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Colonial Trivia Night 2025 Round 1
Colonial Trivia Night 2025 Round 1
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1
The first capitol of Missouri was located in which city?
St. Louis
St. Charles
Kansas City
Jefferson City
2
Which city was the site of the first battle of the Civil War in Missouri?
Carthage
Lexington
Boonville
Independence
3
What was the nickname for the group of pro-slavery settlers who moved to Kansas in the 1850s?
Rough Riders
Border Ruffians
Redlegs
Jayhawkers
4
Which Native American tribe originally inhabited the Missouri area?
Osage
Sioux
Shawnee
Cherokee
5
Which famous explorer helped map Missouri's rivers and mountains in the early 19th century?
Zebulon Pike
Daniel Boone
Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
6
The first major steamboat to travel the Missouri River was called?
The Independence
The Missouri Star
The Western Engineer
The George Washington
7
What year was Kansas City officially incorporated as a city?
1850
1872
1853
1860
8
Which U.S. military fort was located in Missouri during the Civil War?
Fort Chouteau
Fort Davidson
Fort Osage
Fort Leonard Wood
9
Which Kansas town was the site of the first major Civil War battle in Kansas, known as the Battle of Black Jack?
Lecompton
Baldwin City
Lawrence
Topeka
10
Which president signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Franklin Pierce
11
Which famous Kansas City jazz musician was known as the "King of Swing"?
Duke Ellington
Charlie Parker
Count Basie
Louis Armstrong
12
In which year was the Kansas City Zoo founded?
1925
1950
1909
1900
13
Missouri became the 24th state in which year?
1825
1821
1830
1812
14
Who founded Kansas City?
Francois Chouteau and John McCoy
William Clark
John C. Fremont
Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
15
What was the first public park in Kansas City?
Penn Valley Park
North Terrace Park
Swope Park
Loose Park
16
Which Kansas town is known for being the location of the historic 1951 flood?
Lawrence
Topeka
Kansas City
Wichita
17
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers to determine the legality of slavery in the territories by what method?
The Fugitive Slave Act
Popular sovereignty
Abolition
Congressional approval
18
What event marked the beginning of the "Bleeding Kansas" conflict?
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The signing of the Missouri Compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Emancipation Proclamation
19
The first commercial oil well in Kansas was drilled in which town?
Great Bend
Neodesha
Wichita
El Dorado
20
In what year did Kansas become a state?
1861
1865
1870
1854
21
Who was the first mayor of Kansas City?
William S. Gregory
Robert T. Van Horn
Johnston Lykins
Milton J. Payne
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Which Native American tribe was originally from the Kansas area?
Sioux
Osage
Apache
Navajo