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This is only a test! But that doesn't mean you shouldn't take it seriously. After all, your Texas bona fides are at stake. You have one hundred questions to prove you're one of us.

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1. Match the celebrity with the Texas pork



product he endorses: (A) singer Jimmy Dean 1. Blue Ribbon Bacon (B) former football coach 2. Earl Campbell Hot Sausage Bum Phillips 3. Jimmy Dean sausage (C) former football star Earl Campbell 2. Which of these is not a Texas state symbol? (A) bluebonnet (B) pecan tree (C) mockingbird (D) electric chair 3. Identify this animal: 4. Which of these critters does not live in Texas? (A) tarantula (B) alligator (C) naked mole rat (D) mountain lion 5. Which of these is not a physical region of Texas? (A) East Texas Piney Woods (B) Ogallala Rainforest (C) Chihuahuan Desert (D) Coastal Plains (6) Solve this rhyming riddle to find out the name of a famous ranch: Three letters have I. The first is a snap: It's what marks the spot on a treasure map. The second is me and myself(not U). The third stands for "Texas"; and now we're through. 7. Nine years of martial law followed the defeat of the Confederacy. What is that period of time called? (A) Reign of Terror (B) Rehabilitation (C) Reconstruction (D) Resurrection 8. In what year did Texas mark its centennial? 9. Match the place name on the left with the appropriate subject on the right: (A) Houston 1. cantaloupe (B) El Paso 2. medicine (C) Tyler 3. tourism (D) Midland 4. fashion (E) Pecos 5. boots (F) South Padre Island 6. roses (G) Dallas 7. oil 10. During the nineteenth century, what animal was slaughtered by the millions? 11. Thousands of streets and buildings in Texas are named Lamar. Why? 12. Who is the Texas version of Paul Bunyan? EXTRA CREDIT #1 Which one of these words rhymes with Jim Bowie's last name? (A) gooey (B) doughy (C) Maui (D) Bob 13. What chain did Conrad Hilton start in Dallas in 1925? 14. What Texas ranch is bigger than Rhode Island? 15. Which of the following common Texas words is the only one spelled correctly? (A) rodeo (B) barbeque (C) ya'll (D) margerita 16. What dog story, a national best-seller in 1956, has been required reading for millions of Texas schoolkids ever since? 17. What meat do Texans favor for barbecue? (A) pork (B) beef (C) chicken (D) any form of roadkill EXTRA CREDIT #2 What color are peanut patties and the granite of the Texas Capitol? 18. Give the word that forms a familiar Texas phrase when it precedes each of the following: hair, Red, Spring. 19. March 2 has special meaning for Texans because it is Texas Independence Day as well as the birthday of: (A) Sam Houston (B) Tom DeLay (C) LauraBush (D) Jesus Christ 20 Which of the following statements about Davy Crockett is false? A) During his lifetime, he was the subject of a long-running hit play. B) He was married to two women, one in Kentucky and one in Tennessee, at the same time. C) He fought under Andrew Jackson in the Creek War, because that tribe had murdered his grandparents. D) He wanted to become president of the United States. 21. An early Texas flag bore the motto "Come and take it." What was "it"? (A) a coiled snake (B) a cannon (C) the flag itself...

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