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Cities and Towns in Oklahoma Trivia Quiz

Oklahoma has a lot of towns and cities with strange names. A lot of them pertain to the large Native American population that resides in the state or once used the territory as their hunting grounds.

A multiple-choice quiz by frankray. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
frankray

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
298,469

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
10 / 15

Plays
777

Last 3 plays: Guest 18 (11/15), Guest 164 (11/15), wellenbrecher (15/15).

Question 1 of 15

1. This was a fierce Native American tribe. Cochise was a chief. Geronimo was a medicine man. Hint

Apache

Pawnee

Comanche

Sioux

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Question 2 of 15

2. Those shaggy coated animals of the plains. Hint

Buffalo

Mountain Sheep

Elk

Prong-Horn Antelope

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Question 3 of 15

3. The president who was elected to two non-consecutive terms. Hint

Coolidge

Arthur

Cleveland

Harrison

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Question 4 of 15

4. A city in Oklahoma shares its named with a late 20th century president. Which one? Hint

Bush

Kennedy

Reagan

Clinton

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Question 5 of 15

5. This is another fierce Native American tribe. They were said to be the best light horse cavalry ever. Quanah Parker was the last major war chief. Hint

Sioux

Apache

Comanche

Pawnee

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Question 6 of 15

6. A town in Oklahoma was named after the victor of the Battle of Manila Bay. Who was he? Hint

Dewey

Shafter

Roosevelt

Gridley

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Question 7 of 15

7. A town in Oklahoma is named after a wild horse. What is it? Hint

Stallion

Pony

Bronc

Mustang

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Question 8 of 15

8. There is a town in Oklahoma named after a World War I general. Who is he? Hint

Mitchell

Pershing

Patton

MacArthur

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Question 9 of 15

9. What is another name for a mountain lion? Hint

Cougar

Lynx

Puma

Panther

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Question 10 of 15

10. Who was the largest, heaviest, president? Hint

Cleveland

Taft

Arthur

Roosevelt

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Question 11 of 15

11. What is the name of the famous lever action weapon? Hint

Colt

Remington

Winchester

Sharps

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is the name of an animal trapped for its fur? Hint

Beaver

Mink

Otter

Muskrat

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Question 13 of 15

13. There is a town in Oklahoma that changed its name to the most famous movie singing cowboy star. Who is it? Hint

Gene Autry

Tex Ritter

Roy Rogers

Rex Allen

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Question 14 of 15

14. What is the name of the person who was a Rough Rider, President and as strong as a bull-moose? Hint

Cleveland

McKinley

Roosevelt

Taft

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Question 15 of 15

15. What was the common name of the chief lawman of an early western town? Hint

Marshal

Constable

Sheriff

Police

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This was a fierce Native American tribe. Cochise was a chief. Geronimo was a medicine man.

Answer: Apache

Apache is a small town located in Caddo County, north of Lawton/Ft. Sill.

The Apache were really more west than Oklahoma and were resettled in Oklahoma. Their orignal range was in Arizona and New Mexico.

2. Those shaggy coated animals of the plains.

Answer: Buffalo

Buffalo is the county seat of Harper County, located in northwestern Oklahoma.

There is a very nice size herd of buffalo in the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, just located north of the Lawton/Ft. Sill area. Also there is a herd of longhorn cattle on the Refuge. I especially like the prairie dog village that is in the Refuge.

3. The president who was elected to two non-consecutive terms.

Answer: Cleveland

Cleveland is located in Pawnee County in northeastern Oklahoma.

Grover Cleveland was the president elected to two non-consecutive terms. Also he was the first Democrat president elected after the Civil War. Cleveland's first term was 1885. There were five Republican presidents between the end of the Civil War and Cleveland's election.

4. A city in Oklahoma shares its named with a late 20th century president. Which one?

Answer: Clinton

Clinton is located in western Oklahoma on the historic Route 66.

5. This is another fierce Native American tribe. They were said to be the best light horse cavalry ever. Quanah Parker was the last major war chief.

Answer: Comanche

Comanche is located in Stephens County, south of Duncan, in southwestern part of Oklahoma.

The territory of Oklahoma was part of the Comanche's hunting grounds. The tribe headquarters is now centered around Lawton/Ft. Sill.

6. A town in Oklahoma was named after the victor of the Battle of Manila Bay. Who was he?

Answer: Dewey

Dewey is located in Washington County in northestern Oklahoma.

Manila Bay was the first battle and victory for the U.S. in the Spanish-American War.

Dewey's famous phrase was: "You may fire when ready, Gridley." Gridley was the captain of the flagship, Olympia, that Admiral Dewey was on.

7. A town in Oklahoma is named after a wild horse. What is it?

Answer: Mustang

Mustang is located in Canadian County, just southwest of Oklahoma City.

Well, according to the reference books, the horses in America are not wild but feral. They are descendants of the horses brought over by the Spanish in the 16th century.

8. There is a town in Oklahoma named after a World War I general. Who is he?

Answer: Pershing

Pershing is located in Osage County, north of Tulsa.

General Pershing was a mentor to the other three generals listed. Pershing was the highest ranking general promoted during this lifetime. He was General of the Armies.

9. What is another name for a mountain lion?

Answer: Panther

Panther is located in Haskell County, in the southeastern part of Oklahoma - southeast of Muskogee.

10. Who was the largest, heaviest, president?

Answer: Taft

William Howard Taft never wanted to be president. He really wanted to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

After his term of office as president, he was appointed to that position.

11. What is the name of the famous lever action weapon?

Answer: Winchester

Winchester is a small town in east central Oklahoma in Okmulgee County.

12. What is the name of an animal trapped for its fur?

Answer: Beaver

Beaver is the county seat of Beaver County, which is the eastern county in the panhandle.

13. There is a town in Oklahoma that changed its name to the most famous movie singing cowboy star. Who is it?

Answer: Gene Autry

Gene Autry is in Carter County, and is located in the south central part of Oklahoma.

All the listed are famous movie cowboy singing stars, but Gene Autry was the most famous and popular. Autry's most famous song, however, is the "Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer".

14. What is the name of the person who was a Rough Rider, President and as strong as a bull-moose?

Answer: Roosevelt

Roosevelt is located in Kiowa County in southwestern Oklahoma.

15. What was the common name of the chief lawman of an early western town?

Answer: Marshal

Marshall is a small town located in Logan County, north of Oklahoma City.

Source: Author frankray

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