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Answer: Hole
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1. With an annual budget of over $300 million and over 95,000 enrolled students, the Lone Star College System is one of the U.S.'s largest community college systems. In what state will you find all of the school's campuses?
Answer: Texas
2. In May 2003, the fastest known speeding ticket in US history was handed out, with a Swedish sports car allegedly going 242 MPH in a 75 MPH zone. Fittingly, in what state did this occur? I suppose everything's bigger, and everything's faster there.
Answer: Texas
3. What breed of cattle is associated with Texas, and is the mascot of The University of Texas?
Answer: Longhorn
4. Phil Collins was declared an honorary Texan by the state legislature in 2015 for donating his vast personal collection of artifacts related to what San Antonio landmark?
Answer: Alamo
5. In 2019, what Texas senator attempted to persuade Americans to boycott Nike when the company scrapped its plans to release sneakers with a Betsy Ross flag design?
Answer: Ted Cruz
6. Sure to mess up Star Wars Day, 63.4% of Texas tornadoes between 1951 and 2016 struck during what month of the year?
Answer: May
7. Reflecting its headquarters at Love Field in Dallas, as well as an old marketing campaign in which in-flight snacks were called "love bites" and "love potions," LUV is the stock-ticker symbol of what directionally named airline?
Answer: Southwest
8. Although known as the first major indoor sporting venue in the world (and occasionally hailed as "the eighth wonder of the world"), there was in fact a rainout on June 15, 1976 after significant rainfall caused flooding at what venue?
Answer: Astrodome
9. When Hurricane Celia hit Texas in August 1970 it was the state's costliest storm at that time. The storm caused most of its damage in Robstown, Aransas Pass, and Port Aransas which are all towns in what larger city's metro area?
Answer: Corpus Christi
10. Formed in Dallas in 1989, what country girl group dropped "Dixie" from its name in 2020, citing the negative connotations of the word?
Answer: The Chicks
11. In 2011, what “B” Texas county was hit with the worst wildfire in the state’s history?
Answer: Bastrop County
12. A 1995 storm known as the Mayfest Storm thunderstorm escalated dramatically and caused almost $2 billion of damage in Texas when it deposited 18 inches of what type of precipitation on the citizens of Palo Pinto and Parker Counties?
Answer: Hail
13. Way more dormant than "9-1-1: Lone Star" would have you believe, Pilot Knob is an actual volcano near Bergstrom International Airport in what Texas city?
Answer: Austin
14. The Central Texas city of Jarrell was hit by what weather phenomenon in 1997, killing 27 people and injuring another 12? Forecasters initially thought it was going to be a wind and hail storm.
Answer: Tornado
15. The ENSO cycle impacts Texas with the water temperature-futzing Southern Oscillation, and what jet stream phase that the E and N stand for?
Answer: El Niño
16. Hippie Hollow Park is a park and beach in northwest Austin which is the only public beach in the state of Texas permitting what specific activity?
Answer: Clothing optional (nude beach)
17. Bird scooters can be found on the campus of what Dallas, Texas university whose sports teams are called the Mustangs?
Answer: Southern Methodist University
18. At the time that Goliad was hit, a devastating one in 1902, it was a common belief that electromagnetism caused what type of weather event?
Answer: Tornado
19. With words scrawled in red on a yellow background on the side of Jo's Coffee, the "I Love You So Much" mural is a popular Instagram photo spot in what Texas city?
Answer: Austin
20. The Austin-based bourbon distiller Nine Banded Whiskey is named for what nine-banded little armored critters that appear on their logos?
Answer: Armadillos
21. What 1990 nonfiction book about the Permian Panthers, a Texas high school football team, has been adapted into a film starring Billy Bob Thornton and a TV series starring Kyle Chandler?
Answer: Friday Night Lights
22. What “M” Texas city, part of the Permian Basin and home to the George W. Bush Childhood home, suffered shutdowns due to record low freezing temperatures in 2021? Its name implies it has a central location.
