Exploring Oklahoma: A Quiz on State Knowledge Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the Black Seminoles are descendants of free African Americans and fugitive slaves traditionally allied with Seminole Indians in Florida and Oklahoma.

in 1921 Oliver Winfield Killam, a Texas industrialist and former Oklahoma state legislator, launched the South Texas Oil Boom centered near Laredo.

even though the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma only has 519 members, they created the first and only eagle rehabilitation center in Oklahoma.

the Cerro Grande Fire, a major forest fire in New Mexico, USA, menaced the Los Alamos National Laboratory and produced a smoke plume that extended to Oklahoma.

the Clinton-Sherman Industrial Airpark in Oklahoma (pictured) has received a license from the FAA to become a spaceport, and plans to launch space tourism flights by 2008.

the city of Anadarko in the U.S. state of Oklahoma is named for the Nadaco, a Native American tribe from Texas.

the tallest building in Tulsa, Oklahoma is the 667-foot (203 m) BOK Tower.

after Oklahoma Governor Henry S. Johnston was impeached in 1929, it would be 60 years before another U.S. Governor is impeached.

a tornado outbreak (damage pictured) produced up to 3 inch (76 mm) diameter hail near Midwest City, Oklahoma.

Charles N. Haskell was the first governor of Oklahoma, and he played a crucial role in drafting the Oklahoma Constitution.

Oklahoma historian Angie Debo won numerous honors for her books on Native American history, but never found a permanent position in an academic history department.

Oklahoma's Price Tower is one of the only two Frank Lloyd Wright skyscrapers ever built.

Hurricane Tico (pictured), a Pacific hurricane of the 1983 season, caused flooding and record rainfall in Oklahoma.

Jerome Tiger, a Native American painter from Oklahoma, was a high school dropout and worked as a laborer and prize fighter.

a noose hanging beside a hole at the Oak Tree Golf Club in Oklahoma was donated symbolically by a frustrated golfer, but was removed because of perceived racist undertones.

Marie Wadley helped to introduce legislation to establish the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Oklahoma and later served as its first president.

architect Solomon Andrew Layton designed 22 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma, a state record.

Exploring Oklahoma: A Quiz on State Knowledge

1 What is the motto of Oklahoma?

2 What is the full name of Oklahoma?

3 [131] ________ magazine rates the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University among the top colleges for athletics in the nation.

4 How many metres above sea level is the lowest point in Oklahoma?

5 Who was Oklahoma succeeded by?

6 How many metres above sea level is Oklahoma?

7 What is the largest city of Oklahoma?

8 How long is Oklahoma?

9 In response, dramatic efforts in soil and water conservation led to massive flood control systems and dams, creating hundreds of ________ and man-made lakes.

10 In terms of elevation, what is the lowest place in Oklahoma?

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