361 Texas Trivia Questions (Ranked From Easiest to Hardest)

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Question: What word could mean any of the following things? A de-pluralized children's book set in Texas, a band featuring Courtney Love, or a segment of a golf course.

Answer: Hole

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361 Texas Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)

1. With an annual budget of over $300 million and over 95,000 enrolled students, the Lone Star College System is one of the U.S.'s largest community college systems. In what state will you find all of the school's campuses?
   
   Answer: Texas
   
   
2. In May 2003, the fastest known speeding ticket in US history was handed out, with a Swedish sports car allegedly going 242 MPH in a 75 MPH zone. Fittingly, in what state did this occur? I suppose everything's bigger, and everything's faster there.
   
   Answer: Texas
   
   
3. What breed of cattle is associated with Texas, and is the mascot of The University of Texas?
   
   Answer: Longhorn
   
   
4. Phil Collins was declared an honorary Texan by the state legislature in 2015 for donating his vast personal collection of artifacts related to what San Antonio landmark?
   
   Answer: Alamo
   
   
5. In 2019, what Texas senator attempted to persuade Americans to boycott Nike when the company scrapped its plans to release sneakers with a Betsy Ross flag design?
   
   Answer: Ted Cruz
   
   
6. A canyon system and Texas state park, appropriately located in Canyon, TX and part of the Caprock Escarpment, is ______ Duro Canyon State Park. Fill in the one word blank, a “p” Spanish word meaning “stick.”
   
   Answer: Palo Duro Canyon State Park
   
   
7. Elvis Presley's song "The Yellow Rose of Texas" notwithstanding, the official state flower of Texas is what other colorfully-named bloom?
   
   Answer: Bluebonnet
   
   
8. With 159, Georgia has the second most of what amongst the US states? Texas has the most with 254, and two states (Louisiana and Alaska) technically have zero because they use different terms for this concept.
   
   Answer: Counties
   
   
9. Sure to mess up Star Wars Day, 63.4% of Texas tornadoes between 1951 and 2016 struck during what month of the year?
   
   Answer: May
   
   
10. Reflecting its headquarters at Love Field in Dallas, as well as an old marketing campaign in which in-flight snacks were called "love bites" and "love potions," LUV is the stock-ticker symbol of what directionally named airline?
    
    Answer: Southwest
    
    
11. Although known as the first major indoor sporting venue in the world (and occasionally hailed as "the eight wonder of the world"), there was in fact a rainout on June 15, 1976 after significant rainfall caused flooding at what venue?
    
    Answer: Astrodome
    
    
12. A Disney ride, given its current name in 1994, features futuristic vehicles “flying” around a central platform and is called “______ Orbiter.” Fill in the blank, also the singular of a baseball team in Houston, Texas.
    
    Answer: Astro Orbiter
    
    
13. What 2021 tropical storm that hit the gulf coast region shares its name with the first name of the actor who starred in “Moonstruck” and “Leaving Las Vegas?”
    
    Answer: Tropical Storm Nicholas
    
    
14. What casual steakhouse chain has its corporate headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, despite having the Lone Star State in its name?
    
    Answer: Texas Roadhouse
    
    
15. When Hurricane Celia hit Texas in August 1970 it was the state's costliest storm at that time. The storm caused most of its damage in Robstown, Aransas Pass, and Port Aransas which are all towns in what larger city's metro area?
    
    Answer: Corpus Christi
    
    
16. Because everything's bigger in Texas, what dish that includes bread slices twice as thick as those in a standard loaf has been called "barbecue's answer to garlic bread?"
    
    Answer: Texas Toast
    
    
17. Since 2020, warm and dry conditions across Texas and the southern United States have been attributed to what "girlish" weather pattern, which results from cooler water temperatures in the Pacific?
    
    Answer: La Nina
    
    
18. A 1995 storm known as the Mayfest Storm thunderstorm escalated dramatically and caused almost $2 billion of damage in Texas when it deposited 18 inches of what type of precipitation on the citizens of Palo Pinto and Parker Counties?
    
    Answer: Hail
    
    
19. Way more dormant than "9-1-1: Lone Star" would have you believe, Pilot Knob is an actual volcano near Bergstrom International Airport in what Texas city?
    
    Answer: Austin
    
    
20. The Central Texas city of Jarrell was hit by what weather phenomenon in 1997, killing 27 people and injuring another 12? Forecasters initially thought it was going to be a wind and hail storm.
    
    Answer: tornado
    
    
21. Hippie Hollow Park is a park and beach in northwest Austin which is the only public beach in the state of Texas permitting what specific activity?
    
    Answer: Clothing optional (nude beach)
    
    
22. Named for a landmark in San Antonio, what theater chain that famously doesn't allow talking or texting during movies was founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas?
    
    Answer: Alamo Drafthouse
    
    
23. The ENSO cycle impacts Texas with the water temperature-futzing Southern Oscillation, and what jet stream phase that the E and N stand for?
    
    Answer: El Niño
    
    
24. At the time that Goliad was hit was a devastating one in 1902, it was a common belief that electromagnetism caused what type of weather event?
    
    Answer: Tornado
    
    
25. According to the tall tale, what did Pecos Bill throw over a tornado that ended up in Texas?
    
    Answer: Lasso
    
    
26. Some researchers believe that increased oil and gas production in what large basin, named for a geologic time period, has caused a marked increase in Texas earthquakes?
    
    Answer: Permian Basin
    
    
27. The Mustangs are the sports teams of what Dallas higher-education institution whose name reflects its founding by a Protestant Christian sect?
    
    Answer: Southern Methodist University
    
    
28. On December 29, 2006, Texas experienced a rare winter outbreak of which weather event—recording 26 that day?
    
    Answer: Tornado
    
    
29. Big hairy and greater fairy are larger species of what mammals whose name means "little armored ones"?
    
    Answer: Armadillos
    
    
30. What is the largest city by population in Texas which does NOT have either a NFL, NBA, or MLB team call it home?
    
    Answer: Austin
    
    
31. In 2011, what “B” Texas county was hit with the worst wildfire in the state’s history?
    
    Answer: Bastrop County
    
    
32. The Austin-based bourbon distiller Nine Banded Whiskey is named for what nine-banded little armored critters that appear on their logos?
    
    Answer: Armadillos
    
    
33. What 1990 nonfiction book about the Permian Panthers, a Texas high school football team, has been adapted into a film starring Billy Bob Thornton and a TV series starring Kyle Chandler?
    
    Answer: Friday Night Lights
    
    
34. The largest poker tournament ever was the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event with $86 million in prizes and $12 million for first place. What variety of poker was that tournament? Hint: it's the same variety as every other WSOP Main Event.
    
    Answer: Texas Hold'em
    
    
35. Three US states collectively account for over half of all domestic refining capacity. California and Texas are two of these states. What is the third?
    
    Answer: Louisiana
    
    
36. What state has the most DG stores?
    
    Answer: Texas
    
    
37. What “M” Texas city, part of the Permian Basin and home to the George W. Bush Childhood home, suffered shutdowns due to record low freezing temperatures in 2021? Its name implies it has a central location.
    
    Answer: Midland, Texas
    
    
38. What prestigious private research university in Houston is named, not for a staple grain grown in paddies, but for the businessman whose fortune was used to found the university?
    
    Answer: Rice
    
    
39. After Microsoft and IBM, which Texas-based computer tech corp (known for its databases) is the third-largest in the world?
    
    Answer: Oracle
    
    
40. Which East Dallas neighborhood is known for its nightlife (there are over 50 clubs), street art, and the Undermain Theatre?
    
    Answer: Deep Ellume
    
    
41. How many stars appear on the center of each doorknob at the Texas State Capitol?
    
    Answer: One
    
    
42. On April 20, 2012 Austin, Texas dedicated a statue to what red-headed country singer and author of "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die"?
    
    Answer: Willie Nelson
    
    
43. What weather event, translating to 'little girl' in Spanish, brings stronger tradewinds and potentially harsher hurricane season?
    
    Answer: La Nina
    
    
44. Weather conditions were so hot and dry at the 2005 Austin City Limits festival, getting as high as 107 degrees Farenheit, that the event was nicknamed the “ACL ______.” Fill in the two word blank, also the name given to the drought stricken prairies of the 1930s.
    
    Answer: ACL Dust Bowl
    
    
45. A Texas carnival barker named Norma McCorvey used what pseudonymous surname to represent herself in a landmark 1973 Supreme Court Case? The case had vast political and medical implications.
    
    Answer: Roe
    
    
46. About nine to ten months after Hurricane Harvey, Corpus Christi hospitals reported a 17% spike in rates of what pretty nice thing?
    