Answer: Midland
23. Named for a landmark in San Antonio, what theater chain that famously doesn't allow talking or texting during movies was founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas?
Answer: Alamo Drafthouse
24. What is the largest city by population in Texas which does NOT have either a NFL, NBA, or MLB team call it home?
Answer: Austin
25. How many stars appear on the center of each doorknob at the Texas State Capitol?
Answer: One
26. On April 20, 2012 Austin, Texas dedicated a statue to what red-headed country singer and author of "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die"?
Answer: Willie Nelson
27. The Chisos Mountains, the Santa Elena Canyon, and the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive are all locations found inside what U.S. National Park in Texas, which is named for a feature of the Rio Grande river?
Answer: Big Bend National Park
28. In what Texas city is SeaWorld located? (Hint: This city was the site of an important battle for Texas independence.)
Answer: San Antonio
29. About nine to ten months after Hurricane Harvey, Corpus Christi hospitals reported a 17% spike in rates of what pretty nice thing?
Answer: Births
30. You might top it with cheese, sour cream, and scallions. What is the official dish of Texas since 1977?
Answer: Chili
31. What did the "M" in Texas A & M University originally stand for? (Hint: The "A" stands for "Agricultural.")
Answer: Mechanical
32. Brene Brown, a Texas based researcher, author, and lecturer, wrote what book in 2018, whose three word title challenges readers to offer leadership in difficult scenarios? It is also the title of Brown’s podcast, and its first word is often accompanied with “truth” in a party game.
Answer: Dare To Lead
33. The flood of July 1869 caused flooding in several towns south of Austin after which river, the longest in Texas, accumulated water to a whopping 55 feet high?
Answer: Colorado River
34. AstroTurf borrows its name from a sporting arena nicknamed "The Eighth Wonder of the World," located in what home city of Travis Scott and Beyoncé?
Answer: Houston
35. What dynamic African-American gymnast from Spring, Texas achieved four gold medals in the 2016 Olympics? She won gold in the team, all-around, vault, and floor categories, with a bronze on the balance beam.
Answer: Simone Biles
36. Texas is vulnerable to the reach of what kind of cyclone, which increases pressure by 24 millibars in 24 hours? It is named after a container filled with an incendiary device, designed to explode at a particular target.
Answer: Bomb Cyclone
37. Some 2010 flash floods in Texas caused the waters to rise over 20 feet in a day on what New Braunfels river named for a sacred virgin?
Answer: Guadalupe River
38. In 1933, the lowest temperature in Texas history of -23 degrees Fahrenheit was tied in what “S” small town, the eventual birthplace of Tanya Tucker? It shares its name with a Native American tribe that attempted to defend Georgia and Florida from US expansion.
Answer: Seminole
39. With an average of 139 per year, Texas ranks first compared to all U.S. states in what type of specific weather event?
Answer: Tornadoes
40. What famous TV journalist, who anchored CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981 and was known as "the most trusted man in America," attended his freshman year at University of Texas - Austin, before dropping out of school altogether?
Answer: Walter Cronkite
41. Texas tornadoes occur with greatest frequency in the valley of what river that lends its name to the annual UT-OU football rivalry?
Answer: Red River
42. Located in Parker, Texas, the Southfork Ranch is a conference and event center where tourists can visit the set of what TV drama that aired from 1978 to 1991?
Answer: Dallas
43. Austin's Lady Bird Lake, despite being located in Texas, is actually a reservoir of what river that's named for a state that is not Texas?
Answer: Colorado
44. Although it closed in 2015, what actor who has starred in films including “The Proposal”, “Two Weeks Notice”, and “The Blind Side” opened her own restaurant called Bess Bistro in Austin, Texas in 2006?
Answer: Sandra Bullock
45. Clyde Stubblefield and Aaron Franklin are Barbecue Hall of Fame inductees whose meats rep the pit scene of what Texas city?
