WEEK 1: August 25-August 31
Answers:
1.A butte is a flat-topped hill with steep sides and is higher than it is wide. It is usually composed of sedimentary rock.
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/nd_geography.htm
http://www.nps.gov/thro/naturescience/geologicformations.htm
http://www.nps.gov/thro/historyculture/people.htm
2.The highest point in Florida is 345 feet at Britton Hill. The highest
point in Oklahoma is Black Mesa at 4973 feet. Both are located in the
panhandles of their states.
http://www.bestoklahomatrails.com/blackmesatrail.html
http://www.takemytrip.com/destinations/lakewoodpark.htm
3.Samford University is located in Alabama which has an area of 52,419
square miles (including water). The area of Texas is 268,580 square
miles (including water). Texas is 216,161 square miles larger, or more
than 5 times as large as Alabama.
http://www.samford.edu/about-samford/campus-and-community.aspx
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/area.shtml
4.The New River Gorge Bridge is in West Virginia and spans the New
River (in spite of its name, it is one of the oldest rivers in the world). High quality coal is found exposed along the river.
http://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/nrgbridge.htm
http://www.nps.gov/neri/naturescience/geologicformations.htm
5.An oxbow lake starts out as a curve, or meander, in a river. A lake forms
as the river finds a different, shorter course. The meander becomes
an oxbow lake along the side of the river. Although it is more of a
tidal lagoon or an estuary than a traditional lake, Lake Ponchartrain is
considered an example of an oxbow lake.
http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa010601a.htm
http://www.saveourlake.org/basin-history.php
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/of02-206/env-overview/geologic-history.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/469687/Lake-Pontchartrain
Overtime Answer:
The nation’s longest rivers and their lengths are:
1. Missouri
3. Yukon
2,540 miles
2. Mississippi
2,340 miles
4. Rio Grande
1,900 miles
6. Arkansas
1,460 miles
5. St. Lawrence
1,980 miles
1,900 miles
7. Colorado
1,450 miles
9. Ohio
1,310 miles
8. Atchafalaya
10. Red
1,420 miles
1,290 miles
All of these rivers except the Yukon, St. Lawrence, and Colorado flow into
the Gulf of Mexico.
http://water.usgs.gov/edu/riversofworld.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_rivers_of_the_United_
States_(by_main_stem) - mediaviewer/File:Mississippirivermapnew.jpg
Trivia Answer:
There were no Heisman Trophy winners during Bear Bryant’s years at Alabama.
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz/quiz3540622888398.html
WEEK 2: SEPTEMBER 1- SEPTEMBER 7
Answers:
1. Using the state map, numbers should be around 120-140 from Norman
to Tulsa. Using Google Maps for the extended activity, the mileage from
Norman to Tulsa is about 125 miles. Turner Turnpike is designated as
Interstate 44. Paralleling I-44 most of the way between Oklahoma City
and Tulsa is historic Route 66, now just a state highway, but once a
federally designated highway famous in literature, film, and song.
http://goo.gl/maps/0fjFx
http://www.historic66.com/
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/66-oklahoma.html
http://youtu.be/dCYApJtsyd0
2. Riley County has had 10 natural disasters, which is near the U.S.
average of 12. Cape Girardeau County, on the other hand, has had 18
natural disasters, well over the national average. Flooding occurs more
often in Cape Girardeau than it does in Manhattan.
http://www.city-data.com/city/Manhattan-Kansas.html
http://www.city-data.com/city/Cape-Girardeau-Missouri.html
3. The northern part of Louisiana is overwhelmingly Baptist while the
southern is mostly Catholic. This pattern can be explained by the
history of Spain and France, both predominantly Catholic countries,
establishing colonies in the 1500s and 1600s in what became
Louisiana, and later the settlement of whites and African Americans
before and after the American Revolution and then the Louisiana
Purchase (1803).
4. The overwhelming population count for Latter-day Saints/Mormonism in
Utah is 1,911,047, while the second largest group claiming a religion is
Catholics with a population of 160,125. Only 300,591 were counted in
the Latter-day Saints/Mormonism category in Texas.
5. Lubbock residents have voted overwhelmingly for the Republican
presidential candidates in all five elections. El Paso residents have
a more variable voting pattern, favoring Democratic presidential
candidates in every election except 2000 when they supported their
own Governor George W. Bush with 70% of their votes.
http://www.city-data.com/city/El-Paso-Texas.html
http://www.city-data.com/city/Lubbock-Texas.html
Overtime ANSWER:
Student answers will vary. However, most will revolve around issues
of illegal immigrants and/or undocumented workers and their families,
including seeing more soccer teams in schools, more Spanish-language
radio and television stations, more street signs in both Spanish and
English, and more “Mexican” restaurants. If students use the http://www.
migrationpolicy.org web site, they can learn much more about Oklahoma’s
demographics, especially at this URL: http://www.migrationpolicy.org/data/
state-profiles/state/demographics/OK
Trivia ANSWER:
Russian and Ukrainian Mennonites brought this crop with them when they
immigrated to the U.S. in the 1870s.
http://www.slowfoodusa.org/ark-item/turkey-hard-red-winter-wheat
WEEK 3: September 8-September 14
Answers:
1.Lake Erie, Niagara Falls, and the Erie Canal. The New York Stock
Exchange located at 11 Wall Street in New York City.
http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-Northeast/Buffalo-Geographyand-Climate.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2013/12/29/stock-bulland-bear-offer-different-outlook/4205637/
http://dogmatix76.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/the-sky-falls-on-wall-street/
2. UTSA is in San Antonio, Texas, while the main campus of Oklahoma
State University is in Stillwater, OK. Most of the driving will be on Interstate
35 (I-35) for approximately 530 miles from San Antonio to Stillwater.
http://go.okstate.edu/
http://utsa.edu/athletics/
http://goo.gl/maps/mW6JP
3.KU is in Lawrence, Kansas, and Duke is in Durham, North Carolina.
