Q 01/05

San Antonio is the county seat of which Texas county?

A) Bexar

B) Travis

C) Comal

D) Medina

Answer · why

A) Bexar

The name comes from the 1718 Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, spelled Béjar in modern Spanish.

Q 02/05

Where did San Antonio rank among US cities by population in the 2020 census?

A) Fourth

B) Seventh

C) Tenth

D) Twelfth

Answer · why

B) Seventh

It is second in Texas behind Houston and second in the whole South.

Q 03/05

The city was named in 1691 in honour of which saint?

A) Anthony the Great

B) Francis of Assisi

C) Anthony of Padua

D) Anthony of Florence

Answer · why

C) Anthony of Padua

Spanish explorers reached the river on June 13, his feast day.

Q 04/05

Which Indigenous people lived at the San Pedro Springs when the Spanish arrived?

A) Comanche

B) Karankawa

C) Tonkawa

D) Payaya

Answer · why

D) Payaya

They called the area Yanaguana, meaning refreshing waters.

Q 05/05

What did the original Indigenous name for the area, Yanaguana, mean?

A) Place of oaks

B) Sacred ground

C) Refreshing waters

D) Meeting of rivers

Answer · why

C) Refreshing waters

The Spanish renamed the river and the place for Saint Anthony in 1691.