Answer: Austin
46. A massive solar farm meant to alleviate outages is being sold in blocks to what organization that manages Texas's electrical grid, and whose acronym is only one letter different than a certain futuristic Disney World theme park?
Answer: ERCOT
47. Only steel-framed buildings like the ALICO Building and the Dr. Pepper bottling plant withstood a devastating 1953 F5 tornado that hit what Central Texas city?
Answer: Waco
48. The 2020 National League Championship Series and World Series were both played in what fancy new Arlington, Texas stadium?
Answer: Globe Life Field
49. During 2021's Winter Storm Uri, many powerless Texans cursed grid operator ERCOT. Somewhat ironically, what does the R stand for in ERCOT?
Answer: Reliability
50. What “S” Funding company based out of Texas offers Income Share Agreements, or ISAs, to help users pay off their student debt? Its name is a word that also means to walk with long, decisive steps.
Answer: Stride Funding
51. In 1956, what “V” Texas city received 61 inches of snowfall during a storm? It is also the last name of John Travolta’s character in “Pulp Fiction,” as well as a Spanish masked fighter from the “Street Fighter” games.
Answer: Vega
52. KTCK (1310 AM, "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket") is a commercial sports talk radio station which has won many awards and helped launch the career of popular sportscasters such as Skip Bayless. The radio station currently serves as the radio home of the local NHL franchise The Stars. In what STATE can you tune in to this radio station?
Answer: Texas
53. There is an interstate highway in Texas that generally is considered to bisect the state into a section that has a subtropical climate and the other section has an arid desert climate. What is this interstate?
Answer: I-35
54. An 1818 hurricane ruined the Galveston Island encampment of what French pirate who helped defend New Orleans during the War of 1812?
Answer: Jean Lafitte
55. A wildflower center at the University Of Texas at Austin is named after what former first lady of the United States, the wife of the president who succeeded John F. Kennedy following his assassination?
Answer: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
56. In addition to San Diego, California and Orlando, Florida, there is a SeaWorld located in what Texas city? It is a city easier to remember for some.
Answer: San Antonio
57. Sammy the Owl is the official mascot for the athletic teams of what private research university in Houston, Texas?
Answer: Rice University
58. The 2-1-1 Texas shelter, food and disaster services line is run by what middle-of-the-alphabet state agency that also runs Medicaid and SNAP?
Answer: Health and Human Services
59. Located on the Gulf Coast of Texas just 2.4 degrees north of the Tropic of Cancer, what is the Texas city that was ranked the fifth-hottest city in the U.S. in 2016 and had its first instance of measurable snow in 109 years when there was a White Christmas in 2004?
Answer: Brownsville
60. Lasting for four days in October, what 1981 hurricane caused over $50 million in damage in Texas and also includes Marilyn Monroe’s legal first name?
Answer: Hurricane Norma
61. In what decade did the annual mishmash of film, media, and music known as South by Southwest or SXSW first begin in Austin? The festival has remained in the Texas capital since it launched there.
Answer: 1980s
62. The fictional Texas State Fightin' Armadillos are the football team at the center of what 1991 sports comedy film starring Scott Bakula as the team's quarterback?
Answer: Necessary Roughness
63. Copart is an online automotive auction company with a global base in 11 countries. It is headquartered in what Texas city, home to the Nasher Sculpture Center?
Answer: Dallas
64. What Gulf Coast city is home to The Daily News, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the state of Texas, first published in 1842?
Answer: Galveston
65. Of the North American power grids, U.S. states only appear on the power grids named for Alaska and what other state?
Answer: Texas
66. What Austin-area structure is home to more than one and a half million bats, the largest urban bat colony in the U.S.?
Answer: The Congress Avenue Bridge
67. With a name like an electric company and a huge heart, what former Texans defensive end raised over $37 million to rebuild Houston after Hurricane Harvey?