Duke University where the game will be played is located in the Eastern
Time Zone. These coordinates are approximately for the center of the
football fields on the 50 yard line. Memorial Stadium at the University
of Kansas: Latitude 38⁰56’57”N and Longitude 95⁰14’44”W. Wallace
Wade Stadium at Duke University: Latitude 35⁰59’43”N and Longitude
78⁰56’30”W.
http://www.ku.edu/
http://duke.edu/
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-usa12.php
http://itouchmap.com/latlong.html
4.The name “Sooners” comes from the history books. The first Oklahoma
land run into the Unassigned Lands took place on April 22, 1889. This
was the official opening of Oklahoma Territory to non-Native American
homesteaders wanting to claim a tract of 160 acres of free land as their
own. However, not everyone waited for the starting signals at noon,
and those who sneaked in early to lay claim to the best lands became
known as Sooners.
The name of Tennessee’s teams also comes from history as the state
earned the nickname The Volunteer State during the War of 1812 when
thousands of volunteer soldiers from the state played a prominent role
in defeating British troops, especially during the Battle of New Orleans.
http://www.ou.edu/go2/why_ou/traditions.html
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/history-name-oklahoma-sooners211000379--ncaaf.html
http://www.utsports.com/fans/traditions.html
http://www.statesymbolsusa.org/Tennessee/TennesseeNickname.html
5. In 1905, two years after their famous first flight of a heavier-than-air,
powered aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, brothers Wilbur and
Orville Wright approached the U.S. government about selling their
plane, but could not generate any interest. In 1907, when U.S. Army
officials heard that the Wright brothers were in Europe discussing
the potential sale of their aircraft to those governments, the Wrights
received a letter requesting them to meet with these officials. Shortly
before Thanksgiving, Wilbur Wright met with the Signal Corps to discuss
the possibility of furnishing an “aeroplane” to the Army. This machine
was to be capable of carrying two people, have a speed of at least 40
mph, remain in the air for at least one hour, sustain flight for 125 miles,
and be sufficiently easy to fly that a man of average intelligence could
become proficient in its use within a reasonable amount of time.
The Wrights submitted a bid, along with 40 other inventors. Despite the
fact that the Wrights’ was the highest of the three acceptable bids, the
Signal Corps had been so impressed with the confidence expressed
by Wilbur during their meetings that they decided to allow the Wrights’
offer to stand. The Wright brothers were the only ones that were able to
successfully supply a flying machine in the agreed amount of time.
On July 27, 1909, official testing began again at Ft. Myer. In the last test
- the speed test - Orville flew 42.583 mph and was awarded a bonus of
$5000 for exceeding the contract specifications by 2.5 mph. On August
2, 1909, the plane designated “Signal Corps Number One” was officially
accepted by the U.S. Government. There remained, however, one final
condition to the Wrights’ contract: that they teach two U.S. Army officers
to fly the newly accepted machine.
Austin, Texas; Texas Christian University – Fort Worth, Texas; Texas Tech
University – Lubbock, Texas; West Virginia University – Morgantown, West
Virginia.
The Ft. Myer parade ground was deemed too small to safely instruct
the Army officers, so the search began for another location. During a
routine balloon ascent, Lt. Frank Lahm had spotted a large level field
in the town of College Park that was close to the Maryland Agricultural
College (now the University of Maryland) and adjacent to the B&O
railroad tracks. The field was far enough away from the city that there
were hopes it would discourage the large crowds (of up to 7000!) that
had come daily to witness the Ft. Myer trials.
http://www.big12sports.com
On October 8, 1909, Wilbur Wright began the flight instruction of Lt.
Frank Lahm and Lt. Frederic Humphreys at the College Park field. In
November 1909, the Wright contract was fulfilled when both Humphreys
and Lahm soloed after little more than three hours of instruction.
http://www.collegeparkaviationmuseum.com/About_Us/History/
Founding_of_the_College_Park_Airport.htm
Overtime Answer:
There are currently 10 teams in the Big 12 Conference.
Baylor University – Waco, Texas; Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa;
University of Kansas – Lawrence, Kansas; Kansas State University
– Manhattan, Kansas; University of Oklahoma – Norman, Oklahoma;
Oklahoma State University – Stillwater, Oklahoma; University of Texas –
Trivia Answer:
There are 10 winners who played for current Big 12 Conference teams.
YEAR WINNERSCHOOL
POSITION
2011
Robert Griffin III
Baylor
QB
2008
Sam Bradford
Oklahoma
QB
2003
Jason White
Oklahoma
QB
1998
Ricky Williams
Texas
RB
1988
Barry Sanders
Oklahoma State
RB
1978
Billy Sims
Oklahoma
RB
1977
Earl Campbell
Texas
RB
1969
Steve Owens
Oklahoma
HB
1952
Billy Vessels
Oklahoma
HB
1938
Davey O’Brien
Texas Christian
QB
http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/heisman/heisman_trophy_winners.htm
WEEK 4: September 15-September 21
Answers:
http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/superior.html
1.According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Manhattan is the eighth largest
city in Kansas. The official capacity of the Bill Snyder Family Football
Stadium is 50,000, although the largest crowed ever recorded (in
2000) was 53,811. On game day, if the stadium is at its official capacity,
the temporary population of Manhattan would be 102,281, moving
Manhattan up to the sixth largest city in Kansas.
5. Population: Lawrence – 87,643
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.
xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL1.ST13&prodType=table
http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/erie.html
Mount Pleasant – 26,185
Mount Pleasant – 21.9
Mount Pleasant – 92.7%
Median Age: Lawrence – 26.0
H.S. diploma: Lawrence – 95.1%
Lawrence – $44,713 median household income
http://www.geonames.org/US/KS/largest-cities-in-kansas.html
Income:
2.The West Virginia University sports teams are known as the
Mountaineers, named for those who settled and lived in the nearby
Allegheny Mountains. Running from the trailhead in Georgia north to its
end in Maine, the Appalachian Trail National Park is among the most
unusual of U.S. lands preserved for future generations.
