Veranda Streets
1st VP of the Republic of Texas, 2nd President. Known for 1) waging war against bands of Cherokee & Comanche to push out of Texas & 2) establishing a fund to support public education
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar
Pecan
The Peach State
Georgia
Some like to wish upon a star, others like to make a wish when blowing on this thin white flower.
Dandelion
Peggy Fleming won gold for America in the Winter Olympics in 1968. Dorothy Hamill wong gold in the same event in 1976. Name the event.
Figure skating in ladies' singles
Texas pioneer who owned boarding houses & a plantation in Fort Bend County, Texas. Known as the "Mother of Texas". Fled in the Runaway Scrape during the Texas War for Independence.
Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long
Native Americans planted this crop. Used for tortillas and American hominy grits.
Maize
The Golden State
California
Name 5 Native American Tribes.
Aleut, Apache, Arapaho, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Creek, Crow, Inuit, Iroquois, Miami, Natchez, Navajo, Nez Perce, Paiute, Pawnee, Pequot, Powhatan, Pueblo, Seminole, Shawnee, Shoshone, Sioux, Tlingit, Ute, Yakima
T or F - Medals are awarded separately for right and left hands in every weight class and age group at the World Armwrestling Championship.
True
Fought in the Battle of San Jacinto. Served as a spy. Had hearing loss as a child. Led a company of the Texas Rangers after the war. A county in Texas is named after him.
Erastus Smith
A native shrub around the world - the Americas, Africa, India and Australia. About 110 million bales are produced annually. The USA is the largest exporter.
Cotton
Land of Enchantment
New Mexico
Double-entry accounting is used to record transactions - as both debits and ________. One of the 3 main financial statements is the Balance Sheet which keeps this key fundamental principle at the heart of the report.
Credits
The lanes in bowling (10-pin bowling) are how long?
A) 60 feet B) 40 feet C) 20 feet
A) 60 feet
Mills Battle Road - William Mills born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1815. Settled in Stephen F. Austin's colony. Which battle claimed his life?
The Battle of the Alamo
A staple food for over half of the world's population - particularly in Asia and Africa. It is a seed of a grass species.
Rice
Centennial State
Colorado
According to the Beach Flag Warning System, a red flag indicates high hazard and no swimming. A flag with red on top and yellow on the bottom indicates swimming only with lifeguards on duty. What does a purple flag indicate?
Presence of dangerous marine life
The Aquabike World Championships is a power boating sports competition featuring:
a) Pedal-powered row boats
b) Jetski racing
c) Motorboats
b) Jetski racing
German native came to Comfort, Texas in 1862. He was a wheelwright, ran a stage coach, and constructed a hotel.
Frederich Christian Meyer
Hay
Mountain State
West Virginia
What do PCT, AT and CDT have in common?
Long-distance hiking trails in the USA - the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail.
The arrow used in archery consists of a shaft with an arrowhead at the front end and fletchings at the other end. Fletching is traditionally made from __________. Usually an arrow is 3-fletched with the fletches equally spaced around the shaft.
Bird feathers