Answer: J.J. Watt
68. With a name that refers to symbols of the various nations that have governed Texas, what theme-park company operates Magic Mountain, Great Adventure, Discovery Kingdom, and many other locations?
Answer: Six Flags
69. Which Texas city, now the largest in the state, was originally the capital of The Republic of Texas, before Austin became the capital in 1839?
Answer: Houston
70. What was the name given to the 2017 Hurricane that hit Texas as well as Louisiana? It shares its name with a 1950 film about James Stewart having visions of an invisible giant rabbit.
Answer: Harvey
71. What Texas musician, known for such hits as "The Sky is Crying" and "Tightrope," was immortalized in a statue located at Lady Bird Lake in Austin, after his death in a helicopter crash in 1990?
Answer: Stevie Ray Vaughan
72. What river briefly serves as the state boundary between Arkansas and Texas?
Answer: Red River
73. What city park and special case pedestrian street in San Antonio allows people to go shopping and eating while ambling next to the water?
Answer: River Walk
74. What city in West Texas received a surprising and record-setting 22 inches of snow during a 24-hour period December 13–14, 1987?
Answer: El Paso
75. What Bay, in the western Gulf Of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas, is part of Houston’s borderline? It shares its name with an island Texas city that is home to Moody Gardens and its Pleasure Pier.
Answer: Galveston Bay
76. What “G” mountain range in West Texas includes the highest peak in Texas, as well as the “signature peak” of El Capitan?
Answer: Guadalupe Mountains National Park
77. What “C” petroleum company, founded in 1950 in Houston, Texas, with Joe Gatto as its current president, uses a logo where its name is in big blue letters, with the word “petroleum” in little red letters underneath?
Answer: Callon
78. What “B” art museum on the campus of the University Of Texas at Austin offers classes, and an auditorium in addition to a variety of exhibits and galleries?
Answer: Blanton Museum Of Art
79. There are two different portions of the Rio Grande that have been designated as National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems. One of these is in northern New Mexico and the other is in what Texas national park?
Answer: Big Bend National Park
80. The state of Texas has an initiative to help reduce atmospheric emissions by offering grants to purchase new equipment with less of an environmental impact. The plan is often abbreviated by a four-letter acronym that sounds like slang for a turtle. What is this acronym?
Answer: TERP (Texas Emissions Reduction Plan)
81. Technically speaking, only one US state was a host of the 2019 World Series. If you were seeing one of the games, you had tickets for a seat in what state?
Answer: Texas
82. On May, 6, 1930, an F-4 tornado devastated a teensy Texas town with what chilly five-letter name that it shares with a San Antonio-based bank?
Answer: Frost
83. Named after a wealthy cotton industrialist, the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center has its flagship campus in what populous American city?
Answer: Houston
84. Lasting for one week in March 2006, what is the name of the "B" wildfire that started near its eponymous town and burned nearly a half million acres and caused almost $100 million of damage?
Answer: Borger
85. In what month of 2021 did a winter storm cripple Texas, causing an unprecedented power crisis and 246 deaths?
Answer: February
86. In late May 2015, there was extensive flooding in Texas and nearby states killing dozens of people. In part the flooding was caused by the overflowing of what "colorful" Texas river?
Answer: Blanco River
87. In February 2021, a Texas county attorney had an instantly famous bad day when he made a virtual court appearance unable to turn off a Zoom filter that made him look like what animal?
Answer: Cat
88. In 1900, a hurricane known as "the Great Storm" made landfall in the U.S. and quickly became the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history with an estimated 8,000 fatalities. In what coastal Texas city is this storm most frequently associated with?
Answer: Galveston
89. Hurricane Ike devastated parts of southeast Texas in 2006, causing tremendous damage to cattle ranchers, timberlands, and growers of what most common crop in the world, but primarily only grown in coastal Texas and the Mississippi River Delta in the United States?