Overtime Answer:
http://www.kstatesports.com/facilities/bill-snyder-family-stadium.html
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/usstates/lgcolor/
wvcolor.htm
http://www.nps.gov/appa/index.htm
3.Soon after the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in November of
1860, the Civil War began and a majority of voters in Virginia approved
a bill to secede (separate) from the Union to join the Confederate States
of America. Many delegates from the western counties of Virginia vowed
to form a new state government loyal to the Union. Congress agreed to
admit West Virginia to the Union, and it officially became the 35th state
on June 20, 1863.
http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehoo.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763770.html
4.Michigan is “surrounded” by Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and
Lake Erie. Only Lake Ontario does not border Michigan. By surface area
Lake Superior is the largest Great Lake, while Lake Erie is the smallest.
http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/
Mount Pleasant – $27,407 median household income
There are various routes available. Google Maps shows the most direct
route as I-35 to I-44, I-44 to I-70 in St. Louis, I-70 to I-79 in Washington,
PA, and then I-79 to Morgantown. There are two alternate routes that differ
by about 40 miles and 40 minutes.
http://goo.gl/maps/UrqSh
The major landmarks include the St. Louis Arch, the Mississippi River,
the Indianapolis Speedway, the Indiana State Capitol, the US Air Force
Museum in Dayton, Ohio, the Ohio River, and the Allegheny Mountains.
The one-way distance using the shortest route recommended by Google
Maps is 1,135 miles. 1135/25 mpg = 45.4 gallons of fuel to get to
Morgantown. 45.4 gallons x $3.00 per gallon is $136.20 for the one-way
trip, and $272.40 for the round trip.
Trivia Answer:
The 2008 Fiesta Bowl was played on January 2, 2008, between WVU,
the Big East Conference champion, and Big 12 Conference winner OU. Surprising most pre-game predictions, Mountaineers defeated the Sooner
by a score of 48-28.
http://www.fiestabowl.org/fiesta-bowl/fiesta-bowl-game-history/gameresults-recaps/2008-fiesta-bowl.php
WEEK 5: September 22-September 28
ANSWERS:
1. Born a slave in southeastern Missouri, George Washington Carver went to
Iowa first to study art and music at Simpson College, but a teacher suggested
that he transfer to Iowa State because of his interest and abilities in botany.
Carver devised over 100 products, such as dyes, plastics, and gasoline,
from the peanut. These new uses for the peanut gave many former slaves
an important cash crop that they could grow on land that they had rented,
sharecropped, or homesteaded.
http://www.add.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/exhibits/150/template/test.html
http://www.biography.com/people/george-washington-carver-9240299
2. SMU was actually founded in 1911, but didn’t open its doors to students until
1915, 100 years ago next year. George W. Bush chose SMU to host his
presidential library and museum which opened on April 25, 2013. A humid
subtropical climate generally has hot, humid summers and generally mild winters.
http://www.smu.edu/AboutSMU
http://www.city-data.com/us-cities/The-South/Dallas-Geography-and-Climate.html
3. All of Oklahoma is in the Central Time Zone, and we will be observing Daylight
Saving Time in September. California is located in the Pacific Time Zone which
is two hours earlier than Central, so fans there will need to tune in at 4:30 p.m.
New York is in the Eastern Time Zone which is an hour later than Central, so
it will be 7:30 p.m. there when the game starts. It’s a little trickier for Hawaii,
however, since they don’t observe Daylight Saving Time at all. There is a four
(4) hour time difference, so Hawaiians can start listening to the game at 2:30
p.m., Hawaii Standard Time.
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-usa12.php
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/2014.html
4. The epicenter is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the true center
of an earthquake.
The Richter scale, developed by Charles F. Richter in 1935, is an ordered
series of numbers (1-10) used to indicate the amount of energy released
during an earthquake. The Richter scale is now considered outdated. Scientists now use the moment-magnitude scale, although you will still hear
Richter scale used by reporters.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/events/1867_04_24.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1867_Manhattan,_Kansas_earthquake
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/glossary/?ar_
a=1&term=richter+scale
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/glossary/?term=Richter%20scale
5. Baylor University was chartered in 1845. Texas had once been part of New
Spain and later of Mexico, but broke away from Mexico in 1836, declaring itself
the Republic of Texas, an independent nation. Eventually, Congress agreed to
admit Texas as the 28th state on December 29, 1845.
http://www.baylor.edu/about/index.php?id=88791
http://www.50states.com/statehood.htm#.U8DQOLH_ITA
Overtime Answer:
DNA, the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, is the material that carries all the
information about how a living thing will look and function as it grows and matures. https://www.ameslab.gov/about
https://www.ameslab.gov/files/FactSheet_AmesLabBreakthroughs_0.pdf http://kids.britannica.com/elementary/article-390730/DNA
http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/apr/25/dna-double-helix-jellybabies-liquorice
Trivia Answers:
Paul “Buddy” Burris – 1946, 1947, and 1948; Muskogee High School, Muskogee, OK Rod Shoate – 1972, 1973, and 1974; Spiro High School, Spiro, OK
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Oklahoma_Sooners_football_All-Americans
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_
ID=31000&ATCLID=208798539
http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/x2128979423/Former-football-star-dies
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-football-rod-shoates-college-football-hall-of-fameelection-a-blessing-for-his-family/article/3807403
WEEK 6: September 29-October 5
ANSWERS:
1. This site has a great deal of data; you will need to scroll down nearly halfway
on each page to find information about “tornado activity.” Stillwater is at a
higher risk for tornadoes. Ames-area historical tornado activity is 224% greater
than the overall U.S. average. Stillwater-area historical tornado activity is 360%
greater than the overall U.S. average.
http://www.city-data.com/city/Ames-Iowa.html
http://www.city-data.com/city/Stillwater-Oklahoma.html
2. Fort Worth, Texas, had an area called “Hell’s Half Acre.” The University of
Oklahoma and Texas Christian University are playing there this weekend. “Only those looking for trouble or excitement ventured into the Acre. Moreover,
the usual activities of the Acre, which included brawling, gambling, cockfighting,
and horse racing, were not confined to indoors but spilled out into the streets
and back alleys.”
