TEXAS UNIQUE
THERE ARE ONLY 3 OF THESE NETWORKS IN THE UNITED STATES: ONE FOR STATES EAST OF THE ROCKIES, ONE FOR STATES BETWEEN THE PACIFIC AND THE ROCKIES, AND ONE FOR TEXAS. IT WAS UNDER SCRUTINY DURING SNOWMAGGEDON.
WHAT IS ITS OWN POWER GRID?
ADAPTED FROM WEINER SCHNITZEL BY GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN IMMIGRANTS, THIS HEARTY BEEF DISH IS DREDGED IN FLOUR, FRIED AND SMOTHERED WITH GRAVY.
WHAT IS CHICKEN FRIED STEAK?
AMARILLO CONTAINS ABOUT 90% OF THE WORLD'S MOST RECOVERABLE SUPPLY OF THIS GAS. BALLOONS AND MRI EQUIPMENT CANNOT BE WITHOUT IT.
WHAT IS HELIUM?
IF USG PRODUCTS WERE STATES, THIS ONE WOULD BE TEXAS.
THE MOST POPULAR HISTRORIC SITE IN TEXAS.
WHAT IS THE ALAMO?
THIS SOFT DRINK WAS INVENTED IN TEXAS IN 1885. THE SECRET INGREDIENT IS RUMORED TO BE PRUNE JUICE.
WHAT IS DR. PEPPER?
POPULAR IN THE JUST ABOUT EVERY SOUTHERN STATE, TEXAS CLAIMS THIS NUTTY PASTRY AS ITS OFFICIAL STATE DESSERT.
WHAT IS PECAN PIE?
MORE OF THIS TEXTILE FIBER OBTAINED FROM SHEEP AND OTHER MAMMALS COMES FROM TEXAS THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE US.
WHAT IS WOOL?
PORT LAVACA HAS THE WORLD'S LONGEST ONE OF THESE. CATCH AND RELEASE BLACK DRUMS, REDFISH AND SPECKLED TROUT OFF OF IT.
WHAT IS FISHING PIER?
SIX FLAGS THEME PARK IS NAMED FOR THE SIX COUNTRIES THAT HAVE RULED OVER TEXAS. NAME AS MANY AS YOU CAN.
WHAT ARE SPAIN, FRANCE, MEXICO, THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT IT ALL DAY, BUT THIS DISH IN TEXAS IS OFFICIALLY BEAN-LESS.
WHAT IS TEXAS CHILI?
THE ONLY NATURAL LAKE IN THE STATE.
WHAT IS CADDO LAKE?
480 TRUCKS OF 12U12 EQUAL 773 MILES. ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS ALMANAC, THE LONE STAR STATE MEASURES 773 MILES IN THESE DIRECTIONS.
WHAT IS EAST TO WEST?
THIS SOUTH TEXAS TOWN HAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST INLAND PORT. JOHNNY CASH "WALKED OUT ON THE STREETS" OF IT.
WHAT IS LAREDO?
THE CITY WHERE THE FASTEST ROAD IN THE UNITED STATES IS LOCATED.
WHAT IS AUSTIN?
VERY TEXAS BREAKFAST THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY CZECH SETTLERS IN TEXAS. NON-TEXANS MAY CALL IT A PIG IN A BLANKET.
WHAT IS A KOLACHE?
THE FIRST SUSPENSION BRIDGE IN THE UNITED STATES RESIDES IN THIS TEXAS TOWN. SIC'EM BEARS!
WHAT IS WACO?
IF WE TOOK A FOOTWIDE PATH FROM DAL TO GAL, IT WOULD TAKE THESE MANY TRUCKLOADS OF PLUS 3 TO COAT IT. THIS IS ALSO THE NUMBER OF USG STRATEGIC PILLARS.
WHAT IS 4?
BRAZORIA COUNTY HAS MORE SPECIES OF THIS TYPE OF ANIMAL THAN ANY OTHER COMPARABLE AREA IN NORTH AMERICA. THEY DON'T CRAWL OR SLITHER.
WHAT ARE BIRDS?
THIS RANCH IN SOUTH TEXAS, LOCALLY KNOWN AS "THE RANCH", IS LARGER THAN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND.
WHAT IS KING RANCH?
ONE OF AMERICA'S OLDEST REGIONAL CUISINES, THIS TYPE OF FOOD USES KEY INGREDIENTS THAT ARE COMMON IN TEXAS: BEEF, YELLOW CHEESE, WHEAT FLOUR, BLACK BEANS, CUMIN AND CANNED VEGETABLES.
WHAT IS TEX-MEX?
THE OFFICIAL STATE MAMMAL.
WHAT IS THE ARMADILLO?
TEXAS HAS MORE OF THIS THAN NORTH CAROLINA AND OREGON, BUT AROUND HALF OF WHAT HAWAII HAS. AND COMPARED TO THE OZARKS, TEXAS' IS 1/3 OF ITS TOTAL.
WHAT IS COASTLINE?
BEHIND ENGLISH AND SPANISH, NEARLY 250,000 PEOPLE THAT RESIDE IN TEXAS MAKE THIS THE 3RD MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE STATE.
WHAT IS VIETNAMESE?