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By area and by population Texas is the second largest state of the USA. The capital of Texas in Austin and the state’s largest city is Houston. Overall Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States.
Texas has too much diversity and shares borders with too many other states and also shares a border with some states of Mexico. i,e In the east Louisiana, northeast Arkansas, on north Oklahoma and in western New Mexico.
San Antonio is the second-most populous city of the state, the famous nickname of the state is “Lone Star State”. The reason behind this nickname is the reminder of the state’s struggle for independence from Mexico.
Spain was the first country who ruled over Texas, France also held a short live colony. Untile 1836 Mexico ruled over Texas and finally, Texas got independence from Mexico and became an independent Republic. In 1845 Texas joined the union as the 28th state of the USA.
Curious to know more about Texas? Our research team crafted 170+ trivia questions about texas, which contain questions about history of texas, geography, sports and all other categories related to Texas
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Funny Texas Trivia Question
1. Is Texas is a state?
Answer: Yes
2. What is the lone star flag?
Answer: Along with the national flag of US, Texas has its own state flag which is said to be lone star flag
3. How many tornadoes endure by Texas per year?
Answer: On average, Texas will have to endure 139 tornadoes every year.
4. Name the most popular snacks in Texas?
Answer: Corn dogs, Frito pie, Beef jerky.
5. How many colors are there in the flag of Texas?
Answer: 3 colors.
6. Name the colors in the flag of Texas?
Answer: Red, White, Blue.
7. What red color represents?
Answer: It represents courage.
8. What white color represents?
Answer: It represents liberty.
9. What blue color represents?
Answer: It represents loyalty.
10. Who was the first president to be born in Texas?
Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower.
11. What is the oldest law enforcement agency in the US?
Answer: Texas Rangers.
12. How many highway exists in Texas?
Answer: More than 70,000 miles.
13. Who died at the Alamo in Texas?
Answer: Davy Crockett.
14. Which state is home to the first female governor ever elected in any state. Name it?
Answer: Texas.
15. In which month Texas hosts the largest and oldest rattlesnake roundup?
Answer: In March.
16. In which state, the world’s largest parking lot is?
Answer: Dallas/Fort Worth airport.
17. What is the fourth largest city in the United States?
Answer: Houston.
18. In which year Texas was admitted to the union?
Answer: 1845.
19. How many miles does Texas extend from north to south?
Answer: 800 miles.
20. Which is the only natural lake found in Texas?
Answer: Caddo Lake.
Facts About Texas
21. From which name Texas is popular?
Answer: Texas is popularly known as the Lone Star State.
22. Where is Alamo located?
Answer: San Antonio.
23. From where, the phrase Alamo originated?
Answer: It is where Texas defenders fell to Mexican General Santa Anna and the phrase remember the Alamo originated.
24. Which is the state’s most popular historic site?
Answer: Alamo.
25. Which site is considered the Cradle of Texas liberty?
Answer: Alamo.
26. What is the official state shell?
Answer: Lightning Whelk.
27. How many nations have ruled over Texas?
Answer: Six
28. Name the nations that have raised their flags over Texas?
Answer: Spain, France, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, US, the confederate states of America.
29. Which state in Texas is bigger than the state of Rhode Island?
Answer: King Ranch.
30. In which year was Texas ruled as an independent nation?
Answer: Between the years of 1836-1845.
31. Which is the top sheep-growing area of the country?
Answer: Edwards Plateau.
32. Which is the oldest tree in the state?
Answer: A coastal live oak located near Fulton.
33. What is the estimated age of the coastal live oak?
Answer: An estimated age of more than 1,500 years.
34. Who served as governor of Tennessee before coming to Texas?
Answer: Sam Houston.
35. In which year, the first offensive action of Texas revolution occur and where?
Answer: It is occurred in Goliad on October 9, 1835.
36. During the period of July 24-26, 1979, how many inches of rain recorded near Alvin, Texas?
Answer: 45 inches.
37. Which is the only state to enter the US by treaty instead of territorial annexation?
Answer: Texas.
38. Where the first Declaration of Texas Independence was signed?
Answer: It was signed in Goliad.