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hph01
3. Austin is farthest, approximately 375 miles from Norman, but the road is
four-lane interstate highway all the way. Lubbock is about 340 miles from
Norman, but it takes the longest time (approximately 5 ½ hours) to get there,
because less than half the drive will be on four-lane interstate highways. Both
Ft. Worth (about 185 miles) and Waco (about 270 miles) are closer to Norman. (Mapquest, Google Maps, or a similar online map will provide this information,
as will a printed highway atlas.)
5. The team is the West Virginia University Mountaineers. Senator Willey “drew
laughter when he stated that some of his constituents found it difficult to spell”
Kanawha.
http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statehood10.html
http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statehood11.html
http://www.wvculture.org/history/statehood/statename.html
Overtime Answer:
Bears: Baylor Bears (Waco, Texas)
Black bears: endangered
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department lists the following means of protecting the
Texas black bear population: enforcing laws that prohibit bear hunting, monitoring
bear sightings and deaths, dealing with bear problems in ways that avoided killing
the bear, and researching bear diet, ecology, and habitat, in order to determine
how to best protect black bears in Texas and how to best manage black bear
populations. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/land/habitats/trans_pecos/nongame/
blackbear/
Wildcats: Kansas State Wildcats (Manhattan, Kansas)
Bobcats: not endangered or threatened; hunting allowed with permit
http://kdwpt.state.ks.us/news/Hunting/When-to-Hunt/Furbearers
4. Ames, Iowa, is the only university town of the Big 12 that is not a county seat. County seats are the administrative centers of counties (subdivisions of states). The parts of county government that are often most familiar to people are the
judicial system (including sheriff’s department and courthouse) and maintaining
roads and bridges.
Horned Frogs: Texas Christian University Horned Frogs (Ft. Worth, Texas)
Horned Lizards: Threatened
The horned lizard was listed as a threatened species in Texas in 1977. This
status protected the reptiles from over-collection as pets. The species continues
to be threatened by habitat destruction. In 1990 the Horned Lizard Conservation
Society was founded in Austin to help promote the protection of the horned lizard.
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/tdhyk
http://www.hornedlizards.org/
http://www.naco.org/Counties/countiesdo/Documents1/CountiesMatter_brochure.pdf
Trivia Answer:
Additional information is available on a brochure of the National Association of Counties:
The first state to organize counties within its territory was Virginia.
http://naco.org/Counties/learn/Pages/HistoryofCountyGovernmentPartI.aspx
OU athletics teams were called “Rough Riders” or “Boomers” for 10 years before
the current Sooner nickname emerged in 1908. http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=208806115
WEEK 7: October 6-October 12
ANSWERS:
1. Toledo, Ohio, is quite close to Lake Erie, the next to smallest of the five Great
Lakes, with 9,910 square miles of surface area.
http://goo.gl/maps/4TmX3
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pr/ourlakes/lakes.html
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/blackbear/
5. With about 6.8 million people, the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex contains nearly
three million more people than the entire state of Oklahoma, which has an
estimated 2013 population of 3,850,568.
http://www.ntc-dfw.org/northtexas/poplargestmetro.html
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40000.html
2. Playas are among the flattest geographical features in the world. They are
basically dry lake beds in desert basins that are sometimes temporarily
covered with water. The Spanish word “playa” means “beach” in English.
Overtime Answer:
http://geology.about.com/od/structureslandforms/a/aboutplayas.htm
http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/government/lubbock-county
http://lubbockonline.com/stories/082506/loc_082506048.shtml
Trivia Answer:
3. The line of latitude that separates Kansas from Oklahoma is 37 degrees
north. If you use an Oklahoma highway map or any good highway atlas, you
can calculate the length of the border based on the scale of the map. On an
official Oklahoma road map, “one inch equals approximately 16 miles,” and the
Kansas-Oklahoma border is about 29.25 inches long: 16 x 29.25 = 468 miles
approximately. http://www.okatlas.org/okatlas/location/lat-long.htm
http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/states/kansas/lat-long.html
4. The mountains of far west Texas are about the only areas still “wild” enough
for black bears to live freely, although they have been seen in the Texas Hill
Country and near Austin. At least two subspecies of black bear have been
found in Texas: the Mexican Black Bear (Ursus americanus eremicus) and
the New Mexico Black Bear (subspecies U. a. amblyceps). Both are found
in desert scrub or woodland habitats within scattered mountain ranges,
predominantly the Chisos Mountains and the Guadalupe Mountains.
The Red River serves as much of the border between southern Oklahoma
and Texas, and northeastern Kansas is separated from Missouri in part by the
Missouri River.