    Answer: Births
    
    
47. In what Texas city is Sea World located? (Hint: This city was the site of an important battle for Texas independence.)
    
    Answer: San Antonio
    
    
48. British-born geophysicist Cecil Green lived in Toronto and San Francisco growing up, and ultimately earned two college degrees from M.I.T. However, when he cofounded a company, the firm included what other state in its name? You might be most familiar with one of their products from algebra class.
    
    Answer: Texas Instruments
    
    
49. Brene Brown, a Texas based researcher, author, and lecturer, wrote what book in 2018, whose three word title challenges readers to offer leadership in difficult scenarios? It is also the title of Brown’s podcast, and its first word is often accompanied with “truth” in a party game.
    
    Answer: Dare To Lead
    
    
50. You might top it with cheese, sour cream, and scallions. What is the official dish of Texas since 1977?
    
    Answer: Chili
    
    
51. A manmade swimming pool in Austin, TX, the oldest pool in the state of Texas with a bathhouse built by the Works Progress Administration, is the Deep ______ Municipal Pool. Fill in the one word blank, also a term for a circular movement of water, counter to a main current, that makes a whirlpool.
    
    Answer: Deep Eddy Municipal Pool
    
    
52. What did the "M" in Texas A & M University originally stand for? (Hint: The "A" stands for "Agricultural.")
    
    Answer: Mechanical
    
    
53. Infamous serial killer and body-snatcher Ed Gein was the inspiration for horror character Bubba "Leatherface" Sawyer. Which movie franchise made Leatherface a household name among horror movie buffs?
    
    Answer: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
    
    
54. In 2022, the city of Dallas announced it would change its official domain to Dallas.gov. Previously, the city's official website could be found at Dallas______ ______.com. What two words that typically refer to a physical location fill in the blank?
    
    Answer: City Hall
    
    
55. The highest temperature ever recorded in Texas happened twice, in 1936 and 1994. What temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit and ending in "0," did the thermometer hit in these years?
    
    Answer: 120
    
    
56. AstroTurf borrows its name from a sporting arena nicknamed "The Eighth Wonder of the World," located in what home city of Travis Scott and Beyoncé?
    
    Answer: Houston
    
    
57. Her life tragically cut short in 1995 by a former employee, what Texas-born one-named singer was known as "The Queen of Tejano Music?"
    
    Answer: Selena
    
    
58. Not sponsored by 3M, Posty Fest is an Arlington, Texas music festival put on by what local rapper?
    
    Answer: Post Malone
    
    
59. The University of Texas at Austin is home to what president's library, the first presidential library to be on a university campus?
    
    Answer: Lyndon Johnson
    
    
60. The flood of July 1869 caused flooding in several towns south of Austin after which river, the longest in Texas, accumulated water to a whopping 55 feet high?
    
    Answer: Colorado River
    
    
61. What dynamic African-American gymnast from Spring, Texas achieved four gold medals in the 2016 Olympics? She won gold in the team, all-around, vault, and floor categories, with a bronze on the balance beam.
    
    Answer: Simone Biles
    
    
62. The Big Five U.S. accounting firms became the Big Four in 2001, because Arthur Andersen botched their audit of what Texas company?
    
    Answer: Enron
    
    
63. ______ Falls is a state park in Austin, Texas, at the confluence of Onion Creek and Williamson Creek. Fill in the “M” surname blank, also the last name of Mark from the sketch comedy group “The Kids In The Hall”, who also appeared as Glenn on “Superstore.”
    
    Answer: McKinney
    
    
64. What dynamic USC running back won the Heisman Trophy in 2005, before losing to Texas in the Rose Bowl? He later had to return his Heisman because of gifts he and his parents had received.
    
    Answer: Reggie Bush
    
    
65. Some 2010 flash floods in Texas caused the waters to rise over 20 feet in a day on what New Braunfels river named for a sacred virgin?
    
    Answer: Guadalupe River
    
    
66. In 1933, the lowest temperature in Texas history of -23 degrees Fahrenheit was tied in what “S” small town, the eventual birthplace of Tanya Tucker? It shares its name with a Native American tribe that attempted to defend Georgia and Florida from US expansion.
    
    Answer: Seminole
    
    
67. Texas is vulnerable to the reach of what kind of cyclone, which increases pressure by 24 millibars in 24 hours? It is named after a container filled with incendiary device, designed to explode at a particular target.
    
    Answer: Bomb Cyclone
    
    
68. The 2020 National League Championship Series and World Series were both played in what fancy new Arlington, Texas stadium?
    
    Answer: Globe Life Field
    
    
69. With an average of 139 per year, Texas ranks first compared to all U.S. states in what type of specific weather event?
    
    Answer: Tornadoes
    
    
70. The largest county in Texas by population, Harris, contains what major Texas city?
    
    Answer: Houston
    
    
71. What Minnesota-born actress left the television show "7th Heaven" in 2006 and had earlier starred in "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Rules of Attraction?"
    
    Answer: Jessical Biel
    
    
72. In 1997, David Wolf became the first American to vote from where? A Texas state law enabled him to do so.
    
    Answer: Space
    
    
73. Literally a shaggy dog story, the movie "Top Dog" teamed a dog named Reno and what "Walker, Texas Ranger" star to foil a terror plot in San Diego?
    
    Answer: Chuck Norris
    
    
74. Clyde Stubblefield and Aaron Franklin are Barbecue Hall of Fame inductees whose meats rep the pit scene of what Texas city?
    
    Answer: Austin
    
    
75. What state did Brad move from when he moved to Texas?
    
    Answer: California
    
    
76. The annual hot air balloon festival that takes place in Colorado Springs near Memorial Park occurs during what holiday?
    
    Answer: Labor Day
    
    
77. Texas tornadoes occur with greatest frequency in the valley of what river that lends its name to the annual UT-OU football rivalry?
    
    Answer: Red River
    
    
78. Located in Parker, Texas, the Southfork Ranch is a conference and event center where tourists can visit the set of what TV drama that aired from 1978 to 1991?
    
    Answer: Dallas
    
    
79. Bird scooters can be found on the campus of what Dallas, Texas university whose sports teams are called the Mustangs?
    
    Answer: Southern Methodist University
    
    
80. Although it closed in 2015, what actor who has starred in films including “The Proposal”, “Two Weeks Notice”, and “The Blind Side” opened her own restaurant called Bess Bistro in Austin, Texas in 2006?
    
    Answer: Sandra Bullock
    
    
81. A “Queen-Ten” Texas Hold’em Poker hand is also nicknamed for what hyphenated hygiene product founded by Leo Gerstenzang in 1923?
    
    Answer: Q-Tip
    
    
82. What famous TV journalist, who anchored CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981 and was known as "the most trusted man in America," attended his freshman year at University of Texas - Austin, before dropping out of school altogether?
    
    Answer: Walter Cronkite
    
    
83. Austin's Lady Bird Lake, despite being located in Texas, is actually a reservoir of what river that's named for a state that is not Texas?
    
    Answer: Colorado
    
    
84. Where can you take the college class “ANSC 117, Texas Barbeque” in which you’ll learn how to roast a whole pig?
    
    Answer: Texas A&M University
    
    
85. Don't say Comal: Flash floods in 2010 caused a waters to rise 20 feet in less than a day on what tubin' river that flows through New Braunfels?
    
    Answer: Guadalupe River
    
    
86. A flood, brought on by 24 inches of rain in the Houston area over a two day period in April 2016, was named for what little-loved "holiday?"
    
    Answer: Tax Day
    
    
87. The title of what 1956 James Dean movie about a Texas cattle ranching family, adapted from a bestselling novel by Edna Ferber, might suggest the old adage that "Everything's bigger in Texas?"
    
    Answer: Giant
    
    
88. In which northern Texas city can you go shopping at Stonebriar Centre or visit the Museum of the American Railroad, or catch a baseball game at Riders Field?
    
    Answer: Frisco
    
    
89. The annual football showdown between the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma at Dallas's Cotton Bowl Stadium is named for what river?
    
    Answer: Red River
    
    
90. Which city in Henderson County shares a name with an ancient Greek metropolis and is also known as the Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World?
    
    Answer: Athens
    
    
91. The state of Texas borders four Mexican states: Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, and what state that shares its name with a breed of dog?
    
    Answer: Chihuahua
    
    
92. What famous pirate of the Gulf of Mexico offered his house as a hospital when a deadly hurricane struck Galveston in 1818?
    
    Answer: Jean Lafitte
    
    
93. Considering it's the largest urban hardwood forest in America, the ______ Trinity Forest in Dallas has truly earned its name.
    
