Statistics for Geography of Texas

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This quiz has been taken 508 times
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The average score is 13 of 20

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What is the state capital of Texas?	Austin	97%
What river is located at the Mexican border?	Rio Grande	94%
What type of weather event strikes Texas an average of 139 each year, more than any?	Tornadoes	89%
What is the state nickname of Texas?	Lone Star State	87%
What Texan city is located adjacent to Mexico's Ciudad Juárez?	El Paso	86%
In what city did the Battle of Alamo take place?	San Antonio	86%
What is the airport code of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport?	DFW	73%
What city was Texas's most important port until it was destroyed by a hurricane in 1900?	Galveston	69%
On what river, with namesake of a state, is the capital of Texas located?	Colorado River	66%
Like Florida and Idaho, what geographical feature does Texas have?	Texas {Panhandle}	66%
What river makes the border with Oklahoma?	Red River	63%
What city is appropriately located on the Texas-Arkansas border?	Texarkana	61%
What does Texas have 254 of, nation's highest number? (Harris is an example)	Counties	59%
What desert in western Texas, has the namesake of a popular dog breed?	{Chihuahuan} Desert	55%
What is the southernmost city in Texas?	Brownsville	54%
What are the only two national parks that are located in Texas? (name either)	Big Bend / Guadalupe	50%
Houston has one of these that is over 500 feet wide - the widest in the world by some standards. What is it?	a Freeway	34%
What region in Central Texas is considered be to the border between the American Southwest and Southeast?	{Hill} Country	30%
What is the world's largest barrier island?	Padre Island	29%
What oil field's gusher blew for 9 days in 1901 at a rate of 100,000 barrels of oil per day?	{Spindle}top	16%