For Quizzers

The recent (2007) release of a preliminary glance at the new, official U.S. immigration quiz prompts one to remember that the Texas State Historical Association’s web site includes a list of online quizzes at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/quiz/archive.html. The quizzes, usually 10 questions each, are prepared in collaboration with the Handbook of Texas Online. The dates the quizzes were presented and the topics are below.March 2000 -- General Texas History Topics, July 2001 -- Texas Rivers Quiz, September 2001 -- Traveling Through Texas Towns, December 2001 -- Texas Sports History, March 2002 -- A Return to the "Texas History Movies", June 2002 -- Presidents and Governors, October 2002 -- Texas Greats, January 2003 -- The Great Texas Quiz, Part II, March 2003 -- A Quick Pass Through El Paso History, November 2003 -- Texas Colleges and Universities, December 2004 -- World War II, February 2005 -- The History of Fort Worth, July 2005 -- Texas and the Civil War, November 2005 -- Indians of Texas, March 2006 -- The History of Austin

Stuart Tiller - Baytown Prize Winner

YOUNG TEXAN TILLER TAKES NATIONAL PRIZE

Stuart Tiller of Baytown’s Gentry Junior High School won second place in Maryland at the 27th National History Day Contest. Almost five dozen other Texas youngsters had advanced to the nationals, and some took prizes. Tiller’s exhibit, “And We Fought for Texas: Few Stand Against Many,” consisted of three panels – the defenders, the battle, a chronology, and the strategic effects on broader history. The annual contest is a challenging affair with several months of local and state competitions and revisions. While the present Editor worked in the Texas Room at the Houston Public Library, one of the special rewards was seeing a youngster, coming back in to revise their work, so they could advance to the next level of competition. http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/2006winnersbystate.htm#TX, http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/education/thd/index.html, http://www.gccisd.net/gentry/index.htm