39. In 1836, how many sites served as temporary capitals of Texas?
Answer: 5 sites.
40. Name the five sites that served as temporary capitals of Texas?
The total area of Texas state is 268581 Sq Mi including both land and water, and according to 2019 calculation the total population of was 28,995,881. Most spoken Languages are English and Spanish, though no official language has been declared.
Fun Texas Trivia
41. US is a big country with how many states in it?
Answer: 50 states.
42. Which is the second biggest state?
Answer: Texas.
43. Texas ranked in which number as the largest country in the world?
Answer: 39th.
44. Which is the fastest-growing state in the US?
Answer: Texas.
45. How many feet is the Texas state Capitol taller than the US capitol?
Answer: The Texas state capitol is 15 feet taller than the US capitol.
46. Which city of Texas is home to the world’s largest urban bat colony?
Answer: Austin.
47. Who invent Dr. Pepper?
Answer: It is invented by Charles Alderton. A Texan invention.
48. What is Dr. Pepper?
Answer: It is the most distinct beverages in the world.
49. Texas flag looks like similar to which country flag?
Answer: Chilean Flag.
50. Is Texas is more than twice the size of Germany?
Answer: Yes.
51. What is the total area of Texas?
Answer: 268,581 sq mi (696,241km2)
52. Who invented the phrase ‘Don’t Mess with Texas’?
Answer: It is invented by an advertising agency in 1985 for the Texas Department of Transportation.
53. When did the Texas become the 28th state of the union?
Answer: On February 19, 1846.
54. Which country is the only town on the planet to bear the name ‘Earth’?
Answer: Texas, in which there’s a town called Earth in the plains of Llano Estacado.
55. Which country has an impact of their cultural values on Texas?
Answer: Germany.
56. Which language is still spoken today in Texas under the influence of culture of Germany?
Answer: Texas German.
57. In which towns Texas German is spoken?
Answer: Particularly in the towns of Fredericksburg, New Braunfels, Boerne, Schulenburg and Weimar.
58. What is the largest metro of Texas?
Answer: Dallas-Forth worth metroplex
59. What was the highest temperature ever recorded in Texas?
Answer: 120F (48.8 C) equivalent to Saharan desert
60. How many cattle living in the state?
Answer: More than 16 million.
The state official bird is Northern mockingbird while Guadalupe bass is the national fish of Texas. Bluebonnet is the state flower. The people of Texas also love to play Rodeo and it is also the state official sport.
Texas Trivia Multiple Choice
61. What soft drinks was invented in Waco, Texas?
a. RC Cola b. Sprite
c. Coca-Cola d. Dr. Pepper
Answer: d. Dr. Pepper
62. Who is the father of Texas?
a. Stephan F. Austin b. Moses Austin
c. Mirabeau b. Lamar d. Sam Houston
Answer: a. Stephan F. Austin
63. It is illegal to carry wire cutters in a pocket in Austin?
a. True b. False
Answer: a. True
64. Houston is the …………….. largest city in the US.
a. Ninth b. Second
c. Fourth d. Eighth
Answer: c. Fourth
65. Texas was admitted to the union in ………….
a. 1854 b. 1852
c. 1845 d. 1849
Answer: c. 1845
66. …………….. is considered the live music capital of the world.
a. Alamo b. Austin
c. Houston d. Dallas
Answer: b. Austin
67. What is the state flower?
a. Rose b. Tulip
c. Bluebonnet d. Pecan
Answer: c. Bluebonnet
68. How many different nations’ flags have flown over Texas?
a. 5 b. 7
c. 4 d. 6
Answer: d. 6
69. Lone Star State’ is the nick name of?
a. Dallas b. Houston
c. Texas d. Austin
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70. …………. is the longest river in Texas.
