Texas General Knowledge Exam

1. Who is the head football coach for the Texas Longhorns?

2. Who was convicted of murder and executed for the deaths of his three young children by arson at the family home in Corsicana, Texas?

3. Is Matthew McConaughey married or single?

4. What soft drink was invented in Waco?

5. In what city do the Dallas Cowboys play their home games?

6. What’s the State Reptile?

7. Texas A&M University left the Big 12 for what athletic conference?

8. What is a quinceañera?

9. What music festival is held annually in Austin’s Zilker Park?

10. Name the six flags that flown over Texas.

Answers

1. Who is the head football coach for the Texas Longhorns?

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Answer: Charlie Strong

2. Who was convicted of murder and executed for the deaths of his three young children by arson at the family home in Corsicana, Texas?

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Answer: Cameron Todd Willingham

3. Is Matthew McConaughey married or single?

Answer: Married

4. What soft drink was invented in Waco?

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Answer: Dr. Pepper

5. In what city do the Dallas Cowboys play their home games?

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Answer: Arlington, Texas

6. What’s the State Reptile?

Answer: The Texas Horned Lizard

7. Texas A&M University left the Big 12 for what athletic conference?

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Answer: SEC

8. What is a quinceañera?

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Answer: a Hispanic girl’s fifteenth-birthday celebration

9. What music festival is held annually in Austin’s Zilker Park?

Answer: Austin City Limits (ACL) Music Festival

10. Name the six flags that flown over Texas.

Answer: France, Spain, Mexico, the Confederate States of America, the Republic (and State) of Texas, and the United States.