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Oklahoma History Trivia Quiz

Oklahoma History from before Coronado to the 1940's.

A multiple-choice quiz by zilla. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
zilla

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
36,267

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1334

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. How many regions does Oklahoma have? Hint

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Question 2 of 10

2. Pemmican was a food eaten by Apache indians. What is pemmican? Hint

Wildflowers baked inside soft tree bark

Buffalo hide soaked in milk

Dried meat, berries and fat saved for winter

Corn cooked with lye from wood ashes, as a drink or soup

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sequoyah was the Cherokee who invented the Cherokee written syllabary. What was his other name? Hint

George Gist

Harry Worcester

Robert Moorlan

Martin Owens

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Question 4 of 10

4. Kit Carson commanded the First Regiment of New Mexico Cavalry volunteers in setting up Fort Nichols in the panhandle of Oklahoma. What rank did he hold? Hint

Lieutenant

Colonel

Commander

Captain

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Question 5 of 10

5. David L. Payne was a famous ----? Hint

Sooner

Squatter

Boomer

Vigilante

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Question 6 of 10

6. How early did the gun go off at Arkansas City for the land run of the Cherokee Outlet? Hint

2 hours

11 minutes

32 minutes

4 minutes

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Question 7 of 10

7. In what year did the Oklahoma Territory legislature first meet? Hint

1900

1895

1890

1886

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Question 8 of 10

8. Roscoe Dunjee, the publisher of 'The Black Dispatch', encouraged a shoemaker named William Floyd to do what? Hint

Come up with a better horse shoe

Move into a white neighborhood to test the law

Move to Russia as a missionary

Publish his now-famous diary entries in his newpaper

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Question 9 of 10

9. Black Gold! 'The Oil and Gas Journal' moved from Texas to where because of the amount of activity in Oklahoma? Hint

Guthrie

Tulsa

Healdton

Mouth of the Cimmaron River

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Question 10 of 10

10. Opened in 1948, what was the first turnpike in Oklahoma? Hint

Kilpatrick

Turner

Cimmaron

Andrem

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many regions does Oklahoma have?

Answer: 10

They are Gypsum Hills, Sandstone Hills, Oauchita Mountains, Ozark Plateau, Red Bed Plains, Red River Plains, Wichita Mountains, Arbuckle Mountains and High Plains.

2. Pemmican was a food eaten by Apache indians. What is pemmican?

Answer: Dried meat, berries and fat saved for winter

The corn prepared with lye is called hominy.

3. Sequoyah was the Cherokee who invented the Cherokee written syllabary. What was his other name?

Answer: George Gist

He was also known as George Guess.

4. Kit Carson commanded the First Regiment of New Mexico Cavalry volunteers in setting up Fort Nichols in the panhandle of Oklahoma. What rank did he hold?

Answer: Colonel

His real name was Christopher.

5. David L. Payne was a famous ----?

Answer: Boomer

6. How early did the gun go off at Arkansas City for the land run of the Cherokee Outlet?

Answer: 11 minutes

Nothing could stop the crowd. The gun at Hennessey also went off early, but only by 5 minutes.

7. In what year did the Oklahoma Territory legislature first meet?

Answer: 1890

They created a public health service and regulated the practices of dentistry, pharmacy and medicine.

8. Roscoe Dunjee, the publisher of 'The Black Dispatch', encouraged a shoemaker named William Floyd to do what?

Answer: Move into a white neighborhood to test the law

He encouraged him to buy a house in a white neighborhood and try to move in to test the ordinance that it was illegal for anyone to move onto a block on which more than 75 percent of the buildings were occupied by people of a different race. He tried to move in four times, and every time he was arrested and put in jail. Each time, Dunjee paid the bond and encouraged him to try again. Eventually the case was taken to court and the federal judge ruled that the ordinance was Unconstitutional and that Floyd had the right to move onto his property.

9. Black Gold! 'The Oil and Gas Journal' moved from Texas to where because of the amount of activity in Oklahoma?

Answer: Tulsa

It was called 'The Oil Man's Bible'.

10. Opened in 1948, what was the first turnpike in Oklahoma?

Answer: Turner

Source: Author zilla

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