All right, friends, as promised, here are the correct answers to my quiz on my home state of Texas. Thanks to all who checked in here and participated. I hope it provided some fun and information.
1. The capital of Texas is...
a) Austin
b) Corpus Christi
c) Dallas
d) Houston
e) San Antonio
2. The Texas Declaration of Independence was formalized and signed in which of these towns?
a) Austin
b) Houston
c) Velasco
d) Washington-on-the-Brazos This occurred in 1836.
e) West Columbia
3. Which of these is the oldest city/town in Texas?
a) Bastrop
b) El Paso The site of El Paso was settled in 1680, as a remote northern outpost of Spain's American empire, and has been continuously inhabited ever since.
c) Nacogdoches
d) San Antonio
e) San Felipe
4. How many counties does the State of Texas have?
a) 33
b) 58
c) 75
d) 77
e) 254 Texas has the most counties of any state in the union.
5. What is the largest county in Texas (by area)?
a) Brewster At 6,193 square miles, Brewster County is the largest county in Texas by area.
b) Culberson
c) Hudspeth
d) Pecos
e) Presidio
6. What is the smallest Texas county (by area)?
a) Delta
b) Ellis
c) Morris
d) Orange
e) Rockwall At 149 square miles, Rockwall County is Texas's smallest such entity.
7. Which of these Native American tribes did not live in the area of present-day Texas?
a) Caddo
b) Comanche
c) Mandan The Mandan were associated with the area of present-day North Dakota and South Dakota.
d) Tonkawa
e) Wichita
8. 'Texas' is derived from a Native American word meaning...
a) fertility
b) friend
c) nobility
d) righteousness
e) unity
9. Texas was first admitted to the Union in...
a) 1821
b) 1836
c) 1845
d) 1861
e) 1870
10. Which of these famous women is not a native Texan?
a) Carol Burnett
b) Sandy Duncan
c) Carolyn Jones
d) Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones was born in Oklahoma.
e) Mary Martin
11. Which of these fictional characters was created by a Texas writer?
a) Natty Bumppo
b) Conan the Barbarian Conan was created by Robert E. Howard of Cross Plains, Texas.
c) Dorothy Gale
d) Anne Shirley
e) Tarzan of the Apes
12. Texas was once a constituent part of which of these Mexican states?
a) Chihuahua
b) Coahuila When it belonged to Mexico, Texas was part of the then state of Coahuila y Tejas.
c) Nuevo León
d) San Luis Potosí
e) Tamaulipas
13. Which of these nations did not extend diplomatic recognition to the Republic of Texas?
a) France
b) The Netherlands
c) Russia
d) United Kingdom
e) United States of America
14. The Texas state flower is...
a) apple blossom
b) bluebonnet
c) magnolia
d) mistletoe
e) yucca
15. The Texas state tree is...
a) cypress
b) pecan
c) pine
d) piñon
e) redbud
16. The Texas state bird is...
a) bluebird
b) Eastern brown pelican
c) mockingbird
d) roadrunner
e) scissor-tailed flycatcher
17. The oldest university in Texas is...
a) Southwestern University Georgetown's Southwestern University traces its history to the founding of Rutersville College in 1840, thereby basing its claim to be the state's oldest university.
b) Texas A&M University
c) Texas State University
d) Texas Tech University
e) The University of Texas at Austin
18. Texas is ranked by which number in terms of its statehood?
a) 18th
b) 25th
c) 28th
d) 46th
e) 47th
19. Which of these men was the last President of the Republic of Texas?
a) David G. Burnet
b) Anson Jones
c) Sam Houston
d) Mirabeau B. Lamar
20. Which of these Texas counties was the site of the first professional U.S. rodeo?
a) Childress
b) Hemphill Canadian, the county seat of Hemphill County, was reputedly the site of the first professional U.S. rodeo in 1888.
c) Potter
d) Randall
e) Wheeler
