Q 01/05

What was Austin called before being renamed in 1839?

A) Montopolis

B) Hornsby Bend

C) Shoal Creek

D) Waterloo

Answer · why

D) Waterloo

Waterloo. Scouts for a new capital found just four families living there in 1839; lawmakers named the chosen site Austin, and the hamlet's own name wa...

Q 02/05

Austin is named after Stephen F. Austin, who is known by what title?

A) The Lone Star General

B) The Father of Texas

C) The First Texan

D) The Founder of the Alamo

Answer · why

B) The Father of Texas

The Father of Texas. He led the first American colonists into Texas, lost the new republic's 1836 presidential election, and died that December, three...

Q 03/05

What is Austin's official slogan?

A) The City of the Violet Crown

B) The Gateway to the Hill Country

C) The Live Music Capital of the World

D) The Capital of the Third Coast

Answer · why

C) The Live Music Capital of the World

The Live Music Capital of the World. In 1991 a blues musician pitched 'Music Capital of the USA', a council member countered with 'of the Universe', a...

Q 04/05

Librarian Red Wassenich says he coined which slogan in 2000?

A) Don't Mess with Texas

B) Hook 'em Horns

C) Keep Austin Weird

D) Keep Austin Beautiful

Answer · why

C) Keep Austin Weird

Keep Austin Weird. The phrase came to him while phoning a donation to a radio show; about two years later two local shops put it on bumper stickers in...

Q 05/05

What was Austin's population at the 2020 census?

A) 711,855

B) 861,855

C) 611,855

D) 961,855

Answer · why

D) 961,855

That made it the 12th-most populous US city and one of the fastest-growing large cities since 2010.