Texas Trivia
The state motto “The Lone _____ State” is based on how many of this shape is on the state flag
What is a star?
Meeting in the NBA finals 12 times, these teams are numbers one and two in total NBA championships
Who are the Lakers and Celtics?
This animal can be found in an ocean or in a cocktail
What are Shrimp?
This number is commonly associated with bad luck
What is 13?
Winners of the Oscar for best animated short film include former NFL player Matthrew Cherry and in 2018 this late NBA star
Who is Kobe Bryant?
Despite not being the capital, this city of the Gulf of Mexico is the largest city by population.
What is Houston?
Beginning in 1919 with the selling of Babe Ruth, this rivalry is unmatched in intensity in Major League Baseball
Who are the Yankees and the Red Sox?
These creatures can have anywhere from 15 to over 300 legs, despite their name suggesting they have 100.
What are centipedes?
Rain or shine, many don’t open this object indoors
What is an umbrella?
Her song-and-dance in “Sister Act” didn’t earn her an Oscar but chatting with a “ghost” did
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
This river composes the southern border of Texas
What is the Rio Grande?
Known as the “Red River Rivalry”, these schools play in the Cotton Bowl every year.
Who are Texas and Oklahoma?
Camouflaged in the desert but put it under ultraviolet light, its natural camouflage becomes useless
What is a Scorpion?
Stepping on this might cause a mom some pain
What is a crack?
In 2020, the Oscar for best cinematography went to the World War I epic named for this year
What is “1917”?
This war kicked off after the annexation of Texas into the United States in 1845
What is the Mexican American war?
College Basketball royalty happens to have two of its most prestigious programs within a 20-minute drive of one another
Who are Duke and North Carolina?
When this Australian marsupial moves at slow speeds, its tail acts as a fifth leg. (What is the red kangaroo?)
What is the red kangaroo?
If your nose feels this way, you’ll kiss a fool; if your left palm feels this way, money is on the way.
What is itchy?
She didn’t win “American Idol,” but she did win an Oscar for her role in “Dreamgirls”
Who is Jennifer Hudson?
In a battle in San Antionio against Mexico in 1836, this battle cry inspired settlers to keep fighting in the Texas Revolution
What is “remember the Alamo?”
Known as the “Hudson River Rivalry” these two cross river rivals often get the gloves off early each time they play each other
Who are the Devils and Rangers?
This creature is the largest crab in the world and a delicacy in Japan
What is the Japanese spider crab?
If you pull one of these from your head, you will soon find several new ones growing there.
What is a gray hair?
After many nominations, Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar in 2016 for this film
What is “The Revenant”?