U.S.A: All about Oklahoma Trivia Quiz

Answer: Cimarron

A mesa is a high, flat-topped hill or elevation. Black Mesa stretches through Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado.

Cimarron County is Oklahoma's westernmost county. Its county seat is Boise City. Black Mesa rises in the north-west of the county, the highest point being approximately 4,970 feet (1,515 m), however, the highest point of all Black Mesa is located in Colorado, at around 5,705 feet (1,740 m).

Answer: Ryan

Chuck Norris was born in Ryan, Jefferson County, Oklahoma in 1940. During his lifetime he achieved black belt status in judo, Brazilian jiu jitsu and Tang Soo Do (a Korean adaptation of karate). After winning many championships of these styles, he established his own style, Chun Kuk Do. He had his film debut in 1972 with Bruce Lee in "The Way of the Dragon."

Ryan is a town of Jefferson County, Oklahoma, situated around 115 miles (185 km) south of the state capital, Oklahoma City. Country music singer, Floyd Tillman, who was part of the honky-tonk genre, was also born in Ryan in 1914.

Answer: Edmond

On August 20 1986, Patrick Sherrill ,born in Watonga, Blaine County, Oklahoma, shot and killed 14 people people (who were his co-workers in a post office) before turning the gun on himself. It remains the deadliest workplace shooting in U.S history.

Edmond is situated in Oklahoma County. It borders the tip of the northern portion of Oklahoma City.

Answer: New Mexico

Oklahoma does border Kansas, but to the north. Colorado also lies north of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma also borders Arkansas, but Arkansas is to the east, as is Missouri.

Texas lies to the south and south-west of Oklahoma.

Answer: Tahlequah

Located near the Ozark Mountains, Tahlequah is a city situated in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.

Standing since 1869, the Cherokee National Courthouse was the parliamentary building for the Cherokee Nation between 1869 to 1907, when Oklahoma became a state. The building was awarded National Historic Landmark status in 1961.

Answer: Battle of Honey Springs

The Battle of Honey Springs was a vital Union victory in taking control of Indian territory, and happened on July 17, 1863. The Confederate forces were under-armed, whereas the victorious Union forces had better quality and quantity of weapons. The site is around 15 miles (25 km) south of the city of Muskogee.

Answer: Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium

Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is located in the city of Norman, Oklahoma, approximately 20 miles (30 km) south of Oklahoma City. It is located on the grounds of the University of Oklahoma. The seating capacity is over 80,000 people. It was opened in 1923 and originally had a 500-seat capacity, but has been expanded and renovated many times in the years since.

Answer: Lawton

Lawton is the county seat of Comanche County, Oklahoma.

Stephen Hillenburg was born in Lawton in 1961. He became a marine biology teacher, and developed what would later evolve into "Spongebob Squarepants" (first called "The Intertidal Zone") for his students. Spongebob Squarepants was first broadcast in 1999.

Stephen Hillenburg died aged 57 of a neurodegenerative disease in 2018.

Answer: BancFirst Tower

Standing on 100 North Broadway Avenue, the BancFirst Tower is 500 feet (150 m) high. The skyscraper contains 36 floors, and is used mainly for the city's business operations. In 2011 the Devon Energy Center surpassed BancFirst Tower as the tallest building in both Oklahoma City and the entire state at around 845 feet (260 m) high.

Answer: Prague

Located in the east-central of Oklahoma, Prague was established around 1891, by Czech immigrants that had come to America. There is a festival every May held to celebrate the city's Czech heritage.

Answer: Hugo

The county seat of Choctaw County; Hugo, Oklahoma is named for Victor Hugo (1802-1885). A surveyor of the territory was recommended the name "Hugo" by his wife, who was a big fan of the French writer. From the 1940s, Hugo became a popular place for circuses through the winter, because of the town's climate being generally mild.

Hugo is located just under 10 miles (15 km) north from Oklahoma's border with Texas. Singer, B. J. Thomas, famous for his 1969 song "Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head" was born in Hugo, in 1942.

Answer: Arkansas

The Ouachita Mountains' highest peak, Mount Magazine, is located in Arkansas and is the highest point of the state. The name "Ouachita" is taken from a Native American tribal name. The range stretches east to west, from Arkansas to Oklahoma for approximately 225 miles (360 km).

Answer: Tulsa Coliseum

The Tulsa Coliseum was opened to the public in 1929. It burned down in 1952 after it was struck by lightning, with some saying the radio antenna on top of the building attracted the bolt. There were no casualties, with the only two employees working in the building that night escaping.

Answer: Herbert Hoover

In March 1930, Herbert Hoover established an executive order, designating 32,080 acres (130 square km) of Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge protected under American law. There are over 30 species of mammals inhabiting this refuge, alongside over 300 species of birds.

A Boy Scout was digging in this refuge in 2007. He unwittingly discovered a selection of vials, all containing toxic war chemicals, such as mustard gas, lewisite, phosgene and chloropicrin. Upon this discovery, later exploration of the salt plains would uncover around 170 further vials containing toxic chemicals, from the World War II era.

Answer: Sulphur

Sulphur is a chemical element, with the atomic number of 16, and the symbol "S" on the Periodic Table. The city of Sulphur is named for an abundance of the element in its water. It is located in the south of Oklahoma.