FREE Texas History Trivia Questions and Answers

Question 1

Over Texas, how many different flags have flown?

Accepted Answer

Six

Answer

Four

Answer

Three

Answer

Five

Question 2

Texas can fly its state flag at the same altitude as the American flag.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Answer

FALSE

Question 3

Where was Texas's first significant oil well situated?

Accepted Answer

Spindletop

Answer

Gulf of Mexico

Answer

Waco

Answer

Dallas

Question 4

Who is the first recorded European to have entered Texas?

Accepted Answer

Cabeza de Vaca

Answer

Coronado

Answer

Alonso Alvarez de Pineda

Answer

La Salle

Question 5

What brought the Texas Revolution and the conflict between Texas and Mexico to an official end?

Accepted Answer

Treaties of Velasco

Answer

Texas signing a Declaration of Independence

Answer

Mexico's victory at the Alamo

Answer

Massacre at Goliad

Question 6

Who is revered by many as the "Father of Texas Education"?

Accepted Answer

Mirabeau B. Lamar

Answer

Stephen F. Austin

Answer

Moses Austin

Answer

Sam Houston

Question 7

"Juneteenth" – what is it?

Accepted Answer

A Texas holiday honoring the publication of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Answer

Nothing, it doesn't exist.

Answer

Texas' Independence Day

Answer

Another term for Father's Day