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1. The two largest cities in the Texas Panhandle are located near the top and bottom of the region. What are they?
2. One of America's best attended, longest running outdoor musicals is staged each summer from mid-June until mid-August at an amphitheater in a large canyon in the Texas Panhandle. What is the name of this colorful pageant?
3. The Texas Panhandle contains a large canyon second only in size to the Grand Canyon. What is the name of this geological wonder?
4. The Texas Panhandle sits on top of an aquifer that supplies water for the populace as well as for crop irrigation. What is the name of this life sustaining geologic formation?
5. The small town of Canyon contains a three story museum that is filled with dinosaur bones, old cars, art work, windmills, a pioneer town and a walk through oil field. Well worth visiting, what is the name of this museum?
6. Name this town that has more cattle per square inch inside the city limits than any other in the United States.
7. A disproportionately large number of commercial musicians come from the Panhandle of Texas. Pick the correct answer, please.
8. This Panhandle musician is credited with originating Western Swing. Who is he and where was he raised?
9. There are sections remaining of this famous highway that once ran from Chicago to the west coast. In Amarillo it is lined with antique shops, eateries and live music venues. What was it called?
10. Cereal Magnate C.W.Post in 1913 brought the concept of an entire industry existing in one town from farm to finished product. This town raised cotton, processed it and produced the finished textile products called Garza sheets. What is the name of this town that has large market weekends called "Old Mill Days"?
11. After the small town of Canyon was founded by a young couple, cowboys rode in from the XIT ranch linecamps to see something they had not seen in several years. What was it?
12. From south to north the Panhandle rises in elevation. This formation is known as what?
13. Amarillo experienced an influx of immigrants in the 1970s and 80s. What nationality were these good cooks that have opened many restaurants in the area?
14. During World War II, Italian prisoners of War were held at a camp in the small town of Umbarger where they worked in the sugar beet fields. What unusual cultural contribution did they make during their stay in the 1940's?
15. In 1541 Coronado and his men rode across the Panhandle in search of the "Cities of Gold". They found a large canyon and in thanksgiving named it after what resource that they had not found on the plains above it?
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