    Answer: Great
    
    
94. What landmark animated comedy, which ran until 2009, takes place in the small suburban town of Arlen, Texas?
    
    Answer: King of the Hill
    
    
95. A permanent art installation just outside the town of Marfa in West Texas is built to resemble what high-end retail store?
    
    Answer: Prada
    
    
96. What college quarterback was a walk on with Oklahoma in 2014 after transferring from Texas Tech, but went on to win the starting job and the 2017 Heisman Trophy? A charismatic figure with endorsements from Hulu, among others, he was drafted number 1 overall by the Cleveland Browns in 2018.
    
    Answer: Baker Mayfield
    
    
97. In a game of Texas Hold 'Em, the first three community cards revealed by the dealer are known by what collective term that can also refer to a movie that did poorly at the box office?
    
    Answer: Flop
    
    
98. A massive solar farm meant to alleviate outages is being sold in blocks to what organization that manages Texas's electrical grid, and whose acronym is only one letter different than a certain futuristic Disney World theme park?
    
    Answer: ERCOT
    
    
99. Born Megan Jovon Ruth Pete in Texas in 1995, what rapper and singer's stage name comes in part from her tall height as a child? She's currently 5' 10" and had her first No. 1 Billboard hit with the song "Savage" in 2020.
    
    Answer: Megan Thee Stallion
    
    
100. Only steel-framed buildings like the ALICO Building and the Dr. Pepper bottling plant withstood a devastating 1953 F5 tornado that hit what Central Texas city?
     
     Answer: Waco
     
     
101. Stephen F. Austin, the namesake of Texas's capital city, lost the 1836 Texas presidential election to what other famed Texan? Austin was later appointed secretary of state for the new republic.
     
     Answer: Sam Houston
     
     
102. Though its name might fool you into thinking it's made elsewhere, what brand of hot sauce, the third best-selling in the United States, has been manufactured in Winston-Salem since 1929?
     
     Answer: Texas Pete
     
     
103. What word could mean any of the following things? A de-pluralized children's book set in Texas, a band featuring Courtney Love, or a segment of a golf course.
     
     Answer: Hole
     
     
104. In 1956, what “V” Texas city received 61 inches of snowfall during a storm? It is also the last name of John Travolta’s character in “Pulp Fiction,” as well as a Spanish masked fighter from the “Street Fighter” games.
     
     Answer: Vega
     
     
105. What “S” Funding company based out of Texas offers Income Share Agreements, or ISAs, to help users pay off their student debt? Its name is a word that also means to walk with long, decisive steps.
     
     Answer: Stride Funding
     
     
106. Texas tends to get a lot of hurricanes because it’s close to which basin of the Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea?
     
     Answer: Gulf of Mexico
     
     
107. Texas was one of a few southern states to set weather records during the Great ______ Coast Snowstorm of 1895. Parts of the state got more snowfall and colder temperatures than it had ever had before (supposedly 20 inches of snow fell in Houston!)
     
     Answer: Gulf
     
     
108. The Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas is named after what business magnate who ran for president as an independent or third-party candidate in 1992 and 1996?
     
     Answer: H. Ross Perot
     
     
109. The HGTV show Fixer Upper focuses on married home renovators Chip and Johanna Gaines as they redesign houses in and around what Texas city, which is also home to Baylor University?
     
     Answer: Waco
     
     
110. Forty-one states are home to at least one active FBS (college football) program. Which of these states has the highest number of FBS programs at 12?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
111. KTCK (1310 AM, "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket") is a commercial sports talk radio station which has won many awards and helped launch the career of popular sportscasters such as Skip Bayless. The radio station currently serves as the radio home of the local NHL franchise The Stars. In what STATE can you tune in to this radio station?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
112. What Austin-area structure is home to more than one and a half million bats, the largest urban bat colony in the U.S.?
     
     Answer: The Congress Avenue Bridge
     
     
113. There is an interstate highway in Texas that generally is considered to bisect the state into a section that has a subtropical climate and the other section has an arid desert climate. What is this interstate?
     
     Answer: I-35
     
     
114. The Chisos Mountains, the Santa Elena Canyon, and the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive are all locations found inside what U.S. National Park in Texas, which is named for a feature of the Rio Grande river?
     
     Answer: Big Bend National Park
     
     
115. An 1818 hurricane ruined the Galveston Island encampment of what French pirate who helped defend New Orleans during the War of 1812?
     
     Answer: Jean Lafitte
     
     
116. Reflecting the mask he wears, fictional serial killer Thomas Hewitt of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" is better known by what nickname?
     
     Answer: Leatherface
     
     
117. A wildflower center at the University Of Texas at Austin is named after what former first lady of the United States, the wife of the president who succeeded John F. Kennedy following his assassination?
     
     Answer: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
     
     
118. What famous frontiersman, who has a knife named after him, lost his life at the Battle of the Alamo?
     
     Answer: Jim Bowie
     
     
119. Their name sounds outta this world, but which Texas MLB team plays here on Earth at Minute Maid Park?
     
     Answer: Houston Astros
     
     
120. In which Dallas neighborhood near Oak Lawn with an aquatic/reptilian name will you find Rosewood Mansion?
     
     Answer: Turtle Creek
     
     
121. Hurricanes that strike Texas, like the catastrophic Hurricane Alice in 1954, can sometimes form in what bay on the southern end of the Gulf of Mexico, west of the Yucatan Peninsula?
     
     Answer: Bay of Campeche
     
     
122. In addition to San Diego, California and Orlando, Florida, there is a SeaWorld located in what Texas city? It is a city easier to remember for some.
     
     Answer: San Antonio
     
     
123. What large real estate franchise, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, has the largest hot air balloon fleet in the world?
     
     Answer: Remax
     
     
124. Sammy the Owl is the official mascot for the athletic teams of what private research university in Houston, Texas?
     
     Answer: Rice University
     
     
125. A small owl that lives in Arizona and Texas in the US, as well as throughout Central and Southern America, is the Ferruginous ______ Owl. Fill in the one word blank, a term used to describe certain people of short stature in Africa and Asia.
     
     Answer: Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
     
     
126. A 2021 Clint Eastwood movie, about a 1970s former horse breeder helping a young Mexican man get to Texas, is called Cry ______. Fill in the one word blank, a term for showing aggressive pride in one’s masculinity.
     
     Answer: Cry Macho
     
     
127. Costa Rica was one of two filming locations (along with Texas) for the second film in what American action-comedy-adventure film series? The movie was subtitled "The Island of Lost Dreams" and starred two very young espionage experts.
     
     Answer: Spy Kids
     
     
128. During 2021's Winter Storm Uri, many powerless Texans cursed grid operator ERCOT. Somewhat ironically, what does the R stand for in ERCOT?
     
     Answer: Reliability
     
     
129. Located on the Gulf Coast of Texas just 2.4 degrees north of the Tropic of Cancer, what is the Texas city that was ranked the fifth-hottest city in the U.S. in 2016 and had its first instance of measurable snow in 109 years when there was a White Christmas in 2004?
     
     Answer: Brownsville
     
     
130. If a group of Austrians had flights through airports with the codes AUS-TRI-ANS, they would end in Andahuaylas, Peru. The first and second flights would both take off from what country?
     
     Answer: United States (AUS is Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, TRI is the Tri-Cities Airport in Blountville, Tennessee)
     
     
131. Lasting for four days in October, what 1981 hurricane caused over $50 million in damage in Texas and also includes Marilyn Monroe’s legal first name?
     
     Answer: Hurricane Norma
     
     
132. The 2-1-1 Texas shelter, food and disaster services line is run by what middle-of-the-alphabet state agency that also runs Medicaid and SNAP?
     
     Answer: Health and Human Services
     
     
133. In 1943, communications—even weather alerts—were heavily censored due to WWII. So when the residents of Galveston got no warning about severe weather that ripped through town, they naturally applied which unexpected term to the hurricane?
     
     Answer: Surprise
     
     
134. "Rotational load shedding" is another word for what two-word power management term? ERCOT, for example, ordered these take place during 2021's Texas winter storms to manage strain on the power grid.
     
     Answer: Rolling Blackouts
     
     
135. In what decade did the annual mishmash of film, media, and music known as South by Southwest or SXSW first begin in Austin? The festival has remained in the Texas capital since it launched there.
     
     Answer: 1980s
     
     
136. The North American Cold Wave of February 2021 hammered most of the Midwest and south with extreme cold temperatures. In fact, it reached a recorded low of -2 Fahrenheit in Dallas, Texas on February 16th, 2021, causing power outages and frozen pipes. What term is used to describe this weather system that originates near the north pole and causes these frigid conditions when it occurs?
     
