Q 01/05

Which former Tennessee congressman and frontier folk hero died defending the Alamo in 1836?

A) Daniel Boone

B) Buffalo Bill Cody

C) Davy Crockett

D) Meriwether Lewis

Answer · why

C) Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett reached the Alamo only about two weeks before Santa Anna's army did. He had set out for Texas after losing his 1835 re-election race.

Q 02/05

What did Mexican dragoons try to take back from Texian settlers in 1835, sparking the Texas Revolution's first battle?

A) A stolen payroll

B) A herd of horses

C) A crate of muskets

D) A borrowed cannon

Answer · why

D) A borrowed cannon

A borrowed cannon, lent to the settlers in 1831 to fend off Comanche raids, was the prize. They refused to return it and raised a homemade flag daring...

Q 03/05

Sam Houston's army routed Santa Anna at San Jacinto in April 1836 in a battle lasting about how long?

A) 18 minutes

B) 90 minutes

C) 6 hours

D) 2 days

Answer · why

A) 18 minutes

18 minutes was all it took to overrun the Mexican camp, though the killing went on for hours. Santa Anna himself slipped away and was captured the nex...

Q 04/05

Which British rock drummer and singer gave Texas his collection of hundreds of Alamo artifacts in 2014?

A) Ringo Starr

B) Roger Taylor

C) Phil Collins

D) Mick Fleetwood

Answer · why

C) Phil Collins

Phil Collins had already published a book about his hoard, The Alamo and Beyond, and narrated a light and sound show about the battle.

Q 05/05

Santa Anna, who personally led the 1836 invasion of Texas, called himself which conqueror "of the West"?

A) Caesar

B) Alexander

C) Charlemagne

D) Napoleon

Answer · why

D) Napoleon

Napoleon of the West was the title Santa Anna gave himself, his boldest piece of self-promotion after he defeated a Spanish invasion force at Tampico ...