Bexar County, Texas Trivia Quiz

Answer: 128

Bexar County, as a part of the Republic of Texas, extended west into what is now New Mexico, north into the panhandle area of Texas and Oklahoma, southwest Kansas, central Colorado, and central Wyoming.

Texas is divided into 254 counties, the most of any US state. Over one half of these were a part of pre-statehood Bexar County.

Answer: I-87

US-87 cuts through Texas from the northwest corner of the panhandle (Dallam County) to the Gulf Coast in Port Lavaca. However, it is *not* an interstate highway.

I-10 is an east/west interstate, going cross-country from Jacksonville, FL, to Los Angeles, CA. In Bexar Co., it has a loop interstate associated with it: I-410.

I-35 is another cross-country interstate, from south to north, going from Laredo, TX to Duluth, MN, at the western point of Lake Superior.

I-37 is one of several 2-digit interstate highways to exist only in one state. Three of these are in Texas: I-37, I-27, and I-45.

Answer: bear

It is named after Béjar (Béxar), Spain. The original form was Bigerra and is said to mean "place of the beehives".

"Béjar" could also come from the Spanish word "abeja", meaning "bee". Comedian Joy Behar's surname came from her first husband, who was descended from Sephardi Jews who lived in the Béjar area.

Answer: Portugal

Spain ruled most of Texas from 1519 to 1821, over three centuries. France had a small colony, Fort St. Louis, on the gulf coast from 1685 to 1690. It was unsuccessful, and was abandoned after one of its founders was murdered. Mexico ruled the Texas area from 1821 to 1836. The capital of Mexican Texas was San Antonio de Béjar (modern day San Antonio). The Republic of Texas was sovereign from 1836 (after the Battle of the Alamo) until 1845, when Texas was admitted to the United States. Its last national flag, the Lone Star Flag, is the modern-day state flag.

The United States admitted Texas in 1845. Texas seceded and joined the Confederate States of America in 1861 until it was disbanded in 1865. This period was the time of the American Civil War.

Answer: 7

Those counties, starting from the north and going clockwise: Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson, Atascosa, Medina, and Bandera (for about 2.5 miles).

A number of communities in Bexar County extend into these neighboring counties
- Cibolo (Bexar and Guadalupe)
- Fair Oaks Ranch (Bexar, Comal, and Kendall)
- Lytle (Bexar, Atascosa, Medina)
- Schertz (Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe)
- Selma (Bexar, Comal, and Guadalupe)

Answer: Michelle Rodriguez (Ana-Lucia Cortez)

She was born to Carmen Milady, a Dominican, and Rafael Rodriguez of Puerto Rico. She moved to Puerto Rico at age 8, then to New Jersey at 11.

Evangeline Lilly was born in Ft. Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. Elizabeth Mitchell was born in Los Angeles, CA. Rebecca Mader was born in Cambridge, England, UK.

Answer: China Grove

"China Grove" is from the album "The Captain and Me" (1973), and was written by lead singer Tom Johnston. The song incorrectly describes China Grove as a "Chinatown" of Texas.

Answer: 17

Texas school districts are independent of the cities and/or counties where they operate, even if they are named after those cities or counties.

Some serve a plethora of schools; others serve just a single high school along with its feeder schools.

ISDs within Bexar County (either fully or partially) include:
Comal
Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City
East Central
South Side
Somerset
South West
Medina Valley
Northside
Boerne County Line
North East
Judson
Alamo Heights
Ft. Sam Houston
Edgewood
Harlandale
San Antonio
South San Antonio

Answer: False

Bexar County's area is 1,257 mi². It is about 81% of the size of the smallest US state, Rhode Island.

Answer: Little Rock, Arkansas

The distances to the three closest state capitals are:
73 miles to Austin, TX
424 miles to Oklahoma City, OK
445 miles to Baton Rouge, LA