     Answer: Polar vortex
     
     
137. Born and raised in the Texas-Arkansas border town of Texarkana, what U.S. businessman was the founder of Electronic Data Systems and later ran two of the most successful third party presidential campaigns in U.S. history?
     
     Answer: Ross Perot
     
     
138. The fictional Texas State Fightin' Armadillos are the football team at the center of what 1991 sports comedy film starring Scott Bakula as the team's quarterback?
     
     Answer: Necessary Roughness
     
     
139. Copart is an online automotive auction company with a global base in 11 countries. It is headquartered in what Texas city, home to the Nasher Sculpture Center?
     
     Answer: Dallas, Texas
     
     
140. What five letter acronym representing an organization that operates Texas's electrical grid became national news in February 2021 as power was disrupted across the state due to unexpected ice and snow storms?
     
     Answer: ERCOT
     
     
141. What Gulf Coast city is home to The Daily News, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the state of Texas, first published in 1842?
     
     Answer: Galveston
     
     
142. Of the North American power grids, U.S. states only appear on the power grids named for Alaska and what other state?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
143. With a name like an electric company and a huge heart, what former Texans defensive end raised over $37 million to rebuild Houston after Hurricane Harvey?
     
     Answer: J.J. Watt
     
     
144. Colorado Springs is one of the settings along with London in what magician-focused 2006 Christopher Nolan-directed movie? In the film, Colorado Springs serves as the homebase for the experiments of Nikola Tesla (played by none other than David Bowie!) during his ongoing professional rivalry with Thomas Edison.
     
     Answer: The Prestige
     
     
145. It's probably not surprisingly to hear that the state in the US that produces the most natural gas is Texas, but which state produces the second-most (more than 2x 3rd place)?
     
     Answer: Pennsylvania
     
     
146. Name all 6 states that border Arkansas.
     
     Answer: Missouri
     
     
147. What river briefly serves as the state boundary between Arkansas and Texas?
     
     Answer: Red River
     
     
148. Technically speaking, only one US state was a host of the 2019 World Series. If you were seeing one of the games, you had tickets for a seat in what state?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
149. In 1900, a hurricane known as "the Great Storm" made landfall in the U.S. and quickly became the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history with an estimated 8,000 fatalities. In what coastal Texas city is this storm most frequently associated with?
     
     Answer: Galveston
     
     
150. In late May 2015, there was extensive flooding in Texas and nearby states killing dozens of people. In part the flooding was caused by the overflowing of what "colorful" Texas river?
     
     Answer: Blanco River
     
     
151. What city in West Texas received a surprising and record-setting 22 inches of snow during a 24-hour period December 13–14, 1987?
     
     Answer: El Paso
     
     
152. Austin is the capital of Texas. Which other capital of a U.S. state is closest in distance to Austin? We're using "as the crow flies" or haversine distance, rather than driving distance. And we're looking for the city, not the state.
     
     Answer: Oklahoma City
     
     
153. There are two different portions of the Rio Grande that have been designated as National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems. One of these is in northern New Mexico and the other is in what Texas national park?
     
     Answer: Big Bend National Park
     
     
154. What is the final phrase in the following aphorism about Texas weather? "If you don't like the weather in Texas, stick around a few minutes. ________________."
     
     Answer: It might change
     
     
155. Affectionately known as "The World's Greatest TV Weatherman" and "The Dean of TV Meteorologists," who was the first TV meteorologist west of the Mississippi River? He was was also heard on the radio in Texas for more than 40 years.
     
     Answer: Harold Taft
     
     
156. The state of Texas has an initiative to help reduce atmospheric emissions by offering grants to purchase new equipment with less of an environmental impact. The plan is often abbreviated by a four-letter acronym that sounds like slang for a turtle. What is this acronym?
     
     Answer: TERP (Texas Emissions Reduction Plan)
     
     
157. As of 2017, what state had the most Walmart locations (with 200+ more than the next-most-Walmart-populated state)?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
158. What southeastern Texas city is home to the fourth-busiest port in the United States and is also home to Lamar University?
     
     Answer: Beaumont
     
     
159. In the common benchmark within oil futures of WTI Crude Oil, what does the WTI stand for?
     
     Answer: West Texas Intermediate
     
     
160. Lasting for one week in March 2006, what is the name of the "B" wildfire that started near its eponymous town and burned nearly a half million acres and caused almost $100 million of damage?
     
     Answer: Borger
     
     
161. Hillsboro, Texas had a record 26-inch snowfall in December of what year? It was also the year the first Academy Awards ceremony was held, with Best Picture going to Wings.
     
     Answer: 1929
     
     
162. What was the name given to the 2017 Hurricane that hit Texas as well as Louisiana? It shares its name with a 1950 film about James Stewart having visions of an invisible giant rabbit.
     
     Answer: Harvey
     
     
163. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, what successful PepsiCo subsidiary makes and sells corn and potato chips? Their name is in part as a combination of a discount brand of tortilla strips that come in chili cheese, and a potato chip that comes in a yellow bag and has a number of flavor varieties.
     
     Answer: Frito Lay
     
     
164. In 1846, future president Zachary Taylor won a battle in the Mexican-American War campaign at what battle site, about 8 miles away from modern Brownsville, Texas? A city with the same name would be the site of Stanford University in California.
     
     Answer: Palo Alto
     
     
165. What Bay, in the western Gulf Of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas, is part of Houston’s borderline? It shares its name with an island Texas city that is home to Moody Gardens and its Pleasure Pier.
     
     Answer: Galveston Bay
     
     
166. The ENSO cycle has a major impact on the weather in Texas, affecting the jet stream and sea-surface temperatures. The SO in the ENSO cycle stands for Southern Oscillation. What does the EN stand for?
     
     Answer: El Niño
     
     
167. What city park and special case pedestrian street in San Antonio allows people to go shopping and eating while ambling next to the water?
     
     Answer: River Walk
     
     
168. Austin is home to the largest of what collective group of universities with an orange color scheme? Notable alumni include Owen Wilson and Michael Dell.
     
     Answer: University Of Texas
     
     
169. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Are You Experienced?" provided soundtracks to what year that Texas saw a record 232 tornadoes?
     
     Answer: 1967
     
     
170. In February 2021, a Texas county attorney had an instantly famous bad day when he made a virtual court appearance unable to turn off a Zoom filter that made him look like what animal?
     
     Answer: cat
     
     
171. Lee Scoresby is an aeronaut from an alternate version of Texas in what trilogy of fantasy novels by British author Philip Pullman?
     
     Answer: His Dark Materials
     
     
172. What “B” Texas State History Museum, established in 2001 in Austin, TX, is dedicated to the telling the story of Texas through educational experiences? Its name is the same as the last name of the actress who starred in “Ocean’s 8” as Danny Ocean’s sister.
     
     Answer: Bullock Texas State History Museum
     
     
173. What “C” petroleum company, founded in 1950 in Houston, Texas, with Joe Gatto as its current president, uses a logo where its name is in big blue letters, with the word “petroleum” in little red letters underneath?
     
     Answer: Callon
     
     
174. Chuck Norris famously used his martial arts skills playing the title sergeant in what TV drama that aired from 1993 to 2001?
     
     Answer: Walker, Texas Ranger
     
     
175. Adapted into a TV miniseries, what "avian" 1985 novel by Larry McMurtry focuses on a pair of retired Texas Rangers and their crew as they drive a herd of cattle to Montana?
     
     Answer: Lonesome Dove
     
     
176. What “B” art museum on the campus of the University Of Texas at Austin offers classes an auditorium in addition to a variety of exhibits and galleries?
     
     Answer: Blanton Museum Of Art
     
     
177. According to the lyrics of his classic country song, all George Strait's exes live in Texas, so he chooses to hang his hat in what other "T" state?
     
     Answer: Tennessee
     
     
178. An archive and museum at the University of Texas, Austin that attempts to aid the study of arts and humanities is the Harry ______ Center. Fill in the one word blank, also a term for the payoff to end a kidnapping.
     
     Answer: Harry Ransom Center
     
     
179. What state has over 1,500 DG stores?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
180. February 2021 saw Texas hit with a major winter and ice storm with what “U” name? The three-letter name is spelled the same as the abbreviation of a northeastern college in the city of Kingston.
     
     Answer: Winter Storm Uri
     
     
181. What “G” mountain range in West Texas includes the highest peak in Texas, as well as the “signature peak” of El Capitan?
     
     Answer: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
     
     
182. With a name that refers to symbols of the various nations that have governed Texas, what theme-park company operates Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, Discovery Kingdom, and many other locations?
     