Austin, Texas -- University of Texas
Waco, Texas -- Baylor University
Ft. Worth, Texas -- Texas Christian University
Norman, Oklahoma -- University of Oklahoma
Although it comes close to Ames, Iowa, home to Iowa State University, and
Stillwater, Oklahoma, where Oklahoma State University is located, Interstate 35
does not actually “pass through” either city.
http://goo.gl/maps/meoT9
WEEK 8: October 13-October 19
ANSWERS:
1. You can find Manhattan, Kansas, home of Kansas State University, at
39.2N 96.58W, and Manhattan, one of the five boroughs of New York City,
New York, at 40.8N 73.95W. New York City is sometimes known as “The
Big Apple”.
http://goo.gl/maps/ENWnu
http://goo.gl/maps/3CVZD
http://mentalfloss.com/article/31841/why-new-york-city-called-big-apple
2. The teams are known as the Baylor Bears, and their two “representatives”
are named Joy and Lady.
http://www.baylorbears.com/trads/bay-bearname-mascot.html
3. Texas Tech University, located in Lubbock, is near the “heart” of the
Llano Estacado. The Caprock Escarpment, as the Llano Estacado is also
known, rises about 300 feet above the desert floor around Lubbock.
http://www.llanoestacado.org/resources/LlanoEstacado_small.jpg
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/C/CO062.html
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ryl02
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rxc01
https://mysite.du.edu/~jcalvert/geol/llano.htm
4. West Virginia University in Morgantown is located less than 550 miles
from the New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, and Baltimore metropolitan areas.
http://www.morgantownwv.gov/about/location/
http://about.wvu.edu/history
5. Des Moines, with an estimated population of 203,433 (2010), is Iowa’s
state capital and largest city, and is nearly three and half times larger than
Ames. Ames’s population, according to the 2010 census, was 58,965.
http://www.homeworkspot.com/ask/statecapitals.htm
http://www.togetherweteach.com/TWTIC/uscityinfo/15ia/iapopr/15iapr.htm
http://web.iastate.edu/about/ames.php
Overtime Answer:
Steve Doocy was named the “Distinguished Kansan of the Year” for 2014
and is a graduate of the University of Kansas. Doocy, Jim Lehrer, and Bill
Kurtis are all television journalists.
http://cjonline.com/news/2014-01-23/fox-friends-co-host-nameddistinguished-kansan-year
http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/native-sons-and-daughters-ofkansas/17627
http://www.ksnativesonsanddaughters.org/prevdistkansans.php
Trivia Answers:
The traditional American folk-tune to which “The Eyes of Texas” is sung is
“I’ve Been Working on the Railroad”. The first school song written by Sinclair
and Johnson was named “Jolly Students of the Varsity”, but it lasted only a
year when it was replaced by the current alma mater.
http://www.texasexes.org/uthistory/audio.aspx?audio=songsut
http://www.texasexes.org/uthistory/traditions.aspx?tradition=eyesoftexas
http://texassports.com/sports/2013/7/28/traditions_0728131333.
aspx?id=267
http://www.utexas.edu/know/2013/10/07/the-truth-about-bevo-and-9more-ut-facts/
WEEK 9: October 20-October 26
ANSWERS:
1.Driving from Morgantown to Stillwater, West Virginia fans will probably
travel mostly on I-70 and I-44, although there is about a 40 miles segment
on I-79 from Morgantown to get to I-70. The major rivers they will cross en
route include the Ohio, the Wabash, the Mississippi, the Neosho, and the
Arkansas Rivers.
http://goo.gl/maps/LSHdh
http://img.4plebs.org/boards/tg/image/1397/67/1397670494343.jpg
2.The 2010 population totals of the three states are:
Kansas: (2,853,118) 2,900,000
Oklahoma: (3,751,351) 3,800,000
Texas: (25,145,561) 25,100,000
Texas ranks second in population after California. Following Texas are New
York, Florida, and Illinois.
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/20000.html
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/40000.html
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/48000.html
http://www.census.gov/2010census/popmap/
3.Millions of Texas longhorn cattle were driven from Texas to Kansas
through what was then Indian Territory. The longhorns were immune to
Texas fever, but sometimes were carriers of the disease and passed it on
to other cattle in Kansas.
http://fortworthtexas.gov/government/info/default.aspx?id=3252
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/awt01
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/atl02
4.The term “Unassigned Lands” was commonly used in the 1880s when
people referred to the last parcel of land in the Indian Territory that had
not been “assigned” to any of the Native American Indian tribes that had
been removed to the future state of Oklahoma. After the land run, farmers
began to grow many different crops, but the major and most valuable
cash crop was cotton.
http://www.villageprofile.com/oklahoma/stillwater/01/topic.html
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/U/UN001.html
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/S/ST037.html
5.Kansas State has campuses in Salina and Olathe in addition to
Manhattan, Kansas. Oklahoma State also has campuses in Oklahoma
City (OSU-OKC), Okmulgee (Institute of Technology), Pryor (MidAmerica
Industrial Park), and Tulsa (OSU Center for Health Sciences and OSUTulsa).
http://www.k-state.edu/about/
http://www.osuokc.edu/home/
http://go.osuit.edu/
http://www.healthsciences.okstate.edu/index.php
http://www.osu-tulsa.okstate.edu/
Overtime Answer:
The Salt Fork of the Arkansas River is a tributary (empties its waters into) of
the Arkansas River and flows generally east, while the Arkansas River flows
generally southeast. http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/statemap/
http://geology.com/lakes-rivers-water/oklahoma.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Fork_Arkansas_River
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas_River
http://goo.gl/maps/S8XWT
Trivia Answer:
Bob Stoops, 1999-2013, 160-39 Barry Switzer, 1973-1988, 157-29-4 Bud Wilkinson, 1947-1963, 145-29-4
Bennie Owen, 1905-1926, 122-54-16
http://soonerstats.com/football/coaches/ou/index.cfm#.U8Fth7H_ITA
WEEK 10: October 27-November 2
ANSWERS:
1.The county in which Stillwater is located was named for David L. Payne,
whom some called the “Father of Oklahoma.” He illegally led several
groups of “Boomers” into the Unassigned Lands. Boomers were would-be
settlers who believed these lands not assigned to Native American Indian
tribes were public property and open to settlement by anyone. Payne was
arrested several times by federal troops responsible for maintaining law
and order in the territory. He died less than five years before his dream
of opening the Unassigned Lands to non-Indian settlement came true on
April 22, 1889.
http://www.okgenweb.org/~okpayne/
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/P/PA028.html
2.The Unassigned Lands were created when the Creek and Seminoles
Nations were forced to sell their lands back to the U.S. government.
