Q 01/05

Who planted a stake near the Trinity River in 1839 and returned in 1841 to found Dallas?

A) John Neely Bryan

B) Sam Houston

C) George M. Dallas

D) Stephen F. Austin

Answer · why

A) John Neely Bryan

He surveyed the site three years after Texas won independence, accompanied by his dog and a Cherokee he called Ned.

Q 02/05

The official historical marker says the city is named after which US vice president?

A) Millard Fillmore

B) George M. Dallas

C) John C. Calhoun

D) Richard M. Johnson

Answer · why

B) George M. Dallas

Another theory traces the name to the village of Dallas in Moray, Scotland.

Q 03/05

Dallas is the third most populous city in Texas after which two?

A) San Antonio and Fort Worth

B) Austin and El Paso

C) Houston and San Antonio

D) Houston and Austin

Answer · why

C) Houston and San Antonio

It ranks ninth in the whole United States.

Q 04/05

Reunion Tower, the illuminated ball on the skyline, is how tall?

A) 661 feet

B) 761 feet

C) 861 feet

D) 561 feet

Answer · why

D) 561 feet

It opened in 1978 alongside the Hyatt Regency as part of an urban renewal project around Union Station.

Q 05/05

The Reunion district takes its name from what?

A) A 19th-century French socialist commune

B) A Civil War veterans' gathering

C) A 1936 railway merger

D) The Ewing family reunion

Answer · why

A) A 19th-century French socialist commune

La Réunion was founded by French settlers along the Trinity in what is now West Dallas.

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