Famous Okies
I am a country singer who has sold millions of records. I'm best known for my red hair!
Who is Reba McEntire?
My hometown is Enid and there is a street named for me. My museum is called Leonardo's.
Who is Owen K. Garriott?
The world's first one was installed in Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935. Carl C. Magee, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is generally credited with originating this device. It originally cost 10 cents to use it for one hour.
What is a parking meter?
This beast of an mammal was adopted as the state animal in 1972. This magnificent animal can grow to over 2,000 pounds.
What is the American Bison?
I am the current governor of Oklahoma.
Who is Kevin Stitt?
I was Opie on the Andy Griffith Show.Today I am a well know director.
Who is Ron Howard?
I was the youngest of the original Mercury 7 astronauts. I piloted the sixth and last flight of the Mercury program.
Who is Gordon Cooper?
There is one of these on state capitol grounds called Capitol Site No. 1.
What is a working oil well?
These cute little guys are known for their distinctive markings. They was named the state furbearer in 1989.
What is the raccoon?
On this day, Oklahoma became the 46th state in the United States.
What is Nov. 16, 1907?
My claim to fame is being a winning coach on "The Voice".
Who is Blake Shelton?
I was commander of Apollo 10 and the ASTP. My museum is in Weatherford, OK.
Who is Thomas Stafford?
Born in 1879 on a large ranch in the Cherokee Nation near what later would become Oologah, Oklahoma, He was first an Indian, a cowboy then a national figure. He was a star of Broadway and 71 movies of the 1920s and 1930s, a popular broadcaster and wrote more than 4,000 syndicated newspaper columns.
Who was Will Rogers?
This state game animal has a brown coat in the summer, which turns gray throughout the rest of the year. Males grow large antlers and can weigh more than 200 pounds.
What is the white-tailed deer?
This person supervises and manages the public school system of the state.
Who is the OK. State Secretary of Education?
My father was known as "The Man of a 1000 Faces." I played the original Wolf man.
Who is Lon Chaney Jr.?
Among the first female astronauts, I flew on six shuttle missions and lived on Mir space station.
Who is Shannon Lucid?
Bob Dunn a musician from Beggs, OK. invented the first one in 1935.
What is the electric guitar?
This was named the state bird in 1951. The bird has a mostly gray body with a white breast and a distinctive forked tail.
What is the scissor-tailed flycatcher?
This person serves as the state's chief legal officer and advises the governor.
Who is the Oklahoma attorney general?
I grew up in Yukon and worked as a bouncer at a cowboy bar near OSU. I have had one of the best recording careers in country music history.
Who is Garth Brooks?
I am a member of the Chickasaw Nation and was the first Native American to fly in space and perform a spacewalk.
Who is John Herrington?
Oklahoma has more of these than any other state, with over one million surface acres of water.
What is a man-made lake?
The Oklahoma Legislature declared April 19, 1988, to be Oklahoma Meal Day, and outlined the elements of the meal. The meal includes...
What is chicken-fried steak, barbequed pork, fried okra, squash, cornbread, grits, corn, sausage with biscuits and gravy, black-eyed peas, strawberries, and pecan pie?
Each of Oklahoma's 77 counties has its own.
What are district courts?