This was seen as “punishment” for both tribes because they had signed
treaties with the Confederacy during the Civil War. The Unassigned Lands
covered 1,887,796.47 acres, or approximately 2,950 square miles.
http://www.nps.gov/bibe/planyourvisit/upload/BIBEmap3.pdf
4.The Big 12 schools located between 30° and 34° north latitude are Texas
Tech in Lubbock, Texas Christian in Ft. Worth, Baylor in Waco, and Texas
at Austin. Because it is located the farthest north at 33.585 N 101.88 W,
Texas Tech receives less direct sunlight annually than the other three
colleges.
http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/states/texas/lat-long.html
http://binged.it/1n4A8Lu
http://goo.gl/maps/4M43w
5.Although he was born in Texas, Dwight David Eisenhower grew up in
Kansas; he served two terms as U.S. president from 1953 until 1961. He
entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1911, and
was supreme allied commander in the European Theater of Operations
during World War II, rising to the rank of five-star General of the Army.
“Ike” served in the U.S. Army until his retirement in 1948 to become the
president of Columbia University.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/dwightdeisenhower
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/R/RE001.html
http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/all_about_ike/army_years.html
http://www.okatlas.org/okatlas/geopolitical/state-1850.htm
Overtime Answer:
Answers will vary.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/U/UN001.html
http://www.okatlas.org/okatlas/geopolitical/state-1866.htm
3.Big Bend National Park is sometimes called a “geologist’s paradise”
because of the sparse vegetation of the region, which allows the various
strata to be easily observed and studied. It is also due to the complex
geologic history of the area, presenting a challenge to students and
researchers from all over the world. The Rio Grande (“Great River” in
English) forms the southern boundary of the park and as the border
between the U.S. and Mexico.
http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/geology.htm
http://www.nps.gov/bibe/planyourvisit/river-trips.htm
Trivia Answer:
Oklahoma won its first national football championship in 1950 led by Coach
Charles “Bud” Wilkinson, the first of three his teams would win. That year
OU played in the Sugar Bowl against the University of Kentucky where the
Wildcats outscored the Sooners 13-7. Kentucky was then coached by Paul
“Bear” Bryant.
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_
ID=31000&ATCLID=208798540
WEEK 11: November 3-November 9
ANSWERS:
1.In wheat production, Kansas ranks first among the U.S. states, Oklahoma
is fourth, and Texas is ninth. Iowa is first in the nation in producing corn.
http://www.statista.com/statistics/190376/top-us-states-in-wheatproduction/
http://www.iowacorn.org/en/corn_use_education/faq/
2.Near the campus of Baylor University is the Waco Mammoth Site, and
the OU campus is host to the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History.
The fossilized tooth from a theropod, a large, meat-eating dinosaur, was
discovered by Dr. Mark Micozzi at an excavation site in Cimarron County
in the Oklahoma Panhandle near Kenton.
http://www.waco-texas.com/cms-waco-mammoth/
http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/
https://www.ecok.edu/article/ecu%E2%80%99s-dr-mark-micozzi-makesexciting-find-first-paleontological-experience
http://www.universityherald.com/articles/3879/20130715/ecu-professordiscovers-dinosaur-tooth-fossil-oklahoma-panhandle.htm
3.Texas Christian University began as AddRan Male and Female College
in 1873 and has been affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples
of Christ) since 1889. Baylor University was founded in 1845 and is
associated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Southern
Baptist).
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbb05
http://www.universityparent.com/texas-christian-university/articles/mapscontact-info/tcu-history/
4.Austin, besides being the location of the Texas State Capitol, is home to
the University of Texas. Weird enough?
http://www.keepaustinweird.com/home.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/08/us/austin-journal-a-slogan-battlekeeps-austin-weird.html
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2011/06/27/city-comes-togetherto-‘keep-austin-weird’
http://www.austintexas.org/visit/music-scene/
http://sxsw.com/
5.Sometimes called the “greatest real estate deal in history,” the U.S. paid
$15 million to France for the Louisiana Purchase, an area of more than
825,000 square miles that doubled the size of the U.S. Both the Kansas
vs. Iowa State (at Lawrence) and the Oklahoma vs. Baylor games (at
Norman) will be played on football fields located in the original territory of
the Louisiana Purchase.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Louisiana.html
http://www.history.com/topics/louisiana-purchase
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/us_terr_1810.jpg
Overtime Answer:
Answers will vary.
Trivia Answer:
The six Burris brothers (who also had five sisters!) were from Muskogee:
Paul “Buddy”, Kurt Bob, Lynn, Lyle, and Don. Eufaula claims the Selmon
brothers: Lucious, Dewey, and Lee Roy.
http://www.normantranscript.com/obituaries/x519001531/Paul-BuddyBurris/print
http://www.footballfoundation.org/Programs/CollegeFootballHallofFame/
SearchDetail.aspx?id=50111
http://newsok.com/collected-wisdom-of-former-oklahoma-football-playerbob-burris/article/3514402
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/s/se009.html
WEEK 12: November 10-November 16
ANSWERS:
1.The Rio Grande is the international boundary between Texas and Mexico,
while the Red River serves as the longest border between Texas and
Oklahoma. About half the length of the Sabine River separates Texas
from Louisiana.
