| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| What is the state capital of Texas? | Austin | 98%
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| What river is located at the Mexican border? | Rio Grande | 96%
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| What type of weather event strikes Texas an average of 139 each year, more than any? | Tornadoes | 90%
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| What is the state nickname of Texas? | Lone Star State | 88%
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| What Texan city is located adjacent to Mexico's Ciudad Juárez? | El Paso | 87%
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| In what city did the Battle of Alamo take place? | San Antonio | 86%
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| What is the airport code of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport? | DFW | 73%
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| What city was Texas's most important port until it was destroyed by a hurricane in 1900? | Galveston | 71%
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| On what river, with namesake of a state, is the capital of Texas located? | Colorado River | 67%
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| Like Florida and Idaho, what geographical feature does Texas have? | Texas {Panhandle} | 66%
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| What river makes the border with Oklahoma? | Red River | 64%
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| What city is appropriately located on the Texas-Arkansas border? | Texarkana | 62%
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| What does Texas have 254 of, nation's highest number? (Harris is an example) | Counties | 58%
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| What desert in western Texas, has the namesake of a popular dog breed? | {Chihuahuan} Desert | 57%
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| What is the southernmost city in Texas? | Brownsville | 55%
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| What are the only two national parks that are located in Texas? (name either) | Big Bend / Guadalupe | 50%
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| Houston has one of these that is over 500 feet wide - the widest in the world by some standards. What is it? | a Freeway | 35%
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| What region in Central Texas is considered be to the border between the American Southwest and Southeast? | {Hill} Country | 31%
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| What is the world's largest barrier island? | Padre Island | 28%
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| What oil field's gusher blew for 9 days in 1901 at a rate of 100,000 barrels of oil per day? | {Spindle}top | 15%
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