Texas is the second-largest state in America in terms of area and population. It’s actually bigger than any European country.
Texas’ rich history makes San Antonio, a tourist destination for many. The place still holds a number of notable Spanish missions and forts that served as battlegrounds during Texas’ war for independence such as the Battle of Gonzales and the San Jacinto War among many others.
Texas Facts Trivia Questions and Answers
It is home to more native species of bats than any other place in the U.S. You can take different spots at sunset to watch swarms of bats fly in the skies.
A number of well-known celebrities were born and raised in Texas! From popular music icons like Beyonce, Selena Gomez, and Kelly Clarkson, to actors like Michael Strahan, Jensen Akles, Morgan Fairchild e.t.c. Also, two former US Presidents were born in Texas; President Lyndon B. Johnson and President Dwight Eisenhower.
Curious to know more about Texas? Quiz yourself with the following set of Texas trivia questions and answers.
1. Where does Texas rank population-wise among the other states?
2. Is Texas a state?
3. What is the Texas state plant?
4. How many tornadoes endure by Texas per year?
5. Texas is the second-largest of the 50 U.S. states, with only what state being larger?
6. Name the most popular snacks in Texas?
7. Texas shares an international border with which four Mexican states?
8. What is the Texas state molecule?
9. How many colors are there in the flag of Texas?
10. What US State borders Texas to the west?
11. Name the colors in the flag of Texas?
12. How many barrels of oil can the Texas refineries process per day?
13. What red color represents?
14. What white color represents?
15. Which state borders Texas to the north?
16. Who was the first president to be born in Texas?
17. What is the Texas state insect?
18. What is the oldest law enforcement agency in the US?
19. The state of Texas is known for its harsh criminal punishment and is one of 32 states that use what?
20. How many highways exist in Texas?
21. What is the Texas state gem?
22. Who died at the Alamo in Texas?
23. What state shares a border with Texas to the east?
24. Which state is home to the first female governor ever elected in any state. Name it?
25. What is the Texas state fruit?
26. In which month, does Texas host the largest and oldest rattlesnake roundup?
27. How big is Texas in square miles?
28. In which state, the world’s largest parking lot is?
29. What size in barrels is the known oil deposits in Texas?
30. What is the fourth-largest city in the United States?
31. What is the Texas state fish?
32. In which year Texas was admitted to the union?
33. What is the biggest city in the state of Texas?
34. How many miles does Texas extend from north to south?
35. What city is the second-largest in the state?
36. The state of Texas is one of only seven US states that do not have a what?
37. Which is the only natural lake found in Texas?
38. What city is the capital of Texas?
39. Which site is considered the Cradle of Texas liberty?
40. How many nations have ruled over Texas?
41. Who invented the phrase “Don’t Mess with Texas”?
42. What is the nickname for the state of Texas?
43. When did Texas become the 28th State of the Union?
44. How much of the Texas land area is desert?
45. Which country is the only town on the planet to bear the name ‘Earth’?
46. What country was the first European country to claim the area that is now Texas?
47. Which country has an impact of their cultural values on Texas?
48. What is the Texas state dish?
49. Which language is still spoken today in Texas under the influence of culture of Germany?
50. In which towns Texas German is spoken?
51. What is the largest metro of Texas?
52. What was the highest temperature ever recorded in Texas?
53. In 1836 when Texas won its independence from Mexico, it became a what?
54. Which city has the most live music venues per capita in US?
55. Texas joined the Union as the 28th state on what date?
56. What do you know about South by Southwest (SXSW)?
57. Texas is 10% larger than what European country?
58. In which year and month this festival is held?
59. What three rivers are also borders of Texas?
60. Austin is home for how many bands?
61. What is the Texas state dog?
62. Where ACL is recorded?
63. The state of Texas has 3,700 named streams and how many major rivers?
64. Texas has which pop-rock band from Glasgow?
65. Which refinery located in the Houston area is the biggest in the entire country?
66. In which year did Texas make its performing debut?
67. Which river in Texas is the largest?
68. At which university did Texas make its debut?
69. Name the famous musician of Texas?
70. Texas does not have many natural lakes, but it has over 100 artificial?
71. Write down some names of musical innovations of Texas pioneers?