Answer: Rice
90. Hillsboro, Texas had a record 26-inch snowfall in December of what year? It was also the year the first Academy Awards ceremony was held, with Best Picture going to Wings.
Answer: 1929
91. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, what successful PepsiCo subsidiary makes and sells corn and potato chips? Their name is in part a combination of a discount brand of tortilla strips that come in chili cheese, and a potato chip that comes in a yellow bag and has a number of flavor varieties.
Answer: Frito Lay
92. February 2021 saw Texas hit with a major winter and ice storm with what “U” name? The three-letter name is spelled the same as the abbreviation of a northeastern college in the city of Kingston.
Answer: Winter Storm Uri
93. Austin is the capital of Texas. Which other capital of a U.S. state is closest in distance to Austin? We're using "as the crow flies" or haversine distance, rather than driving distance. And we're looking for the city, not the state.
Answer: Oklahoma City
94. Austin is home to the largest of what collective group of universities with an orange color scheme? Notable alumni include Owen Wilson and Michael Dell.
Answer: University Of Texas
95. According to the title of a 1984 song by Alabama, if you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have what slangy-named stringed instrument in the band?
Answer: Fiddle
96. A 1935 flood in what “H” Texas county, a part of the Houston area, drowned at least seven people and forced reforms in flood control in the area? The county’s name is the same as the last name of the actor who played Mission Control’s Gene Kranz in “Apollo 13.”
Answer: Harris County
97. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Are You Experienced?" provided soundtracks to what year that Texas saw a record 232 tornadoes?
Answer: 1967
98. A 2008 hurricane that caused $14 billon worth of damage along the Gulf Coast of Texas had what name that happened to be the nickname of the like-able first Texan elected as U.S. president?
Answer: Ike
99. What politician, later to become governor of Texas, memorably spoke about President George H.W. Bush at the 1988 Democratic National Convention by saying he was "born with a silver foot in his mouth?"
Answer: Ann Richards
100. Black Gold was a reality TV series chronicling three oil drilling rigs in Andrews County in what state? The show was partly produced by Thom Beers, creator of Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers.
Answer: Texas
101. The Washington Monument is the tallest non-communications structure in D.C. and was the tallest monument in the U.S. until the completion of the San Jacinto Monument in 1939 in what state?
Answer: Texas
102. President James Polk officially annexed Texas in what year, ultimately leading to the Mexican-American War?
Answer: 1845
103. High-speed swirling winds in Texas can sometimes combine with a hot and deadly element to create what portmanteau natural disaster?
Answer: Firenado
104. Extending through 48 Texas counties, the Ogallala is the largest of what underground thing in Texas?
Answer: Aquifer
105. Because of Texas's size, it has multiple different climates in different regions of the state. One of these regions is considered a humid subtropical zone with a climate similar to Taiwan, the Philippines, and much of the Southern parts of Queensland, Australia. What region of the state is this?
Answer: Piney Woods
106. Premiering in March 2022, the 19th season of Bravo's competition reality series "Top Chef" takes place in what Texas city, whose iconic restaurants include Brenner's steakhouse and the Barbecue Inn?
Answer: Houston
107. Sporting the same name as the lady after Sandra in Lou Bega's "Mambo No. 5," what hurricane forced a Houston evacuation less than a month after Katrina?
Answer: Rita
108. In early February 2022, Texas was just one of the states that were witness to the new longest lightning bolt in history—almost 500 miles. The bolt spanned from Texas, all the way to what other state to the east?
Answer: Mississippi
109. What southeastern Texas city is home to the fourth-busiest port in the United States and is also home to Lamar University?
Answer: Beaumont
110. The great storm of 1900 was the deadliest natural disaster in United States history and destroyed almost every building in which Texas city?
Answer: Galveston
111. Elvis Presley's song "The Yellow Rose of Texas" notwithstanding, the official state flower of Texas is what other colorfully-named bloom?
