Texas Trivia

Howdy Partners. Welcome to the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. This is episode 166 and I'm your host. Ryan Rollins, we're continuing our little tour through the US. With a stop down at the southern tip of the continental United States, Texas. If you're new to the show, Welcome Aboard every week. We give you three rounds of 10 questions. Each, if you need rules or scorecards, you can find those at dorky geeky nerdy.com. Cam that covers the in troop, so grab your cowboy hat and boots and let's Wrangle up some trivia The dorky round number one. What? River separates, Texas from Mexico. The Rio Grande. Number two. What is Texas's nickname? The Lone Star State. Number three, in terms of land mass, where does Texas rank among other US states? It's the second largest state in the US, and the largest, in the lower 48. Number 4, what? Holiday honors the day when Union Soldiers, informed the slaves of Texas that they were free. Juneteenth, it's the newest federal holiday here in the US. Number 5. How many time zones does? Texas cross. To the Western tip. Including El Paso is in the Mountain Time Zone. The bulk of the state is in the central time zone. Number 6. What is the capital of Texas? Austin. Number 7, what two NFL teams, call Texas home? The Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans. Number 8. What soft drink was invented in Waco, Texas in 1885, Dr. Pepper number nine, when astronauts are talking to Houston, what facility are they communicating with The Johnson Space Center. Number 10. What Texas? Senator flew to Cancun Mexico, while his State underwent an unprecedented winter storm Ted Cruz. The geeky round number one, what family of amusement parks gets its name from the number of nations that have held Texas. Six Flags. Number 2, what business magnate pilot engineer and film director was born in Humble Texas, in 1905. Howard Hughes. Number three. What country music legend who passed away in 2020 was born in Houston in 1938? Kenny Rogers. Number four, what African American composer and the King of Ragtime was born in Texarkana. Scott Joplin. Number 5, what female rock star died at the young age of 27 in 1970? Janis Joplin, no relation to Scott. Number 6. What is the most populous city in Texas? Houston. number seven, the town of Clark, renamed itself, after what satellite TV provider, Dish. The 200 residents, got free basic cable for 10 years, for doing it. Number 8, Texas is home to how many NBA teams. 3, the Houston, Rockets, the Dallas Mavericks, and the San Antonio Spurs. Number nine, the Texas Medical Center leads the world in the number of transplants of what organ. The heart. Number 10, there is a section of State Highway 130 in Texas. That is the fastest road in the u.s., what is the speed limit? 85 miles an hour. the nerdy round number one, the Battle of the Alamo was fought during which war the Texas Revolution in 1836. Number two. What two US. Presidents were born in Texas. Lyndon Johnson and Dwight D Eisenhower despite being governor and living in Texas. George w--. Bush was not born there. Number 3, Texas, shares a border with how many other US states? For New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana. And in the northeast corner, Arkansas. Number 4. What is the largest Ranch in the United States? The King Ranch is over 800 25,000 acres and bigger than Rhode Island. Number five. What city is known as the live music capital of the world, Austin Texas. Number six of the Six Flags that have flown Over Texas, which two are four nations that no longer exist. The Republic of Texas and the Confederate States of America. Number seven, the phrase Don't Mess with Texas was coined to combat. What? littering in the 1980s, Texas was spending 20 million dollars a year to clean up trash along its highways number 8, the baseball team, the Texas Rangers is from what city Arlington Texas. Number 9, Amarillo has 90% of the world's recoverable supply of what element. Helium. Number 10, Timmy Gene. Lindsay was the first person to receive what in 1962. breast implants, which were invented in the Lone Star State, I guess, everything really is bigger in Texas, And that's it for this week's show. I hope you're enjoying yourself this season. Texas is a huge and very State have a fair. Number of family members in Texas. As my dad is a native. If you run into any of them in Denton, give them away for me. I'll be back here next, Wednesday for another 30 trivia questions on one more u.s. State, here's a clue for you. What state is the only place outside of the original 13 colonies? To have fought a battle during the American Revolution. No, Googling it. See if you can puzzle it out. This has been episode 166 of the dorky geeky. Nerdy trivia podcast. The music has been by Jason Shaw at audio knoteks.com. I'm your host, Brian Rollins. Be sure to holler at me on Twitter or Facebook. See you here next week. Thanks for listening. When a u.s. 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