Did you know that Texas has the fastest road in America? Or that Texas has a town that renamed itself for a cable TV provider to get free cable? You don’t have to be a native Texan to try this quiz.
1. Which Texas town renamed itself to get free cable?
A. ATT, Texas.
B. Dish, Texas.
C. Comcast, Texas.
2. Who can’t hold public office in Texas?
A. Unmarried people.
B. Atheists.
C. Non-Texans.
3. The fastest road in America is located where in Texas?
A. Vidor, Texas.
B. Beaumont, Texas.
C. Austin, Texas.
4. In what city is there a wax recreation of the last supper?
A. Fort Worth, Texas.
B. Waco, Texas.
C. Houston, Texas.
5. Three of America’s largest cities are in Texas. They are Dallas, San Antonio and Houston.
True or false?
6. What are hanging offenses in Texas?
A. None of the above.
B. Putting graffiti on someone’s cow.
C. Indecent exposure or swearing in from of a corpse.
D. All of the above.
7. What is the largest city in Texas? It is also the fourth largest city in the United States.
A. Dallas, Texas.
B. Houston, Texas.
C. Fort Worth, Texas.
8. What exotic animals were imported into Texas in the 1850 by the US War Dept for the Indian Wars?
A. Emus.
B. Lemurs.
C. Camels.
9. In what city was Dr Pepper (no period) created?
A. Waco, Texas.
B. El Paso, Texas.
C. Houston, Texas.
10. What famous area in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island?
A. Fulshear, TX.
B. The Hill Country.
C. The King Ranch.
Answers:
- B. Dish, Texas, once was called Clark. In exchange for renaming the small town, the residents received free basic television for 10 years plush a free digital video recorder from Dish Network. This Texas town no longer gets free television — but the town name remains!
- B. Atheists can’t hold public office in Texas. In order to be allowed to hold public office, the law states you must first acknowledge the “existence of a Supreme Being.” We’re not quite sure how this is constitutional (perhaps because it’s broad enough), but it’s definitely one of the weirdest laws in America.
- C. Austin. Texas State Highway 130 (known as the Pickle Parkway) has a 41-mile section that has a marked speed limit of 85 mph.
- A. Fort Worth is home to a life-size wax recreation of da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” that you can walk up to and view. The statues have real human hair.
- True. Dallas is the ninth largest city in America with a population of 1.3 million, and San Antonio is the seventh most populous city with 1.4 million residents.
- D. It is still a hanging offense in Texas to steal cattle or to put graffiti on someone else’s cow. It is also illegal to indecently expose oneself or swear in front of a corpse in Texas.
- B. Houston, Texas is the largest city in Texas, and the 4th largest in the United States.
- C. Camels were imported into Texas in the 1850 by the US War Dept for the Indian Wars. Camels were imported into Texas twice in the 1850s by the U.S. War Department in the belief that they would be handy animals to use during the Indian Wars. They could be seen roaming Texas hills and deserts well into the 1920s. In Galveston, Texas, it is illegal to have a camel run loose on the beach.
- A. Waco. Charles Alderton (1857-1941), a Waco pharmacist, first created Dr Pepper in 1885. The oldest working Dr Pepper plant (since 1891) is in Dublin, 94 miles west of Waco.
- C. The King Ranch in Texas is bigger than the entire state of Rhode Island. The King Ranch, “the birthplace of Texas ranching,” is 825,000 acres, which is 1289.06 square miles.