     Answer: Six Flags
     
     
183. Hurricane Ike devastated parts of southeast Texas in 2006, causing tremendous damage to cattle ranchers, timberlands, and growers of what most common crop in the world, but primarily only grown in coastal Texas and the Mississippi River Delta in the United States?
     
     Answer: Rice
     
     
184. What rapper has been the subject of major public scrutiny after mass casualties at his Astroworld event in Houston, Texas on November 5th, 2021? We're looking for first and last names.
     
     Answer: Travis Scott
     
     
185. T.R. McHooligan is a Texas billionaire trying to fight climate change by firing sulfur-bearing rockets into the atmosphere in what 2021 novel by Neal Stephenson?
     
     Answer: Termination Shock
     
     
186. A vibrant, trendy neighborhood in Austin that is home to the Continental Club and views of the Texas State Capitol is South ______ Avenue. Fill in the one word blank, also the name of the most important legislative body in the US.
     
     Answer: South Congress Avenue
     
     
187. A 1935 flood in what “H” Texas county, a part of the Houston area, drowned at least seven people and forced reforms in flood control in the area? The county’s name is the same as the last name of the actor who played Mission Control’s Gene Kranz in “Apollo 13.”
     
     Answer: Harris County
     
     
188. According to the title of a 1984 song by Alabama, if you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have what slangy-named stringed instrument in the band?
     
     Answer: Fiddle
     
     
189. With just three letters in its title, what 1963 film stars Paul Newman as an unscrupulous Texas rancher who clashes with his father over how to handle an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease?
     
     Answer: Hud
     
     
190. In psychology, a situation in which a group makes a collective decision that none of its members individually wants to do is a "paradox" named after what city in central Texas?
     
     Answer: Abilene
     
     
191. Formed in Dallas in 1989, what country girl group dropped "Dixie" from its name in 2020, citing the negative connotations of the word?
     
     Answer: The Chicks
     
     
192. Named after a wealthy cotton industrialist, the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center has its flagship campus in what populous American city?
     
     Answer: Houston
     
     
193. Which Texas city, now the largest in the state, was originally the capital of The Republic of Texas, before Austin became the capital in 1839?
     
     Answer: Houston
     
     
194. On May, 6, 1930, an F-4 tornado devastated a teensy Texas town with what chilly five-letter name that it shares with a San Antonio-based bank?
     
     Answer: Frost
     
     
195. With words scrawled in red on a yellow background on the side of Jo's Coffee, the "I Love You So Much" mural is a popular Instagram photo spot in what Texas city?
     
     Answer: Austin
     
     
196. In what month of 2021 did a winter storm cripple Texas, causing an unprecedented power crisis and 246 deaths?
     
     Answer: February
     
     
197. What Texas musician, known for such hits as "The Sky is Crying" and "Tightrope," was immortalized in a statue in located at Lady Bird Lake in Austin, after his death in a helicopter crash in 1990?
     
     Answer: Stevie Ray Vaughan
     
     
198. What natural disaster occurred in 1967, as a result of Hurricane Beaulah, leading many to say that it was the worst of its kind in the 20th century (so far)?
     
     Answer: Flooding
     
     
199. What lake in Austin shares it's name with a Texas county, as well as a Texas Revolutionary War hero?
     
     Answer: Lake Travis
     
     
200. Set in the Texas Panhandle, "That Old Ace in the Hole" is a 2002 novel by what Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Brokeback Mountain"?
     
     Answer: Proulx
     
     
201. What Texas city boasts the largest St. Patrick's Day parade in the Southwest?
     
     Answer: Dallas
     
     
202. In what month was the hottest day in Houston, Texas history? The event occurred in 2000, when Enron Field registered a temperature of 109 degrees.
     
     Answer: September
     
     
203. A remote park along the James River in Richmond, VA, with isolated beaches for sunbathing, is ______ Beach. Fill in the one word “T” blank, also the name of a US state with capital at Austin.
     
     Answer: Texas Beach
     
     
204. Who was nicknamed "The Prophet of Spindletop" for his work in the Texas oil business? He leased the land on Sour Hill Mound to Anthony Lucas for drilling, resulting in the gusher that changed the oil industry.
     
     Answer: Patillo Higgins
     
     
205. What "hilly" town holds the all-time 24-hour snowfall record for Texas, when 26 inches fell there in 1929?
     
     Answer: Hillsboro
     
     
206. What was the most destructive hurricane in Texas in the last 30 years?
     
     Answer: Hurrican Ike
     
     
207. What is the biggest crop export of Texas, and has been for the last 100 years?
     
     Answer: Cotton
     
     
208. In 1951, an ice storm hit what Texas city, home to MLB’s Astros franchise?
     
     Answer: Houston, Texas
     
     
209. About 5,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 776 in what Texas city voted in April 2022 to ratify a new contract with Lockheed Martin?
     
     Answer: Fort Worth
     
     
210. Coach of the San Antonio Spurs since 1996, what NBA executive known for his gruff manner is often referred to by his players as "Coach Pop" or simply "Pop?"
     
     Answer: Gregg Popovich
     
     
211. In 1989, Galveston, Texas had extremely cold temperatures and high snowfall, in weather conditions that were described as what “A” adjective? It is a word meaning relating to regions around the North Pole.
     
     Answer: Arctic
     
     
212. In 1917, what two-word Texas town, home to Texas A&M, with an appropriate partially academic name, recorded five days with temperatures over 106 degrees, with one day achieving an all time record of 110 degrees?
     
     Answer: College Station, Texas
     
     
213. The Central Texas Flood of 1998 occurred during one of the most expensive storms that ever hit the U.S. What name did meteorologists give the hurricane that caused more than $750 million in damage?
     
     Answer: Madeline
     
     
214. What 1998 tropical storm killed 13 people in Texas, making it the state's deadliest tropical storm of the 1990s?
     
     Answer: Tropical Storm Charley
     
     
215. During a tornado outbreak in March 1953, a category F4 tornado touched down in which Texas “ghost town” before tearing through the rest of Haskell County?
     
     Answer: Jud
     
     
216. If you’re traveling with a pup and can’t cool off with them at Barton Springs, look for the stairs near the hiking trail and follow the stream down. What’s the name of the dog-friendly offshoot of the pool you’ll find there?
     
     Answer: Barkin' Stream
     
     
217. During the history-making blizzard of 1956, which small northern Texas city reportedly got over 60 inches of snow?
     
     Answer: Vega
     
     
218. Which actress, known for playing Rory Gilmore as well as her roles in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” was born in Houston in 1981?
     
     Answer: Alexis Bledel
     
     
219. Every year, Texans prepare themselves for possible hurricanes and tropical storms. Some storms cause little to no damage, but some cause major damage. What "H" named hurricane hit Texas in August 2017 and became the costliest hurricane in Texas history, causing $125 billion in damages?
     
     Answer: Harvey
     
     
220. Long before she married Bill, which philanthropist and computer scientist (born and raised in Dallas) first “clicked” with an Apple II computer when she was a student at St. Monica Catholic School?
     
     Answer: Melinda Gates
     
     
221. From the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Tanner and Josh became known as "the Texas guys" while traveling around the world on Season 27 of what CBS competition reality show?
     
     Answer: The Amazing Race
     
     
222. On October 12, 2001, an F2 tornado blew through which city in Medina County and caused more than $20 million in damage, primarily to the National Guard and local airport?
     
     Answer: Hondo
     
     
223. Prior to their move to Dallas in the 1993-1994 NHL season, the Dallas Stars were the North Stars and played home games in Bloomington in what U.S. state?
     
     Answer: Minnesota
     
     
224. What legendary right-handed pitcher, who played for the Astros from 1980 to 1988 and the Rangers from 1988 to 1993, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1999 with a whopping 98.79% of the vote?
     
     Answer: Nolan Ryan
     
     
225. Popular in Northern Mexico and among Spanish-speaking Texans, “La Canícula” refers to the rainless, hot, stagnant days between July and August. It's equivalent to what 2-word alliterative idiom that's more common to English speakers?
     
     Answer: Dog days
     
     
226. In 1978, a pair of men searching for arrowheads near Waco, TX stumbled upon the fossils of sixteen individuals of what Pleistocene-era animal? In 2015, President Barack Obama created a new national monument to protect the site of the discovery.
     
     Answer: Mammoths
     
     
227. A wildflower center southwest of Austin, which protects over 900 species of plants native to Texas, is named for what woman? As First Lady, she helped bring wildflowers to the nation's highways by advocating for the Highway Beautification Act.
     
     Answer: Lady Bird Johnson
     
     
228. Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan Capistrano, and Espada are the names given to the four Texas structures preserved under the name of "San Antonio ______ National Monument." What word fills in the blank, and which also describes an even more iconic building nearby?
     
