Q 01/05

Which city on the Texas border has a federal building that stands in two states at once?

A) Texhoma

B) Texline

C) Texarkana

D) Orange

Answer · why

C) Texarkana

Texarkana was founded in 1873 where tracks laid across Texas were to meet a line coming through Arkansas; its main street, State Line Avenue, follows ...

Q 02/05

Who was the first elected president of the Republic of Texas?

A) Sam Houston

B) Mirabeau B. Lamar

C) Anson Jones

D) Stephen F. Austin

Answer · why

A) Sam Houston

Sam Houston won the September 1836 vote on his fame as the victor of San Jacinto, defeating two rivals; he returned to the presidency in 1841.

Q 03/05

What is the official state flower of Texas?

A) Bluebonnet

B) Sunflower

C) Indian Paintbrush

D) Red Rose

Answer · why

A) Bluebonnet

The Bluebonnet won a heated 1901 debate in which future vice president John Nance Garner praised the cactus so warmly that he was 'Cactus Jack' for li...

Q 04/05

How many national flags have flown over Texas?

A) Three

B) Six

C) Twelve

D) Twenty-four

Answer · why

B) Six

Six flags have flown over Texas, one for each nation that has ruled it; the phrase later gave a Texas-born theme-park chain its name.

Q 05/05

What is the official state motto of Texas, adopted in 1930?

A) Victory or Death

B) Remember the Alamo

C) Friendship

D) Come and Take It

Answer · why

C) Friendship

'Friendship' became the motto in 1930 as a nod to the state's name, usually traced to a Caddo word, rendered tejas by the Spanish, that meant friends ...