Answer: Bluebonnet
112. What was the first tropical storm to have its name retired before reaching hurricane status? The storm hit Southeast Texas in June 2001, and was particularly damaging in the Houston area.
Answer: Allison
113. What “B” Texas State History Museum, established in 2001 in Austin, TX, is dedicated to the telling the story of Texas through educational experiences? Its name is the same as the last name of the actress who starred in “Ocean’s 8” as Danny Ocean’s sister.
Answer: Bullock Texas State History Museum
114. The largest earthquake in the history of Texas occurred in what city? It shares its name with a Roman Saint often associated with courtly love.
Answer: Valentine
115. KHB40 is the National Weather Radio call sign for what Texas port city that was named after an 18th century Spanish military and political leader?
Answer: Galveston
116. Breaking the NCAA career rushing record in 1998 helped what "Texas Tornado" join Earl Campbell as the second Longhorn recipient of the Heisman Trophy?
Answer: Ricky Williams
117. Considered by many to be the greatest Texas Rangers player of all time, Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez played for the team from 1991 to 2002, primarily at what position?
Answer: Catcher
118. In an attempt to kickstart an oasis in west Texas, cereal magnate C.W. Post tried to kickstart a rainstorm by igniting dynamite strapped to what kind of child's toy that always seems to find its way into science experiments?
Answer: Kite
119. What chain of breakfast cafes has over 190 worldwide locations, began at the intersection of two streets in downtown Chicago, and is now headquartered in Dallas? The chain features a black-and-white logo.
Answer: Corner Bakery Cafe
120. What is the name of the Category 3 hurricane that hit Texas in 1983, causing $3 billion in damages and earning the title of "costliest tropical cyclone in U.S. history" at the time it made landfall?
Answer: Alicia
121. A 5.7 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Alpine, Texas in 1995 is known by what name? It shares its name with an Olympic running event.
Answer: Marathon earthquake
122. From a neighborhood known as the Fifth Ward, Barbara Jordan, who later became a U.S. Congresswoman, was the first Black woman elected to the state senate of what Southern state?
Answer: Texas
123. After Hurricane Ike, Galveston's Moody Gardens got a $25 million infusion, and created a pyramid replicating what kind of sweltering biome?
Answer: Rainforest
124. What 1836 battle, which secured independence for Texas from Mexico, is memorialized by name in the lyrics of "Texas, Our Texas," the state's official song?
Answer: San Jacinto
125. In 2011, the Texas Rangers made it to the World Series but lost to what National League team whose lineup featured Albert Pujols?
Answer: St. Louis Cardinals
126. If you've got early December tickets to the National Finals Rodeo, popularly known as the “Super Bowl of rodeo,” you'll be headed to what western state? Surprisingly, it's not Texas.
Answer: Nevada
127. Who was the President of the United States when the US annexed Texas?
Answer: James K. Polk
128. What hyphenated corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas owns the popular personal-care brands of Huggies diapers, Cottonelle toilet paper, and Kotex feminine products, among others?
Answer: Kimberly-Clark
129. If you had a ticket to an iconic Texas venue on February 6, 1967, you'd be able to watch Muhammad Ali fight Ernie Terrell. What is the venue?
Answer: Astrodome
130. What is the weather phenomena that blew down section houses along railway tracks in 1895 and ruined $6 million worth of wheat in the Texas panhandle while also injuring 20 people in 1977?
Answer: Dust storm
131. What is the name of the Texas ghost town that had a population of 5,000 in 1875 before a hurricane killed hundreds? After the town was rebuilt, another hurricane came only 11 years later, resulting in the abandoned efforts to re-build yet-again.
Answer: Indianola
132. Killing over 50 people, what 1967 "B" hurricane in Texas made landfall just north of the mouth of the Rio Grande River as a Category 3 storm and then spawned 115 tornadoes across Texas?