     Answer: Missions
     
     
229. In 2016, the Dallas Cowboys moved their practice facility to The Star in Frisco. Previously, the team had practiced at Valley Ranch in which "I" city within Dallas county, formerly home to the now demolished Texas Stadium?
     
     Answer: Irving
     
     
230. The Texas Panhandle counties of Dallam and Sherman were the location of some of the worst soil erosion that took place during what catastrophic weather event, which took place over three "waves" in the 1930s?
     
     Answer: Dust Bowl
     
     
231. Tallahassee is the largest city in what informal region of the Florida panhandle, which stretches from the Apalachicola River to the St. Johns River, and which shares its name with a Texas national park on the Rio Grande?
     
     Answer: Big Bend
     
     
232. The town of Lockhart, Texas was transformed into the town of "Miracle" for the second season of what acclaimed HBO original series in 2015?
     
     Answer: The Leftovers
     
     
233. In February of 2012, two tornadoes touched down in which town in Burleson County and caused over $500,000 in damage?
     
     Answer: Snook
     
     
234. "Cactus Jack" was a nickname for what Texan who served as Vice President of the United States from 1933 to 1941 under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
     
     Answer: John Nance Garner
     
     
235. Despite catastrophic flooding to Houston from Hurricane Harvey, the Astros won the 2017 World Series. Inspired by their city's resilience in the aftermath of the devastation, the team wore a special patch during their games that had their team logo with what single six-letter word underneath?
     
     Answer: Strong
     
     
236. Which north Dallas neighborhood is home to some of the city’s richest residents on Strait Lane, Hillcrest High School, and the NorthPark mall?
     
     Answer: Preston Hollow
     
     
237. The worst tornado to ever hit Texas ripped through Waco in May 1953 as an "F5," meaning a category five on what scale named for a Japanese-American meteorologist?
     
     Answer: Fujita
     
     
238. The Thunderducks are the mascot of which community college campus in Dallas?
     
     Answer: Richland
     
     
239. Which “pfun” city in Travis County is a suburb of Austin and home to Typhoon Texas and Northeast Metro Skate/BMX Park?
     
     Answer: Pflugerville
     
     
240. Amarillo, Texas once produced most of the world's supply of what elemental gas, which comes second on the periodic table?
     
     Answer: Helium
     
     
241. In April of 2021, which Medina County city set the state record for the biggest hailstone, weighing 1.26lbs and 6.4 inches in diameter?
     
     Answer: Hondo
     
     
242. In operation since 1996, DART is one of the most popular ways to get around the city. It’s an acronym for Dallas Area ______ Transit. (Hint: Its name implies a speedy trip but since it’s one of the busiest rail systems in America, you may want to lower your expectations)
     
     Answer: Rapid
     
     
243. A section of heavily wooded pine forests in Texas's southeastern corner is known as the "Big" what, a word meaning a dense stand of trees or shrubs?
     
     Answer: Thicket
     
     
244. A museum in Houston is dedicated to the 10th Calvary Regiment, a group of Black American soldiers who were also stationed at Fort Davis in West Texas. What's the better known nickname of these soldiers?
     
     Answer: Buffalo Soldiers
     
     
245. A 1909 tornado that killed 34 formed near what ironically named Texas town, a word meaning "light wind" named for the Greek god of the west wind?
     
     Answer: Zephyr
     
     
246. In 2008, Texas Instruments introduced a single-board computer designed for hobbyists and as an educational tool for the development of open source software. The board is known as a ______ Board, with what canine word filling in the blank? (If you "snoop" on their website, you'll see many different models are currently available.)
     
     Answer: Beagle
     
     
247. Which luxury hotel on Commerce Street was built by the founder of Anheuser-Busch in 1911 and is a Dallas Landmark?
     
     Answer: Adolphus
     
     
248. What reservoir on the Texas border, jointly managed by the United States and Mexico, gets its name from the "friendship" shared by the two nations?
     
     Answer: Amistad Reservoir
     
     
249. The ______ Museum of Nature and Science in Victory Park was designed by Thomas Mayne and named after a billionaire named Ross who was the CEO of Electronic Data Systems and later became an (unsuccessful) third-party presidential candidate. (Hint: In 2016, the museum announced it had named a new species of dinosaur after his family—Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum)
     
     Answer: Perot
     
     
250. It’s come a long way from its days as a warehouse district! Today, which neighborhood northwest of Downtown is home to many art galleries and showrooms (not surprising, given its name)?
     
     Answer: Design District
     
     
251. In May of 1982, Texas recorded more than 100 of which spinning, destructive weather event?
     
     Answer: Tornadoes
     
     
252. Last held in Corpus Christi in 2019, the Fiesta de la Flor festival honored what one-named singer who died in that city in 1995?
     
     Answer: Selena
     
     
253. The Texas legislature has declared the small town of West, Texas, to be the official home of what fruit-filled Czech pastry?
     
     Answer: Kolach
     
     
254. In May of 1987, a tornado killed 30 of the then-183 residents and destroyed 85% of which Reeves County community's structures?
     
     Answer: Saragosa
     
     
255. If you want to see Dallas from above, which tower (also known as “The Ball”) has an observation deck (the “GeO-Deck”) that gives you a 360-view of the city?
     
     Answer: Reunion
     
     
256. There are three enclaves surrounded by Dallas: Highland Park, University Park—and what’s the third?
     
     Answer: Cockrell Hill
     
     
257. H-E-B is actually an initialism; the Texas-based grocery chain is named for the family that started it. What was their positively posterior last name?
     
     Answer: Butt
     
     
258. In which city can you visit the National Videogame Museum and the Texas Sculpture Garden?
     
     Answer: Frisco
     
     
259. What Blue Origin craft, used for space tourism and launched from a facility in Van Horn, Texas, is named for the first American in space--and not a caretaker of sheep?
     
     Answer: New Shepard
     
     
260. Although Harvard has the largest university endowment in the U.S., it may soon be eclipsed by the public university system of what state, which is predictably enriched by investments in oil and natural gas?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
261. Which American “hypercar” maker based in Texas “makes fast cars faster” with mods like Venom and Exorcist?
     
     Answer: Hennessey
     
     
262. Just one letter off from "Julia," what panhandle town had the lowest temperature ever recorded in Texas -- 23 degrees below zero -- on February 12, 1899?
     
     Answer: Tulia
     
     
263. Hurricane Claudette was a Category 1 storm when it made landfall in 2005 on what Texas barrier island, whose name means "thick brush" in Spanish?
     
     Answer: Matagorda Island
     
     
264. In 1964, a news crew in Wichita Falls became the first ever to catch what weather event on live TV?
     
     Answer: Tornado
     
     
265. The Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl is waged in the home stadium for the Horned Frogs of what Big 12 university?
     
     Answer: Texas Christian University / TCU
     
     
266. As of 2018, the U.S. state with the least comprehensive requirements private business workers' compensation is unsurprisingly what state that prides itself on its individualism?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
267. Premiering in March 2022, the 19th season of Bravo's competition reality series "Top Chef" takes place in what Texas city, whose iconic restaurants include Brenner's steakhouse and the Barbecue Inn?
     
     Answer: Houston
     
     
268. A 2008 hurricane that caused $14 billon worth of damage along the Gulf Coast of Texas had what name that happened to be the nickname of the like-able first Texan elected as U.S. president?
     
     Answer: Ike
     
     
269. "West Texas Investors Club" was a television docu-series on CNBC that followed two self-made millionaires from oil-related businesses. One of these two men is famously the brother of what iconic actor?
     
     Answer: Matthew McConaughey
     
     
270. As of 2019, Texas was producing more wind energy than all of the countries in the world except for India, Germany, the U.S. and what other superpower nation?
     
     Answer: China
     
     
271. The Fujita scale is used for rating tornado intensity, and it is mostly based on the damage inflicted by the tornado on human-built structures and vegetation. What is the maximum value on the scale?
     
     Answer: F5
     
     
272. According to the Department of Energy, in 2021 Alaska ranks third in natural gas withdrawals, behind Texas and what Rust Belt state that churns out Rolling Rock beer?
     
     Answer: Pennsylvania
     
     
273. Black Gold was a reality TV series chronicling three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County in what state? The show was partly produced by Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers.
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
274. The Washington monument is the tallest non-communications structure in D.C. and was the tallest monument in the U.S. until the completion of the San Jacinto Monument in 1939 in what state?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
275. President James Polk officially annexed Texas in what year, ultimately leading to the Mexican-American War?
     
