Texas History
This San Antonio mission, established in 1718, is known as "The Cradle of Texas Liberty."
What is The Alamo?
Reagan's economic policy, nicknamed "Reaganomics," was based on the theory that cutting taxes for the wealthy would eventually benefit lower-income Americans through this effect.
Katy Perry made headlines twice in 2025 — first for going to space, then for publicly dating this former world leader after splitting from Orlando Bloom.
Who is Justin Trudeau?
This South African leader was released from 27 years of imprisonment in 1990 and went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
Who is Nelson Mandela
This Coppell, Texas native made history at the 2026 Winter Olympics as the first openly queer woman to win a team US figure skating gold medal.
Who is Amber Glenn?
Texas joined the United States as the __ state in 1845.
What is the 28th?
This 1993 free trade agreement covering the US, Canada, and Mexico was hugely controversial among American workers who feared job losses.
What is NAFTA?
Chappell Roan's debut album "The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess" famously did not chart at all in its opening week, only breaking into the Billboard 200 in April 2024 after she opened for this artist's tour.
Who is Olivia Rodrigo?
The 1991 dissolution of this superpower created 15 independent republics and effectively ended the Cold War.
What is the Soviet Union?
This Dallas Cowboys running back won the Heisman Trophy at Ohio State before becoming a Super Bowl champion in the 90s and later a controversial figure off the field.
Who is Emmitt Smith
During Texas's decade of independence between 1836 and 1846, it functioned as its own sovereign nation under this name.
What is the Republic of Texas?
Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce the end of slavery, enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation ___ long after its initial signing.
What is two years?
This rapper is the most recent male artist to win Best New Artist at the Grammys in 2017.
Who is Chance the Rapper?
This empire, which ruled much of Europe and the Middle East for centuries, officially collapsed after World War I and was replaced by the modern nation of Turkey.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This Chicago Bulls player won six NBA championships alongside Michael Jordan yet is widely considered one of the most underpaid superstars in NBA history due to his notoriously low contract.
Who is Scottie Pippen?
This founding father of Texas served as the commanding general at the Battle of San Jacinto AND became the first elected president of the Republic of Texas, with one of America's largest cities named in his honor.
Who is Sam Houston?
President Clinton's 1993 budget plan passed the Senate by a single vote, with this Texas senator casting the tie-breaking vote in favor — effectively ending her political career.
Who is Kay Bailey Hutchison?
The original Mean Girls film from 2004 was based on a nonfiction self-help book about teenage girl social dynamics. Name the book.
What is Queen Bees and Wannabees?
World War I was triggered by the assassination of this Austro-Hungarian archduke in Sarajevo in 1914.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Lance Armstrong won seven consecutive Tour de France titles before being stripped of all of them. He was found to have used this specific banned substance administered via blood transfusions.
What is EPO (erythropoietin)
The Spindletop oil gusher in Beaumont launched the Texas oil boom in this year.
What is 1901?
Nixon's attorney general and campaign manager, this man was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice for his role in the Watergate cover-up and served 19 months in prison.
Who is John Mitchell?
Harry Styles ran the Berlin Marathon under the alias "Sted Sarandos," a name clearly borrowed from this real person.
Who is Ted Sarandos, the CEO of Netflix
Vladimir Lenin led this 1917 revolution that overthrew the Russian czar and established the world's first communist state.
What is the Bolshevik Revolution?
Jerry Jones purchased the Dallas Cowboys from this Dallas businessman.
Who is H.R. "Bum" Bright?