a. Rio Grande b. Brazos River
c. Colorado River d. Red River
Answer: a. Rio Grande
71. What is the state motto?
a. Loyalty b. Lone star people
c. Friendship d. Sacrifice
Answer: c. Friendship
72. First domed stadium in the US was built in ……….. in 1965.
a. Austin b. Dallas
c. Houston d. Alamo
Answer: c. Houston
73. Texas extends ………….. miles from north to south.
a. 600 b. 800
c. 1000 d. 700
Answer: b. 800
74. Which one is only natural lake in Texas?
a. Lady Bird lake b. Lake Travis
c. Caddo lake d. Lake Water
Answer: c. Caddo lake
75. Spanish explores first discovered Texas in the ……..
a. 1900s b. 1500s
c. 1600s d. 1100s
Answer: c. 1600s
76. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the …… president to be born in Texas.
a. First b. Second
c. Third d. Fourth
Answer: a. First
67. How many colors are there in in Texas flag?
a. 2 b. 4
c. 3 d. 5
Answer: c. 3
68. Alaska was the 49th state to join the union. What was Texas rank?
a. 19thb. 29th
c. 34thd. 28th
Answer: b. 29th
69. The first major oil well, in Texas, is where located?
a. Dallas b. Houston
c. Spindle Top d. Waco
Answer: c. Spindle Top
80. Texas …………… pop rock band from Glasgow.
a. British b. Spanish
c. Scottish d. American
Answer: c. Scottish
In central area’s the the timezone format is UTC-06:00, the timezone has little bit variation in mountain area’s. The USPS abbreviation of Texas is TX and the official website address is texas.gov.
Texas Music Trivia
81. Which city has the most live music venues per capita in US?
Answer: Austin.
82. What do you know about South by Southwest (SXSW)?
Answer: An annual film, music, interactive festival known as South by Southwest (SXSW).
83. In which year and month this festival is held?
Answer: March 9, 2012.
83. Austin is home for how many bands?
Answer: More than 1,900.
84. Which is the longest running concert program. Name it?
Answer: Austin City Limits (ACL).
85. Where ACL is recorded?
Answer: It is recorded at ACL Live at the Moody Theater.
86. Texas have which pop rock band from Glasgow?
Answer: Scottish.
87. In which year this band is founded?
Answer: 1986
88. Who is the founder of this band?
Answer: Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri.
89. In which year Texas made their performing debut?
Answer: In March, 1988.
90. At which university Texas made their debut?
Answer: University of Dundee.
91. Name the debut album released by the band?
Answer: Southside.
92. In which year the debut album Southside is released?
Answer: In 1989.
93. Name the international hit debut?
Answer: ‘I Don’t Want a Lover’.
94. Name the famous musician of Texas?
Answer: Janis Joplin and Buddy Holly.
95. Write down some names of musical innovation of Texas pioneer?
Answer: Tejano, Conjunto music, Rock n Roll, Western swing, Jazz, Punk rock, Hip hop, Electronic music, Religious music, Psychedelic rock, Zydeco and the Blues.
96. Which international musician have been successful in Texas?
Answer: Alberta, Canada Native, Corb Lund.
97. What type of liquor does Roger Creager sing about in his 1998 smash hit?
Answer: Everclear (An invisible intoxicator).
98. Who sings ‘Dancehall Dreamer’?
Answer: Pat Green.
99. What is the official state song of Texas?
Answer: Texas, Our Texas.
100. Who compose the official state song of Texas?
Answer: Composer William J. Marsh of Fort Worth along with Lyricist Gladys Yoakum Wright.
Austin Texas Trivia Questions and Answers
101. Where Austin is located?
Answer: Located within Travis Country in Texas
102. What are the different nick names of Austin?
Answer: Live music capital of the world, Silicon Hills, ATX, City of the violet crown.
103. Why Austin is said to be a live music capital of the world?
Answer: Because many musician and live music concerts occur in the city of Austin.
104. In which year Silicon Hills considered as a nickname of Austin and why?
Answer: Because due to a rapid influx of technology and development companies, in 1990s it is considered as nick name.
105. What is the unofficial slogan of Austin?
Answer: Keep Austin Weird.
106. What does its slogan refers?
Answer: It refers to the desire to protect small, unique, and local business from being overrun by large corporations.
107. Since the 19th century what Austin is known as and why?
Answer: It has been known as the City of the Violet Crown because of the colorful glow of light across the hills just after sunset.