     Answer: 1845
     
     
276. High-speed swirling winds in Texas can sometimes combine with a hot and deadly element to create what portmanteau natural disaster?
     
     Answer: Firenado
     
     
277. Extending through 48 Texas counties, the Ogallala is the largest of what underground thing in Texas?
     
     Answer: Aquifer
     
     
278. Daniel Negraneu, Phil Helmuth and Phil Ivey are all professional players and three of the most famous names in what?
     
     Answer: Poker
     
     
279. Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio built a robot in 2018 designed to be small enough to help fight cancer and serve other surgical methods. The device was entered into the Guinness World Records as the "smallest medical robot" as it has a spherical radius of only 120 ______. What very-small unit fills the blank?
     
     Answer: Nanometers
     
     
280. Named in Forbes magazine's Top 10 Most Powerful Women every year since 2010, which Dallas-born former computer scientist only received about 2% of her former husband's roughly $100 billion wealth when they divorced in 2021?
     
     Answer: Melinda French Gates
     
     
281. What HGTV reality show featured Waco couple Chip and Joanna Gaines and their home renovation and redecoration business from 2013 to 2017?
     
     Answer: Fixer Upper
     
     
282. What word could mean any of the following things? An avian structure formally known as a furcula, a famous Jack Russell terrier's name, an innovative football scheme popularly attributed to Emory Ballard at the University of Texas.
     
     Answer: Wishbone
     
     
283. Because of Texas's size, it has multiple different climates in different regions of the state. One of these regions is considered a humid subtropical zone with a climate similar to Taiwan, the Philippines, and much of the Southern parts of Queensland, Australia. What region of the state is this?
     
     Answer: Piney Woods
     
     
284. "No smile, no trash talk" is how a New York Times article described the 19-year career of what beloved San Antonio Spur, who retired from the team in 2016 and became an NBA Hall of Famer in 2021?
     
     Answer: Tim Duncan
     
     
285. What is the state bird of Texas?
     
     Answer: Mockingbird
     
     
286. Which neighborhood in Dallas has a name that sounds like a crooked arbor and is home to Frankford Church?
     
     Answer: Bent Tree
     
     
287. Dallas is named in honor of former vice president George M. Dallas who served in the role from 1845 to 1849 under which one-term President?
     
     Answer: James K. Polk
     
     
288. Sporting the same name as the lady after Sandra in Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5," what hurricane forced a Houston evacuation less than a month after Katrina?
     
     Answer: Rita
     
     
289. In early February 2022, Texas was just one of the States that were witness to the new longest lightning bolt in history -- almost 500 miles. The bolt spanned from Texas, all the way to what other State to the east?
     
     Answer: Mississippi
     
     
290. A 2011 wildfire destroyed hundreds of buildings around what two-word Brazos River-adjacent lake that lent its name to the biggest hit song of The Toadies?
     
     Answer: Possum Kingdom
     
     
291. Silver iodide is a favorite "seeding agent" that is used in meteorological professions largely because it has a crystalline structure very similar to a natural ice crystal. What are the everyday objects that silver iodide is used to "seed"?
     
     Answer: Clouds
     
     
292. In September 2018, Juan David Ortiz was indicted for 4 separate murders after a potential 5th victim escaped. Ortiz was quickly labeled a "serial killer" by the media, which was especially problematic as he lived in southern Texas and worked for what federal law enforcement agency?
     
     Answer: US Border Patrol
     
     
293. The great storm of 1900 was the deadliest natural disaster in United States history and destroyed almost every building in which Texas city?
     
     Answer: Galveston
     
     
294. From a neighborhood known as the Fifth Ward, Barbara Jordan, who later became a U.S. Congresswoman, was the first Black woman elected to the state senate of what Southern state?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
295. It's probably not surprisingly to hear that the state in the US that produces the most natural gas is Texas, but which state produces the second-most (more than 2x 3rd place)?
     
     Answer: Pennsylvania
     
     
296. KHB40 is the National Weather Radio call sign for what Texas port city that was named after an 18th century Spanish military and political leader?
     
     Answer: Galveston
     
     
297. Meritage Homes is the sixth-largest public homebuilder in the United States, based on homes closed in 2020. Meritage offers a variety of homes that are designed with a focus on entry-level and first move-up buyers in how many states?
     
     Answer: 9 (Arizona, California, Colorado, Texas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee)
     
     
298. What “B” Texas State History Museum, established in 2001 in Austin, TX, is dedicated to the telling the story of Texas through educational experiences? Its name is the same as the last name of the actress who starred in “Ocean’s 8” as Danny Ocean’s sister.
     
     Answer: Bullock Texas State History Museum
     
     
299. What politician, later to become governor of Texas, memorably spoke about President George H.W. Bush at the 1988 Democratic National Convention by saying he was "born with a silver foot in his mouth?"
     
     Answer: Ann Richards
     
     
300. What was the first tropical storm to have its name retired before reaching hurricane status? The storm hit Southeast Texas in June 2001, and was particularly damaging in the Houston area.
     
     Answer: Allison
     
     
301. What Texas city contains a replica of the Eiffel Tower, less than one tenth the scale of the original?
     
     Answer: Paris
     
     
302. The song "Yellow Rose of Texas" is about a woman, not a literal flower, who has eyes "bright as diamonds" that "sparkle like the" WHAT?
     
     Answer: Dew
     
     
303. Texas's two U.S. Senators are Ted Cruz and what fellow Republican, who has served in that role since 2002?
     
     Answer: John Cornyn
     
     
304. "Texas (When I Die)" is a 1978 song by what country music star whose first and last names, like Texas, both start with the letter T?
     
     Answer: Tanya Tucker
     
     
305. Which neighborhood with a colorful avian name is home to the Dallas Executive Airport, the Golf Club of Dallas, and Boulder Park Trail?
     
     Answer: Red Bird
     
     
306. In 1982, six paraplegic men in wheelchairs did the unthinkable, braving frequent summer electrical storms and difficult, windy conditions to make a five-day climb of what peak, the highest natural point in Texas?
     
     Answer: Guadalupe Peak
     
     
307. Flooding in Texas is most likely along an escarpment, a long geographic slope, running from Del Rio on the U.S.-Mexico border to Dallas-Fort Worth. What's the name of this escarpment, which comes from the Spanish word for features you might look for in the upper story of a house?
     
     Answer: Balcones Escarpment
     
     
308. The "Sixth Floor Museum" at the former Texas School Book Depository is a popular tourist spot overlooking what Dallas plaza?
     
     Answer: Dealey Plaza
     
     
309. A 1988 wildfire, the second-biggest in Texas history, was named for what informal Texas region that shares a name with a one-hit wonder Scottish rock band, also from the 80's?
     
     Answer: Big Country
     
     
310. Avenue H in Lubbock, Texas was renamed to honor which bespectacled Rock and Roll legend who died at age 22?
     
     Answer: Buddy Holly
     
     
311. Breaking the NCAA career rushing record in 1998 helped what "Texas Tornado" join Earl Campbell as the second Longhorn recipient of the Heisman Trophy?
     
     Answer: Ricky Williams
     
     
312. Considered by many to be the greatest Texas Rangers player of all time, Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez played for the team from 1991 to 2002, primarily at what position?
     
     Answer: Catcher
     
     
313. In an attempt to kickstart an oasis in west Texas, cereal magnate C.W. Post tried to kickstart a rainstorm by igniting dynamite strapped to what kind of child's toy that always seems to find its way into science experiments?
     
     Answer: Kite
     
     
314. Frank Wisner, the owner of Colorado's Cripple Creek Brewing, invented a dessert in 1893 after being inspired by the nearby snowy peaks. He named this two-item combo "the black cow." Today it is better known by what name?
     
     Answer: Root Beer Float
     
     
315. What chain of breakfast cafes has over 190 worldwide locations, began at the intersection of two streets in downtown Chicago, and is now headquartered in Dallas? The chain features a black-and-white logo.
     
     Answer: Corner Bakery Cafe
     
     
316. A 5.7 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Alpine, Texas in 1995 is known by what name? It shares its name with an Olympic running event.
     
     Answer: Marathon earthquake
     
     
317. Making its debut in 1978, what alliteratively named Texas Instruments educational toy originally advertised to help kids learn to pronounce and spell more than 200 commonly misspelled words?
     
     Answer: Speak & Spell
     
     
318. What is the name of the Category 3 hurricane that hit Texas in 1983, causing $3 billion in damages and earning the title of "costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history" at the time it made landfall?
     
     Answer: Alicia
     
     
319. Dallas's City Hall building and its Fountain Place skyscraper were both designed by what Chinese-American architect also responsible for the Louvre pyramid?
     
