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A Lone Star pop quiz
loneleeb3:
--- Quote from: moremojo on June 27, 2007, 10:49:27 am ---Well, Lee, it seems that your cousin was indeed partially correct! Baylor, it seems, is the oldest Texas university still operating under its original name. It was founded in 1845, and has been known as Baylor from the very beginning. So that is certainly interesting and distinctive, and I stand a bit humbler in my new knowledge.
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Lord, I'm still not tellin him! :laugh:
David In Indy:
Scott, are you being affected by all the flooding in Austin? I've been watching it on the news. It looks TERRIBLE. :(
ifyoucantfixit:
Welcome to Texas, friends! Care to sit for a spell and try your hand at some of the trivia connected to my home state? I'll post the correct answers a week from today. All set? Here ya go...
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
e) West Columbia
3. Which of these is the oldest city/town in Texas?
a) Bastrop
b) El Paso
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
5. What is the largest county in Texas (by area)?
a) Brewster
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
7. Which of these Native American tribes did not live in the area of present-day Texas?
a) Caddo
b) Comanche
c) Mandan +
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
e) Mary Martin
11. Which of these fictional characters was created by a Texas writer?
a) Natty Bumppo +
b) Conan the Barbarian
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
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
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 +
Anson Jones was my step grandfather.......thats very funny....
20. Which of these Texas counties was the site of the first professional U.S. rodeo?
a) Childress
b) Hemphill +
c) Potter
d) Randall
e) Wheeler
Boy I dont know if taking these tests is such a good idea. They just let me show my ignorance.
I could just stay away and not as many people would know for sure. David if you got that many right my hats off to you....Wow this was hard.
I should have phoned google...Lee. naughty thats no fair.... humph
moremojo:
--- Quote from: David on June 27, 2007, 01:39:59 pm ---Scott, are you being affected by all the flooding in Austin? I've been watching it on the news. It looks TERRIBLE. :(
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So far I've been okay, and I haven't communicated with anyone who has had problems. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for when I get home this evening, though, as the house in which I live with my sister has flooded several times in the little more than ten years we've been there (the structure is built on a flood plain, and is just one block away from a creek).
We certainly have been getting lots of rain in central Texas, and, were it not for the dangers of flooding (Austin has really poor drainage), it would be most welcome for bringing the summer temperatures down, and for giving us some beautiful greenery and a spectacular wildflower season.
moremojo:
Janice, you got four correct. Thanks for participating, and I hope you got some enjoyment out of doing so. And Anson Jones was your step-grandfather...surely not the Anson Jones, of Republic of Texas fame?
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