of Victoria was Scottish and English settlers and the other half were Volga Germans in the township of Herzog. Today the town has a population of just over 1,200.

8. Kansas has sent very strong women to Congress. The first represented Hays, Kansas in Congress in 1935-36. Who was she?

Answer: Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy

Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy was targeted by Kansas Governor Alf Landon and narrowly lost the reelection because of her support of the New Deal.

Kathleen Sebelius was a two-time govenor of Kansas, The daughter of the Ohio governor they are the first Father Daughter governors. She joined the administration of President Obama to roll out the Affordable Care Act.

Nancy Landon Kassebaum won election to the U.S. Senate and serving there for nearly two decades. She is the daughter of former Governor Alf Landon.

Joan Finney was the first female to serve as Governor of Kansas.

Answer: Fredrick Funston

As a volunteer he served as General Garcia's head of artillery during the Cuban insurrection until severely wounded. He later recovered enough to lead the 20th Kansas Volunteers in the Philippines where he won the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was slated to lead the American Expeditionary Force into WWI.

His sudden death in 1916 elevated his second in Command, John J. Pershing to the command of the AEF.

10. The Populist party was very strong in Kansas. Who advised farmers to "raise more hell and less corn".

Answer: Mary Elizabeth Lease

The Populist movement was criticized as radical but many of their ideas latter became mainstream with the Progressive movement at the turn of the 20th century.

Source: Author LTCJ

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