Rio Grande: 1,900 miles long
Red River: 1,290 miles long
Sabine River: 578 miles long
http://www.mapsofworld.com/usa/states/texas/
http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/386_flows_of_largest_u_s_rivers.html
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/515079/Sabine-River
2.A Texas rancher selling cattle at the end of the trail in Kansas could
make $120,000 on a herd of 3,000 cattle, selling at $40.00 a head, or
$108,000 more than if he sold them in Texas. Of course, he would have
to subtract from this total the pay for his trail boss ($100 a month), cook
($60 a month), and eight to ten wranglers and drovers ($30 a month). The
average cattle drive took about two months, but even after expenses, the
owner of the herd could expect to profit close to $100,000.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/c/ch045.html
http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/agriculture/cattle-drives-startedearnest-after-civil-war
http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.tra.007.xml
3.Waco, Texas, is the site of the 475-foot long suspension bridge over
the Brazos River, which was opened to traffic in 1870 close to where
thousands of cattle had to ford the river before the bridge was built. This
bridge was a prototype for the famous Brooklyn Bridge completed in
1883. A prototype is a model or early example that is used as a model for
what comes later.
http://www.texasescapes.com/They-Shoe-Horses-Dont-They/ChisholmTrail-Fording-the-Brazos-at-Kimball-Bend-Texas.htm
https://myrahmcilvain.wordpress.com/tag/brazos-river/
4.T. Boone Pickens, founder of one of the largest independent natural
gas and oil production companies in the U.S., was born May 22, 1928,
in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He earned a degree in geology from OSU
in 1951, and has donated more than $500 million to his alma mater,
including at least $265 million to OSU athletic programs.
http://www.boonepickens.com/index.php/253-2/
http://www.boonepickens.com/index.php/giving-back/
5.The Hugoton field, named after the town of Hugoton, Kansas (which in
turn was named for the French author Victor Hugo) lies below a surface
area of nearly 8500 square miles in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.
http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/explorer/column/articleid/2692/
hugoton’s-rich-history - prettyphoto_2844/0/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugoton_Gas_Field - mediaviewer/
File:Panhandle_Field_1.jpg
Overtime Answer:
An estimated 2.5 million people left their farms and homes in the area
affected by the Dust Bowl, moving to surrounding states or going on to
California. Black Sunday was April 14, 1935, a warm, sunny day that turned
darker as a 40-mile-per-hour wind blew a huge wall of sand, dust, and
drought-ravaged topsoil that had no crops to hold it in place across parts
of at least six states. Woody Guthrie was born in Okemah, Oklahoma, and
wrote a song entitled “Dust Storm Disaster” about Black Sunday, along with
many other songs about the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.
http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl
http://youtu.be/Vc0FzJdxK1o
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/?n=events-19350414
http://climate.ok.gov/index.php/site/page/news/black_sunday_remembered
http://www.weru.ksu.edu/new_weru/multimedia/dustbowl/dustbowlpics.html
Trivia Answer:
The first game of the OU-OSU Bedlam Series was played at Island Park,
now known as Mineral Wells Park, in Guthrie. OU defeated Oklahoma A&M
by a score of 75-0.
http://www.mmbolding.com/Bedlam/Bedlam1904.htm
http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/sooner/articles/p22_1957v30n2_OCR.pdf
WEEK 13: November 17-November 23
ANSWERS:
http://goo.gl/maps/oSdz0
1.There should be about 15° of longitude in each time zone. Do the
math: divide 360° (the earth’s circumference at the equator) by 24.
However, check out world time zones at http://www.worldtimezone.
com/ and notice how different the lines are (because of political
boundaries) in some places.
5.Lawrence, Kansas, is home to both the University of Kansas and Haskell
Indian Nations University. The American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame is
located on the campus of Haskell.
2.By international agreement in 1884, the prime meridian passes from
the North Pole to the South Pole through the Royal Observatory
in Greenwich, England, in the United Kingdom. Therefore, the
Greenwich Meridian became the prime meridian from which all
longitudes are measured. Both Oklahoma and Texas are in the
Central or UTC-6 Time Zone.
http://www.haskell.edu/about.html
http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/primemeridian/?ar_a=1
http://www.worldtimezone.com/
http://www.timetemperature.com/tzus/time_zone.shtml
http://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/
3.The Big 12 university city closest to these coordinates is Ames, Iowa,
where the Texas Tech-Iowa State game will be played.
http://www.latlong.net/Show-Latitude-Longitude.html
http://www.usclimatedata.com/map.php?location=USIA0026
4.Using a road atlas or Google Maps or any other online mapping site,
you can determine that the Kansas State Wildcats must travel nearly
1000 miles (981 miles using Google Maps) to play the West Virginia
Mountaineers. The Kansas Jayhawks will drive less than 350 miles (334
miles using Google Maps) to take on the Oklahoma Sooners.
http://goo.gl/maps/BY9TM
http://americanindianathletichalloffame.com/history.php
Overtime Answer:
Texas -- Guadalupe Peak -- 8,749 feet above sea level
Oklahoma -- Black Mesa -- 4,973 feet above sea level
West Virginia -- Spruce Knob -- 4,861 feet above sea level
Kansas -- Mount Sunflower -- 4,038 feet above sea level
Iowa -- Hawkeye Point -- 1,670 feet above sea level
http://www.peakbagger.com/list.aspx?lid=12004
Trivia Answer:
The Sooner squad has players representing 19 states. Josiah St. John is
from Toronto, Canada, and Tony Feo is from Pago Pago, American Samoa.
https://oklahoma.rivals.com/croster.asp
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_
ID=31000&ATCLID=208862884
http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_
ID=31000&ATCLID=208865160
WEEK 14: November 24-November 30
ANSWERS:
1.The Colorado River is about 600 miles long from its headwaters in
Dawton County, Texas, to its mouth on Matagorda Bay in the Gulf
of Mexico. Lake Lyndon B. Johnson was named for the 36th U.S.
president.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_
t3200_1047/15_c_tx_colorado.phtml
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rnc10
2.The Kansas River is formed by the confluence of the Republican
River and the Smoky Hill River at Junction City, Kansas.
http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/KR/kr_geol.html
3.Texas Tech and Baylor will play in Arlington, Texas, at the former
Dallas Cowboys Stadium. The statue on the Texas Tech campus is of
Will Rogers mounted on his horse Soapsuds.
http://www.big12sports.com/SportSelect.
dbml?SPSID=106580&SPID=13139
http://www.ticketnetwork.com/tix/texas-tech-red-raiders-vs-baylor-bearsfootball-11-29-2014-tickets-2240768.aspx
http://www.ttu.edu/traditions/rogers.php
4.Students at West Virginia University in Morgantown have easy
access to Mon River-Caperton-Deckers Creek Rail-Trails system.
