| 1. | Match the celebrity with the Texas pork product he endorses: | |
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| A | singer Jimmy Dean | 1. Blue Ribbon Bacon |
| B | former football coach Bum Phillips | 2. Earl Campbell Hot Sausage |
| C | former football star Earl Campbell | 3. Jimmy Dean sausage |
| 2. | Which of these is not a Texas state symbol? |
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| A | bluebonnet |
| B | pecan tree |
| C | mockingbird |
| D | electric chair |
3. Identify this animal: 
| 4. | Which of these critters does not live in Texas? |
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| A | tarantula |
| B | alligator |
| C | naked mole rat |
| D | mountain lion |
| 5. | Which of these is not a physical region of Texas? |
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| A | East Texas Piney Woods |
| B | Ogallala Rainforest |
| C | Chihuahuan Desert |
| D | Coastal Plains |
6. Solve this rhyming riddle to find out the name of a famous ranch:
Three letters have I. The first is a snap:
It’s what marks the spot on a treasure map.
The second is me and myself (not U).
The third stands for “Texas”; and now we’re through.
| 7. | Nine years of martial law followed the defeat of the Confederacy. What is that period of time called? |
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| A | Reign of Terror |
| B | Rehabilitation |
| C | Reconstruction |
| D | Resurrection |
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| 8. | In what year did Texas mark its centennial? |
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| 9. | Match the place name on the left with the appropriate subject on the right: | |
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| A | Houston | 1. cantaloupe |
| B | El Paso | 2. medicine |
| C | Tyler | 3. tourism |
| D | Midland | 4. fashion |
| E | Pecos | 5. boots |
| F | South Padre Island | 6. roses |
| G | Dallas | 7. oil |
| 10. | During the nineteenth century, what animal was slaughtered by the millions? |
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| 11. | Thousands of streets and buildings in Texas are named Lamar. Why? |
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| 12. | Who is the Texas version of Paul Bunyan? |
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| 13. | What chain did Conrad Hilton start in Dallas in 1925? |
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| 14. | What Texas ranch is bigger than Rhode Island? |
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| 15. | Which of the following common Texas words is the only one spelled correctly? |
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| A | rodeo |
| B | barbeque |
| C | ya’ll |
| D | margerita |
| 16. | What dog story, a national best-seller in 1956, has been required reading for millions of Texas schoolkids ever since? |
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| 17. | What meat do Texans favor for barbecue? |
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| A | pork |
| B | beef |
| C | chicken |
| D | any form of roadkill |
| 18. | Give the word that forms a familiar Texas phrase when it precedes each of the following: hair, Red, Spring. |
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| 19. | March 2 has special meaning for Texans because it is Texas Independence Day as well as the birthday of: |
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| A | Sam Houston |
| B | Tom DeLay |
| C | Laura Bush |
| D | Jesus Christ |
| 20. | Which of the following statements about Davy Crockett is false? |
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| A | During his lifetime, he was the subject of a long-running hit play. |
| B | He was married to two women, one in Kentucky and one in Tennessee, at the same time. |
| C | He fought under Andrew Jackson in the Creek War, because that tribe had murdered his grandparents. |
| D | He wanted to become president of the United States. |
| 21. | An early Texas flag bore the motto “Come and take it.” What was “it”? |
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| A | a coiled snake |
| B | a cannon |
| C | the flag itself |
| D | the Alamo |
| 22. | Which two of the following pairs are actually siblings? |
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| A | Percy Foreman and George Foreman |
| B | Dennis Quaid and Randy Quaid |
| C | Bob Bullock and Sandra Bullock |
| D | Ima Hogg and Ura Hogg |
| E | Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson |
| 23. | Below is a list of Texas’s five largest cities. Put them in geographical order from east to west: |
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| A | Houston |
| B | El Paso |
| C | Austin |
| D | San Antonio |
| E | Dallas |
| 24. | Two attractions consistently make San Antonio the state’s number one tourist destination. One is, of course, the Alamo. What is the other? |
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| 25. | When Lee Harvey Oswald took aim from the Texas School Book Depository, what floor was he on? |
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| 26. | From what Texas emporium did actress Grace Kelly buy the bridesmaids’ dresses for her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco? |
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| 27. | What infamous criminals of the thirties were portrayed in a 1967 movie directed by Arthur Penn? |
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| 28. | What happened to Texas on December 29, 1845, and again on March 30, 1870? |
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| 29. | Who wrote the 2000 novel The Gates of the Alamo ? |
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| A | Elizabeth Crook |
| B | Mary Willis Walker |
| C | Robert James Waller |
| D | Stephen Harrigan |
| 30. | Six flags have flown over Texas. Choose the nation whose flag flew for the shortest period of time: |
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| A | France |
| B | England |
| C | the Republic of Texas |
| D | the Confederate States of America |
| 31. | Match these men with their picture:  |
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| A | Tom Landry |
| B | Billy the Kid |
| B | Fess Parker |
| C | Ross Perot |
| 32. | Match these women with their picture:  |
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| A | Dale Evans |
| B | Janis Joplin |
| C | Jerry Hall |
| D | Bonnie Parker |
33. Solve this rhyming clue to find a name that’s famous twice over:
Lawmen in hats
And guys swinging bats.
34. By what more familiar name do we know the paisano or chaparral cock?
35. What is the exact date of Juneteenth?
| 36. | Which of the following golfers is not a native Texan? |
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| A | Lee Trevino |
| B | Phil Mickelson |
| C | Ben Crenshaw |
| D | Ben Hogan |
| 37. | What is the error in the following sentence? “Abducted by Apache in 1836, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker later married a warrior and had three children, including Quanah Parker, who became the last chief of the tribe.” |
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| A | Quanah Parker was the last chief of the Comanche. |
| B | Historical documents indicate Cynthia was fourteen and ran away. |
| C | Cynthia Ann Parker was the wife of Quanah Parker. |
| D | There is no error; the sentence is accurate. |
| 38. | Which of these foods was not invented in Texas? |
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| A | Fritos |
| B | chili |
| C | red grapefruit |
| D | maroon carrots |
| E | burritos |
| 39. | Fill in the blank: “If I owned ______ and Texas, I’d rent out Texas and live in ______ .” — attributed to General Philip Sheridan, circa 1867 |
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| 40. | What year did Texas become the second-biggest state? |
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| A | 1845 |
| B | 1936 |
| C | 1959 |
| D | 1963 |
| 41. | On back roads, many drivers signal to others cars by lifting only one or two fingers while keeping their |
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