Q 01/05

Which long-running CBS Western, starring James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon, was set in Dodge City, Kansas?

A) Bonanza

B) Gunsmoke

C) Rawhide

D) Wagon Train

Answer · why

B) Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke ran for 20 seasons on television, and in 1959 Dodge City renamed its downtown Walnut Street after the show.

Q 02/05

Dodge City, staked out just ahead of the arriving railroad, took its name from what kind of nearby site?

A) A cattle ranch

B) A river crossing

C) An army fort

D) A trading post

Answer · why

C) An army fort

An army fort five miles to the east, Fort Dodge, lent the town its name after the settlers' first choice turned out to be taken by another Kansas town...

Q 03/05

Sitting on the open High Plains, Dodge City, Kansas, is often cited as which superlative among US cities?

A) Windiest

B) Sunniest

C) Driest

D) Foggiest

Answer · why

A) Windiest

Windiest is the label Dodge City often gets, thanks to an average wind speed of 13.9 mph that can whip even light snowfalls into blizzards.

Q 04/05

In 2009, Dodge City, Kansas, became home to the first state-owned example of what in the United States?

A) A distillery

B) A racetrack

C) A theme park

D) A casino

Answer · why

D) A casino

A casino named Boot Hill opened that December under Kansas ownership, borrowing its Old West theme from the town's famous frontier cemetery.

Q 05/05

Settlers first named Dodge City after which animal, whose hides and bones made the early town rich?

A) Antelope

B) Coyote

C) Buffalo

D) Prairie dog

Answer · why

C) Buffalo

Buffalo City was the settlers' first pick, but another Kansas town already had the name. An estimated 1.5 million hides shipped out of Dodge City betw...