     Answer: I. M. Pei
     
     
320. A torrential 1899 rainstorm caused the worst flooding ever recorded along what river, which is sometimes used as the border between East and West Texas?
     
     Answer: Brazos River
     
     
321. The 1901 Lucas gusher at what Texas "S" site is largely credited with sparking the Texas Oil Boom in the US?
     
     Answer: Spindletop
     
     
322. In 2011, the Texas Rangers made it to the World Series but lost to what National League team whose lineup featured Albert Pujols?
     
     Answer: St. Louis Cardinals
     
     
323. What 1836 battle, which secured independence for Texas from Mexico, is memorialized by name in the lyrics of "Texas, Our Texas," the state's official song?
     
     Answer: San Jacinto
     
     
324. If you've got early December tickets to the National Finals Rodeo, popularly known as the “Super Bowl of rodeo,” you'll be headed to what western state? Surprisingly, it's not Texas.
     
     Answer: Nevada
     
     
325. Who was the President of the United States when the US annexed Texas?
     
     Answer: James K. Polk
     
     
326. If you had a ticket to an iconic Texas venue on February 6, 1967, you'd be able to watch Muhammad Ali fight Ernie Terrell. What is the venue?
     
     Answer: Astrodome
     
     
327. What is the name of the Texas ghost town that had a population of 5,000 in 1875 before a hurricane killed hundreds? After the town was rebuilt, another hurricane came only 11 years later, resulting in the abandoned efforts to re-build yet-again.
     
     Answer: Indianola
     
     
328. What hyphenated corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas owns the popular personal-care brands of Huggies diapers, Cottonelle toilet paper, and Kotex feminine products, among others?
     
     Answer: Kimberly-Clark
     
     
329. Spanning hundreds of years of real-life Texans and fictional characters, the 1985 novel "Texas" is a typically sweeping work of historical fiction by what author who also wrote "Alaska?"
     
     Answer: James Michener
     
     
330. The city of Abilene, Texas was founded in 1881 and named for another city in what state, where the cattle path known as the Chisholm Trail originally ended?
     
     Answer: Kansas
     
     
331. His acting credits include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Fight Club and Glee. Which tasty-sounding musican was born in Dallas in 1947 with the name Marvin Lee Aday?
     
     Answer: Meat Loaf
     
     
332. Arbusto Energy was a small oil exploration company founded in 1977. Within a few years, the company changed its name to reflect the surname of what famous man?
     
     Answer: George W Bush
     
     
333. What is the weather phenomena that blew down section houses along railway tracks in 1895 and ruined $6 million worth of wheat in the Texas panhandle while also injuring 20 people in 1977?
     
     Answer: Dust storm
     
     
334. With over 500 million barrels produced in 2019, what Great Plains state has the second-largest crude oil production after Texas?
     
     Answer: North Dakota
     
     
335. Avenue H in Lubbock, Texas was renamed to honor which rock and roll legend?
     
     Answer: Buddy Holly
     
     
336. The largest earthquake in the history of Texas occurred in what city? It shares its name with a Roman Saint often associated with courtly love.
     
     Answer: Valentine
     
     
337. Although he was born in Nebraska and primarily raised in Texas, the American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith is popularly associated with Portland as this is where he spent much of his adult life and where he reached fame as a guitarist and poet. In particular, Smith rocketed to fame when his song "Miss Misery" was included in the soundtrack to what 1997 film? Smith was nominated for a Best Original Song Oscar for the track as well.
     
     Answer: Good Will Hunting
     
     
338. Killing over 50 people, what 1967 "B" hurricane in Texas made landfall just north of the mouth of the Rio Grande River as a Category 3 storm and then spawned 115 tornadoes across Texas?
     
     Answer: Hurricane Beulah
     
     
339. After Hurricane Ike, Galveston's Moody Gardens got a $25 million infusion, and created a pyramid replicating what kind of sweltering biome?
     
     Answer: Rainforest
     
     
340. Which Main Street skyscraper used to be known as the Busch Building, is 17 stories tall, and is on the National Register of Historic Places as well as a Dallas Landmark?
     
     Answer: Kirby
     
     
341. The largest wildfire of the 2022 season in Texas is named for the "Complex" of what county, ironically located in central West Texas?
     
     Answer: Eastland
     
     
342. Although it does not have formal borders, West Texas is well known for its massive arid climate and relative lack of large cities. The largest, El Paso, is very near the Mexican border, and the second-largest is not. What is the second-most populous city in West Texas?
     
     Answer: Lubbock
     
     
343. "Weather in Texas is crazy. Monday it's sunny. Then Tuesday, it's raining like it's gonna snow the next. And then Wednesday, it's freezing cold!" is a quote from 9-year-old Taylor Michelle from Pearland, TX who went viral with her youthful rants about the craziness of Texas weather on what social media platform?
     
     Answer: Instagram
     
     
344. Created in 2009 and based in Austin, Texas, what “A” software company helps optimize workplace productivity in the remote space by streamlining workflow and limiting distractions, keeping employees energetic?
     
     Answer: ActivTrak
     
     
345. In what city of Texas did it rain fish in 2021? The phenomenon is called "animal rain," occur when small animals are swept up in waterspouts and then come down when it rains.
     
     Answer: Texarkana, TX
     
     
346. One victim of the 2011 wildfires in Bastrop, Texas was the filmmaking archive of what "Dazed and Confused" and "School of Rock" director?
     
     Answer: Richard Linklater
     
     
347. What is the name of the tropical cyclone that flooded Eastern Texas in 1979? It shares its name with the first name of the Best Actress Oscar winner for “It Happened One Night” in 1935.
     
     Answer: Claudette
     
     
348. How long must you be a resident of Texas before you are able to file for divorce in the state?
     
     Answer: 6 months
     
     
349. Some of the first employees to benefit from health insurance coverage in the United States was a group of teachers after local hospitals tamed up together to form Blue Cross to help patients pay for care in 1929. The monthly premium was $0.50 at the time. In what populous state did this happen?
     
     Answer: Texas
     
     
350. Hurricane Harvey whipped up sustained winds reaching category 4 on the SSHWS, or WHAT-WHAT Hurricane Wind Scale?
     
     Answer: Saffir-Simpson
     
     
351. According to information from the NCES, the two largest endowments for public universities are located in Texas (University of Texas System, and Texas A&M System). What state is home to the public university with the next largest endowment? The state's capital city is about 1,300 miles from Texas' capital.
     
     Answer: Michigan
     
     
352. What 1997 film was about a Texas preacher and featured a trifecta performance by Robert Duvall (wrote, directed, starred)?
     
     Answer: The Apostle
     
     
353. The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck in May 1953. Nearly one-third of a mile wide, the massive tornado killed 114 persons and injured 597. What Texas city crossed paths with this deadly weather formation and thus gave the twister its name?
     
     Answer: Waco
     
     
354. Also known as Big Bend Country, what is the "TP" region in western Texas which consists of the most clear weather days statewide each year?
     
     Answer: Trans-Pecos
     
     
355. What is the name of this cloud, sometimes spotted over areas of Texas, that forms on the underside of other clouds as they begin to sink in the sky? When formed on a cumulonimbus, it is a sign that a particularly bad storm is approaching.
     
     Answer: Mammatus
     
     
356. On “Terrible Tuesday” April 10, 1979, what Texas city suffered over $400 million in damages, 42 deaths and over 1,700 reported injures due to the destruction caused by an F4 tornado?
     
     Answer: Wichita Falls
     
     
357. What “D” chocolatier, owned by Nicole Patel and operating out Austin, TX, tries to use local Texas ingredients in its chocolate, and has an advent calendar? It’s name is a derivation of a word meaning tasty.
     
     Answer: Delysia
     
     
358. In 2018, Tropical Storm Gordon blew up from the gulf and poured rain down on Ruston, Longview, and El Dorado, three towns in a tri-state region known by what eight-letter hyphenated name?
     
     Answer: Ark-La-Tex
     
     
359. Although technically not a hurricane, what is the name of the storm that struck the Houston area in 2001 and deposited more than 80% of the area's average rainfall in a period of a few days? The storm flooded nearly 100,000 cars and was responsible for 41 deaths and $5 billion in property damage.
     
     Answer: Allison
     
     
360. A horse race for fillies, held annually at Santa Anita Park, was named after a racehorse owned by Mrs. William Hawn of Dallas. Mrs. Shawn's horse was named after what Texas weather phenomenon characterized by a fast-moving cold front?
     
     Answer: Blue Norther
     
     
361. Clay Henry III is the third non-human mayor of Terlingua, Texas since the 1980s. What type of animal is he?
     
     Answer: Goat
     
     

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