kansas

     

Kansas (IPA: /ˈkænzəs/) is a Miwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American "Heartland". It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa tribe, who inhabited the area. The tribe's name (natively kką:ze) is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south wind", although this was probably not the term's original meaning. Residents of Kansas are called "Kansans".

Trivia about kansas

  • On November 23, 1880 this "Sunflower State" became the first to prohibit in its constitution the sale of liquor
  • High school buddies might want to apply to Friends University, based in Wichita in this state
  • Lots of places have an Oktoberfest, but the town of Liberal in this state has an Oztoberfest
  • In 1972 the band White Clover changed to this "state"ly name; its members went to Topeka West High School
  • Sunflower
  • If you were able to buy liquor in March 1881, you weren't in this state anymore, Toto; it banned sales in February
  • The "Wizard" of Oz is from Omaha, Nebraska, not far from this state where Dorothy lives
  • [the Jayhawks]
  • This progressive rock band from Topeka blew into the Top 10 in 1978 with "Dust in the Wind"
  • William Inge set both "Picnic" & "Bus Stop" in this Midwestern state
  • Formed in Topeka, their biggest hits included "Dust In The Wind" & "Carry On Wayward Son"
  • Manhattan,Liberal,Leavenworth
  • On its flag a sunflower sits above the state seal
  • Superman lived out his superboyhood in the city of Smallville in this U.S. state
  • This Sunflower State's unofficial nicknames include "Midway, U.S.A." & "Breadbasket of America"
  • The geographic center of the 48 contiguous states is in Smith County in this state
  • "Carry On Wayward Son","Dust In The Wind"
  • Febold Feboldson was a giant who performed amazing feats on the plains of Nebraska & this "Sunflower State"
  • 3 days after the Clutter family was murdered in this state, Capote arrived there to research "In Cold Blood"
  • Its state song is "Home On The Range", not "Over The Rainbow"
  • If there's anything Bob Dole knows, it's that when Bob Dole was Senate majority leader, Bob Dole served for this state
  • Jayhawkers
  • The "Cyclone State"
  • Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison in this state; a bridge & an airport there are named for her
  • Tourists in this state are well fortified: there's Fort Riley, Fort Larned & Fort Leavenworth to visit
  • Iowa has had "The Corn State", Kentucky has had "Bluegrass State", & it has had "The Wheat State"
  • Medicine Lodge,Sublette,Leavenworth
  • This "Jayhawk State" reportedly sent the greatest percentage of its male citizens to the Union army
  • In December 1996 former Tennessee senator Howard Baker married this state's senator Nancy Kassebaum
  • Destiny Frankenstein was a star softball shortstop as a Jayhawk at this university
  • Coffey,Bourbon,Archinson
  • This band of "Wayward Sons" is fronted by Steve Walsh
  • Truman Capote's nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood" was written in an event that took place in this state
  • Nicodemus in this "Jayhawk State" is the only remaining Western town founded by black Americans after Reconstruction
  • "Jericho"
  • This group's Kerry Livgren wrote "Dust in the Wind" after reading a book of Native American poetry
  • If you're at this state's lowest point, on the Verdigris River, stop for a pick-me-up in nearby Coffeyville
  • “Brown vs. Board of Education” dealt with school segregation in this state's capital
  • The Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum, the Oz Museum
  • In 2008 this "Self"-coached team needed overtime to beat Memphis for the NCAA Division I basketball title
  • In 2003 this state replaced its statue of George Washington Glick in Statuary Hall with one of Dwight Eisenhower
  • In 1855 Brown & 5 of his sons went to this territory to help the antislavery battle & while there get some land
  • Republicans Sam Brownback & Pat Roberts are its senate delegation
  • 1978: "Dust in the Wind"
  • Republicans Pat Roberts & Sam Brownback have been senators from this Midwest state since the mid-1990s
  • Kathleen Sebelius, 2003 to 2009
  • It's named for an Indian people also known as the Kaw
  • The quarter for this state has a sunflower & a buffalo
  • ...can also mean multiple strikeouts on your scorecard
  • The geographic center of the contiguous U.S. states is about 4 miles west of the city of Lebanon in this state
  • A sea once covered most of the Midwest; aquatic dinosaur fossils abound in this Sunflower State's Smoky Hills
  • You're looking at the upper part of this state's flag; if we showed you the whole flag it would give it away
  • Known as the "Big Red One", the 1st Infantry Division is headquarted at this state's Fort Riley
  • In the 1850s a prairie wheat state was known as "Bleeding" this; today, oil might make it "Gushing" this
  • From 1978 to 1997 Nancy Kassebaum, daughter of Alf Landon, represented this state in the Senate
  • 679 feet above sea level on the Verdigris River near its southern border with Oklahoma