108. Is Austin is the 11th most populous city in the US?
Answer: Yes.
109. In which number Austin lie as the most populous city of Texas?
Answer: Fourth most populous city of Texas.
110. In which year Austin is settle?
Answer: 1835.
111. In which year Austin is incorporated?
Answer: December 27, 1837.
112. Which government type is follow in Austin?
Answer: Council manager.
113. Who is the mayor of Austin?
Answer: Steve Adler (D).
114. How many area of state capital city is?
Answer: 305.1 sq mi (790.1 km2).
115. How many companies have headquarters or regional offices in Austin?
Answer: 500.
116. Name some worldwide headquarters located in the regions of Austin?
157. Is Pecan (Carya illnoinensis) is the official tree of Texas?
Answer: Yes.
158. What is the seventh largest state of the US?
Answer: San Antonio.
159. Is Texas is a state?
Answer: Yes.
160. Where Texas is situated?
Answer: It is a state located in the South central region of the United States
Bad Facts about Texas
161. Why there is a problem related to the food in Texas?
Answer: Because there is a variety of food and too big to eat, whenever you visit any restaurant. If you really want to finish it and if you don’t have any stomach issues then be prepared otherwise it would be problem for you.
162. Why a person feels guilty staying at home in Texas?
Answer: Reason is that there are over 89 water parks in the Texas and are surrounded by lakes, rivers to float on and fish in so you might feel guilty/bad to staying inside.
163. People of Texas is not social. Why?
Answer: Because whenever you walk in any street, people of Texas are too much busy in their phones, their life no one there to greet you, so you’ll have to wave and say hello to yourself.
164. If you don’t like music you’re going to hate. Is this statement is true about Texas?
Answer: Yes.
165. What people of Texas think about those who you don’t like music of their country?
Answer: They think that people who don’t like music, may be in the wrong state which is a bad thing.
166. Sky is too big. You’ll hurt your neck eventually. Is that so?
Answer: Yes. Because you’ll have sustained a neck injury from looking up all of the time.
167. It is difficult to take a decision for dinner. Why?
Answer: Because the food is too big and delicious. If you hate making choices, then you’ll hate living in Texas.
168. How many miles Texas is from east to west?
Answer: 773 miles.
169. And how many miles from north to south?
Answer: 801 miles.
170. Why people hate to drive at moderate speed in Texas. Reason?
Answer: If you don’t like to drive at a moderate speed at Texas, you’re going to hate it because have a speed limits upwards of 85 miles per hour.
171. Why there is too much traffic jams?
Answer: Because of the influx of people moving here, we get to sit in traffic for hours on end while we try to get to work on time.
172. What do you know about the summer season of Texas?
Answer: People tolerate them and even enjoy this season for the first few weeks, but then they start praying for winter because of too much temperature.
173. People treating Texas as a trashcan. Is this statement about Texas is true?
Answer: Yes it’s true. Despite the threat of large fines, people still thrown trash all over the place.
174. How Texas behave with the visitor of any other country?
Answer: Texas is really great, but you can always just to visit it and then, you know, you have to go back where you came from.
175. ‘Don’t mess with Texas’ what’s a story behind this slogan?
Answer: ‘It seems more and more people move here, yet complain about living here. Well, if you don’t like it here, then please do us a favor and leave more space for the people who actually love our state’
176. Why Texas is said to be worst to live in?
Answer: One of the main reason is the Breast implantation. Houston was the epicenter for placing stupid looking objects into the breast of perfectly fine looking women.
177. What about health care system in Texas?
Answer: The quality of health care system in Texas is lower than it is in the most other states.
178. What about crime rates of Texas comparative to other states?
Answer: According to FBI reporting, rate of crime is higher in some cities of Texas.
179. What about Hurricanes, and flooding in Texas?
Answer: Once you move to Texas, hurricanes will be something that could dramatically affect your life, for about 6 months every year.
180. How wellbeing of residents of Texas is define?
Answer: According to the Gallup-Share care wellbeing index, the residents of Texas have lower wellbeing rate overall because of many reasons, than the residents of others state.
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