Happy National Trivia Day! To celebrate, Susan and I thought we might play a Texas Trivia Game. We have to admit, we were surprised by our research. We learned some things about our state! We hope you do to! Answers will appear at the end of the post.
TRUE OR FALSE
1. The Academy Award statuette, Oscar, was named for a Texan.
2. Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is the alternate landing site for the space shuttle.
3. The city of Slaughter, Texas, has never had a homicide.
4. Texas is the home to the most tornadoes in the U.S.
5. Approximately 90% of the world’s recoverable helium is located in Texas.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Texas has more than:
A-50,000
B-60,000
C-70,000
D.-100,000 miles of highways
The highest temperature ever recorded in Texas was:
A. 114°
B. 117°
C. 120°
D. 124°
Home of the World’s Largest Calf Fry (bull testicles) Cook-Off is:
A. Fort Worth
B. Amarillo
C. Fort Stockton
D. El Paso
Home of the deadliest natural disaster in the U.S. happened in:
A. Galveston
B. Lubbock
C. Houston
D. Texas City
The most popular snack food in Texas is:
A. Frito Pie
B. Corn Dog
C. Beef jerky
D. Peanuts
TRUE OR FALSE ANSWERS
#1/True. The Academy Award statuette was named for Texan Oscar Pierce, whose niece worked in Hollywood for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. When she saw the statuette, she reportedly said, “Why, that looks just like my Uncle Oscar.”
#2–False. DFW has the world’s largest parking lot, but the alternate landing site for the space shuttle is The Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport because it has the third largest runway in the world.
#3–True
#4–True. The Lone Star State has an average of 139 tornados per year.
#5–True. 90% of the world’s recoverable helium is located in the ground under Amarillo, Texas.
MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWERS
#1— (C) We have more than 70.000 miles of highways, of which 40,985 are paved farm and ranch roads. We also have more than a million signs and markers, and it takes 1.6 million gallons of white and yellow paint each year to paint stripes along the highways.
#2— (C) The highest temperature on record is 120° and it occurred in Seymour, Texas on August 12, 1936. The lowest temp recorded is minus 23 at Tulia, Texas in 1899 and at Seminole, Texas on February 8, 1933.
#3— (B) Amarillo
#4— (A) The Galveston hurricane of 1900 killed between 8,000-12,000 people.
#5— (A, B, C, D) All of these snacks are equally popular in Texas…at least we couldn’t find a clear-cut winner!
How many did you get right?
1-3…Are you sure you’re a Texan?
4-6…Not bad, but you still have a lot to learn.
7-9…You know your state pretty dang good.
10…We bet you even know the words to Texas Our Texas!!
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