Bicycling, walking, running, and skating are all permitted uses on
the trail. Fishing and boating access are also provided along the trail
corridor. Winter activities include snowshoeing and cross-country
skiing. Trail users can see abandoned coke-ovens of the oncethriving coal mining industry in the area.
http://www.montrails.org/
http://www.americantrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails/trailNRT/MonRiverWV.html
5.The first reservoir on the Arkansas River after it enters Oklahoma
is Kaw Lake. Keystone Lake is created by the dam downstream
from where the Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers flow together.
The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System connects
Oklahoma with the Mississippi River and ultimately with the Gulf of
Mexico to ship products around the world.
https://goo.gl/maps/zjw9g
http://www.aopoa.net/history/factsheet.pdf
Overtime Answer:
Keystone Lake was named for the town of Keystone which was
abandoned and flooded along with the town of Appalachia. Beginning
in the late 1950s, the towns of Mannford (pop. 2000+) and Prue
(pop. 400+) started the process of relocating to avoid rising waters
of Keystone Lake, and remain thriving communities today. Thomas
Nuttall, Washington Irving, John Joseph Latrobe, and Nathaniel Boone
(son of Daniel) all explored and wrote in the 19th Century about the
area around what is today Keystone Lake.
http://www.keystoneok.com/lake_info.htm
Trivia Answer:
The Neosho (Grand), Verdigris, and Arkansas Rivers make up the
Three Forks Area. Before European American settlement, this region
was important to several tribal nations, including the Caddo, Osage,
and Wichita, for the many resources this area provided: fur-bearing
animals, salt deposits, fish, and navigable waterways. Archeological
evidence links Native American Indian settlement in the region to 5,000
B.C.E. In the late 18th century, European Americans began settling
the region to develop a fur-trade industry, entering into an era of
encroachment on and the taking of native lands and resources. Today,
the Three Forks Area contributes to Oklahoma’s economy by providing
access to tourism and recreation activities and to the McClellan-Kerr
Arkansas River Navigation System.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/T/TH019.html
WEEK 15: December 1-December 7
ANSWERS:
http://www.winsipedia.com/oklahoma/vs/oklahoma-state
http://okc.about.com/od/spectatorteamsports/i/bedlamseries.htm
1.Dr Pepper, the oldest major manufacturer of soft drink syrups in the
U.S., was created and sold beginning in 1885 in Waco, Texas, home
of Baylor University.
5.The Iowa state legislature officially accepted all the Morrill Act
provisions on September 11, 1862, thereby making Iowa State
Agricultural College (now Iowa State University) the first land grant
college following the adoption of the Morrill Act. Other land grant
universities in the Big 12 are Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and
West Virginia Universities.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~isu150/history/history.html
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/static-legacy/ngm/0206/feature6/
http://espnational.org/about-us/land-grant-universities.html
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/qlinks/partners/state_partners.html
http://www.baylor.edu/studentactivities/studentunion/index.php?id=75120
http://blogs.baylor.edu/texascollection/2013/08/27/baylors-finest-hour-drpepper-hour/
http://www.drpeppermuseum.com/News-Events/News/Baylor-University.aspx
2.The first mascot for Oklahoma A&M College, now Oklahoma State
University, was a tiger. For at least 35 years, “Pistol Pete” has been
a living symbol of OSU; the mascot was modeled after Frank Eaton,
who served as a deputy marshal under U.S. District Judge Isaac
Parker, the “hanging judge” in Fort Smith, whose jurisdiction included
all of Indian Territory.
http://www.okstate.com/trads/traditions.html
http://www.eatonhome.org/legend.html
3.The Konza Prairie, near Manhattan, Kansas, preserves more than
600 species of native plants. The similar area, the Tallgrass Prairie
Preserve, is located near Pawhuska, the county seat of Osage County.
http://kpbs.konza.ksu.edu/location.html
http://kpbs.konza.ksu.edu/
http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.7647
http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/
oklahoma/placesweprotect/tallgrass-prairie-preserve.xml
4.OU and OSU have faced one another on the gridiron 108 times.
The teams did not play a football game against each other in 1905
and 1909. The year 1929 saw the lowest scoring Bedlam game, a
0-0 tie in the era before ties were settled by an overtime period. The
highest scoring game was the 61-41 victory of the Sooners over the
Cowboys in 2008.
Overtime Answers:
Mikhail Gorbachev was the official leader of the former Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (now known as the Russian Federation or simply
Russia) in 1985-1991; Russia spans both Europe and Asia and is in
both the northern and eastern hemispheres. Vicente Fox Quesada was
president of Mexico (2000-2006); Mexico is in North America and in
both the northern and western hemispheres.
http://www.biography.com/people/mikhail-sergeyevichgorbachev-9315721 - general-secretary
http://www.biography.com/people/vicente-fox-40583 - synopsis
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/eu.htm
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/as.htm
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/na.htm
Trivia Answers:
Texas Christian University is located in Fort Worth, Texas.
http://tcu.edu/93.asp
http://tcu.edu/116.asp
http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_
ID=10410&ATCLID=205499646