Prairie Puzzlers
Oklahoma’s prairies sit in the middle of this massive North American grassland stretching from Canada to Mexico.
What are the Great Plains?
This is Oklahoma’s largest city and its capital.
What is Oklahoma City
The University of Oklahoma’s sports teams go by this nickname.
What are the Sooners
Standing 75 feet tall in Tulsa, this statue of an oil worker is called the ___ .
What is the Golden Driller?
This bright red bird is Oklahoma’s official state bird.
What is the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher?
This tall grass once covered most of Oklahoma’s prairie and is also the state grass.
What is Indian Grass?
Known as the “Oil Capital of the World,” this city is famous for its art deco skyline.
What is Tulsa
This 1889 event saw thousands rush to claim land, giving Oklahoma its “Sooner State” nickname.
What was the Land Run?
Known as the “Center of the Universe,” this Tulsa spot makes your voice echo strangely when you stand inside it.
What is the Tulsa Acoustic Anomaly?
Oklahoma’s state fruit is this juicy red favorite, often enjoyed in summer.
What are Strawberry's
This iconic flower, bright red and wild, is Oklahoma’s state wildflower.
What is the Indian Blanket (Gaillardia)?
This college town is home to the University of Oklahoma and the Sooners.
What is Norman
Before Oklahoma became a state in 1907, it was known as this territory.
What is the Indian Territory
This massive memorial in Oklahoma City honors the 168 lives lost in the 1995 bombing
What is the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum
Known for its spicy flavor, this is Oklahoma’s official state vegetable (though many argue it’s a fruit).
What is a watermelon
Known for its “boom” in spring, this bird’s mating dance is one of the prairie’s most famous sights.
What is the Prairie Chicken (Greater Prairie-Chicken)?
Located in the panhandle, this city is closer to Denver than to OKC.
What is Guymon
This 1930s environmental disaster sent many Oklahomans packing for California.
What was the Dust Bowl
Arcadia, OK, is home to this giant 66-foot roadside soda bottle that glows at night.
What is POPS
This tree, famous for its white flowers in spring, is Oklahoma’s official state tree.
What is the red bud
The American bison, once nearly extinct, roams Oklahoma’s prairies again thanks to this national preserve.
What is the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve?
This city’s name comes from a Cherokee word meaning “black bear,” and it hosts the state’s biggest university of technology.
What is Muskogee
“Oklahoma!” became a smash Broadway musical in 1943, written by this famous composer duo.
Who are Rodgers and Hammerstein?
Called “The Glass House,” this restaurant stretches across I-44 near Vinita.
What is the Will Rogers Archway?
Oklahoma chose this instrument, invented in Italy, as its official state instrument in 1984.