Answer: Hurricane Beulah
133. "No smile, no trash talk" is how a New York Times article described the 19-year career of what beloved San Antonio Spur, who retired from the team in 2016 and became an NBA Hall of Famer in 2021?
Answer: Tim Duncan
134. Although it does not have formal borders, West Texas is well known for its massive arid climate and relative lack of large cities. The largest, El Paso, is very near the Mexican border, and the second-largest is not. What is the second-most populous city in West Texas?
Answer: Lubbock
135. "Weather in Texas is crazy. Monday it's sunny. Then Tuesday, it's raining like it's gonna snow the next. And then Wednesday, it's freezing cold!" is a quote from 9-year-old Taylor Michelle from Pearland, TX who went viral with her youthful rants about the craziness of Texas weather on what social media platform?
Answer: Instagram
136. One victim of the 2011 wildfires in Bastrop, Texas was the filmmaking archive of what "Dazed and Confused" and "School of Rock" director?
Answer: Richard Linklater
137. With just three letters in its title, what 1963 film stars Paul Newman as an unscrupulous Texas rancher who clashes with his father over how to handle an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease?
Answer: Hud
138. What is the name of the tropical cyclone that flooded Eastern Texas in 1979? It shares its name with the first name of the Best Actress Oscar winner for “It Happened One Night” in 1935.
Answer: Claudette
139. How long must you be a resident of Texas before you are able to file for divorce in the state?
Answer: 6 Months
140. A horse race for fillies, held annually at Santa Anita Park, was named after a racehorse owned by Mrs. William Hawn of Dallas. Mrs. Shawn's horse was named after what Texas weather phenomenon characterized by a fast-moving cold front?
Answer: Blue Norther
141. Hurricane Harvey whipped up sustained winds reaching category 4 on the SSHWS, or WHAT-WHAT Hurricane Wind Scale?
Answer: Saffir-Simpson
142. What 1997 film was about a Texas preacher and featured a trifecta performance by Robert Duvall (wrote, directed, starred)?
Answer: The Apostle
143. What is the name of this cloud, sometimes spotted over areas of Texas, that forms on the underside of other clouds as they begin to sink in the sky? When formed on a cumulonimbus, it is a sign that a particularly bad storm is approaching.
Answer: Mammatus
144. The deadliest tornado in Texas history struck in May 1953. Nearly one-third of a mile wide, the massive tornado killed 114 persons and injured 597. What Texas city crossed paths with this deadly weather formation and thus gave the twister its name?
Answer: Waco
145. On “Terrible Tuesday” April 10, 1979, what Texas city suffered over $400 million in damages, 42 deaths and over 1,700 reported injures due to the destruction caused by an F4 tornado?
Answer: Wichita Falls
146. Also known as Big Bend Country, what is the "TP" region in western Texas which consists of the most clear weather days statewide each year?
Answer: Trans-Pecos
147. What “D” chocolatier, owned by Nicole Patel and operating out of Austin, TX, tries to use local Texas ingredients in its chocolate, and has an Advent calendar? Its name is a derivation of a word meaning tasty.
Answer: Delysia
148. In 2018, Tropical Storm Gordon blew up from the gulf and poured rain down on Ruston, Longview, and El Dorado, three towns in a tri-state region known by what eight-letter hyphenated name?
Answer: Ark-La-Tex
149. Although technically not a hurricane, what is the name of the storm that struck the Houston area in 2001 and deposited more than 80% of the area's average rainfall in a period of a few days? The storm flooded nearly 100,000 cars and was responsible for 41 deaths and $5 billion in property damage.
Answer: Allison
150. Clay Henry III is the third non-human mayor of Terlingua, Texas since the 1980s. What type of animal is he?
Answer: Goat
151. Affectionately known as "The World's Greatest TV Weatherman" and "The Dean of TV Meteorologists," who was the first TV meteorologist west of the Mississippi River? He was also heard on the radio in Texas for more than 40 years.
Answer: Harold Taft
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