72. Which international musician has been successful in Texas?
73. What type of liquor does Roger Creager sing about in his 1998 smash hit?
74. How old are the oldest rocks to be found in Texas?
75. Who sings ‘Dancehall Dreamer’?
76. Texas is home to how many species of mammals?
77. What is the official state song of Texas?
78. Texas has the greatest diversity of what type of animal in the United States with 590 native species in all?
79. Who compose the official state song of Texas?
80. Lady Bird Johnson, worked to draw attention to Texas what?
81. Where Austin is located?
82. In 2010, how many millionaires lived in Texas?
83. Why Austin is said to be the live music capital of the world?
84. In which year Silicon Hills considered as a nickname of Austin and why?
85. Texas suffers from the most tornadoes in the United States, with an average of how many tornadoes per year?
86. What is the unofficial slogan of Austin?
87. What is the Texas state bird?
88. What does its slogan refer to?
89. In what three months are Tornadoes in Texas most likely to occur?
90. The Galveston hurricane of 1900 was the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history and killed approximately how many people?
91. Since the 19th century what Austin is known as and why?
92. What is the Texas state tree?
93. Is Austin is the 11th most populous city in the US?
94. Texas emits the most of what type of gases in the U.S. into the earth’s atmosphere?
95. In which number does Austin lie as the most populous city of Texas?
96. What was the first historical document related to Texas that was created in 1519 by Spanish explorer Alonso Álvarez de Pineda?
97. In which year was Austin incorporated?
98. On January 10, 1901, What was the name of the first major oil well in Texas?
99. Who is the mayor of Austin?
100. How many areas of the state capital city are there?
101. At the peak of the Texas oil boom, how many barrels of oil per day was Texas producing?
102. How many companies have headquarters or regional offices in Austin?
103. In 1901, when the state legislature passed a bill requiring a poll tax for voting, which groups of people were disfranchised?
104. Name some worldwide headquarters located in the regions of Austin?
105. How many populations were estimated in the year 2018?
106. On November 22, 1963, what U.S. President was shot and killed in Dallas in his motorcade by an assassin?
107. What is the time zone followed in Austin?
108. What are the area codes?
109. What is the Texas state motto?
110. In which year the first American school mass shooting incident took place in Austin?
111. Which city is the main core of the largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States?
112. What is the location of Dallas?
113. Lyndon B. Johnson was a Texan and he was the 36th what?
114. Write down the nicknames of Dallas?
115. How many people are in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth largest metropolitan area?
116. How many counties does the state of Texas have, the most in the country?
117. Name the primary airport of Dallas?
118. According to the Energy Information Administration, the citizens of Texans consume more “what” per capita and more energy in total than any other state in the Union?
119. What is the commuter rail of Dallas?
120. What kind of power is Texas the biggest producer of?
121. How many countries does Dallas-Fort Worth Arlington consist of?
122. The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is located in what Texas city?
123. Who invented the frozen margarita machine?
124. In which year the integrated circuit computer chip was invented in Dallas?
125. What Texas church located in the city of Houston is the largest church in the United States?
126. Dallas is home to how many professional sports teams?
127. Where are more hearts transplanted than anywhere else in the world?
128. Who got approximately 66% votes in the 2016, US presidential election?
129. What was the name of the first Texas freeway which was opened in 1948 in Houston?
130. What is the meaning of the word “Texas”?
131. What is the motto of this state?
132. In Texas, on a section of the State Highway 130 toll road, the speed limit is the highest in the country. What is the speed limit?
133. Name the state’s flying mammal?
134. Who is the father of Texas?
135. What are the two Major League Baseball teams in Texas?
136. Name the state’s flower?
137. What rodeo, held in Texas, is the largest rodeo in the world?
138. What is the official insect of Texas?
139. It is difficult to take a decision for dinner. Why?
140. Why is there too much traffic?
141. What do you know about the summer season in Texas?
142. What about Hurricanes, and flooding in Texas?
143. What is the well-being of residents in Texas defined as?
