Q 01/05
A) John Neely Bryan
B) Sam Houston
C) George M. Dallas
D) Stephen F. Austin
Answer · why
He surveyed the site three years after Texas won independence, accompanied by his dog and a Cherokee he called Ned.
Q 02/05
A) Millard Fillmore
B) George M. Dallas
C) John C. Calhoun
D) Richard M. Johnson
Answer · why
Another theory traces the name to the village of Dallas in Moray, Scotland.
Q 03/05
A) San Antonio and Fort Worth
B) Austin and El Paso
C) Houston and San Antonio
D) Houston and Austin
Answer · why
It ranks ninth in the whole United States.
Q 04/05
A) 661 feet
B) 761 feet
C) 861 feet
D) 561 feet
Answer · why
It opened in 1978 alongside the Hyatt Regency as part of an urban renewal project around Union Station.
Q 05/05
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
La Réunion was founded by French settlers along the Trinity in what is now West Dallas.
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