History of Texas - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What six nations' flags have flown over Texas?	United States	97%
What six nations' flags have flown over Texas?	Mexico	96%
What six nations' flags have flown over Texas?	Spain	93%
What 1836 battle is the most "remembered" battle of the Texas Revolution?	Battle of the {Alamo}	88%
What six nations' flags have flown over Texas?	France	88%
Who was assassinated in Dallas on November 22, 1963?	John F. Kennedy	87%
What six nations' flags have flown over Texas?	Republic of Texas	83%
In what city did that battle take place?	San Antonio	77%
What kind of boom did Texas have in the first half of the 20th century?	{Oil} Boom	68%
What was historically Texas's most important cash crop?	Cotton	65%
What "king of the wild frontier" lost his life at that battle?	Davy Crockett	65%
What brand of soft drink was invented in Waco, Texas in the 1880s?	Dr Pepper	63%
What "drives" of the 1800s started in Texas and ended in railroad depots in Kansas?	{Cattle} Drives	59%
What six nations' flags have flown over Texas?	Confederate States	59%
Who is known as the "Father of Texas"?	Stephen F. Austin	55%
What holiday is celebrated on June 19th to mark the day on which slavery was abolished in 1865?	Juneteenth	54%
What city was Texas's most important port until it was destroyed by a hurricane in 1900?	Galveston	53%
What general led the Mexican forces at that battle?	Antonio López de Santa Anna	47%
What Mexican general raided into Texas in the early 1900s?	Pancho Villa	28%
What was the dominant Native American nation in Texas from 1750-1850?	Comanche	24%