SOME PEOPLE ARE REAL Dallasites. Others just live here. What about you ? How long should you live here before becoming one? Do you earn the title, or is it handed to you by birthright or address? Should you know anything about the city or just exist here?
Is West Coast TV producer Aaron Spelling still a Dallasite because he was born here? Is Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman a Dallasite despite the fact that he lives in Irving? Are you a Dallasite even if you live in Severe North Dallas and have never set foot inside LBJ? To answer all of these questions, we’ve put together a test to see who qualifies as a true Dallasite. Looking back over the past two decades or so of Dallas history, we’ve used some commonplace facts as well as some extraordinary questions to test your skills. Take the quiz, give yourself two points per correct answer, and let’s see how well you know your city. At the end, you’ll find a ratings chart to grade your knowledge-or lack of it-all in the spirit of good fun. Now you can see where you stand. Good luck!
1. Which Dallasite invented the “frozen mar ganta”?
a. Billy Boh Harris
b. Raul Estrada
c. Bette Graham
d. Mariano Martinez
2. Where is the only place in the world to find a Texas delicacy know as “donkey tails”?
a. Tothert’s Chili Parlor
b. Million Dollar Saloon
c. Ranchman’s Cafe in Ponder
d. Kathleen’s Art Cafe
3. What is Vanilla Ice’s real name?
a. Vanilla Stephenson
b. Robbie VanWinkle
c. Tim Legler
d. Willis Alan Ramsey
4. Which Dallas high school is the only one in America to produce two Heisman Trophy winners?
a. Hockaday
b. Woodrow Wilson
c. Highland Park
d. Carter
5. Joe Bob Briggs is actually a mild-man’ nered Dallas writer named:
a. Jane Wolfe
b. Marshall Terry
c. John Bloom
d. Steve Blow
6. When Boz Scaggs and Steve Miller attended St. Mark’s together, what was the name of their band?
a. The Twilights
b. The Nitecaps
c. Hie Marksmen
d. The Coconuts
7. Why has a Dallas man named David Joyner become more famous than another Joyner, the Dallas-based radio personality whose first name is Tom?
a. Tom is no longer flying to Chicago every day and is past news.
b. He changed his name to Jody Dean and now has a show un KRLD.
c. He was just drafted in the first round by the Dallas Mavericks.
d. David Joyner is the man in the Barney the Dinosaur outfit.
8. What was the original name of Hoop-It-Up when it was created as a D magazine promotion in Dallas?
a. Murphy!s Fully
b. DSlamm a Jamma
c. Hoop-D-Do
d. Brick-It-Up
9. What is Lamar Hunt credited for naming?
a. Ftiddrucker’s
b. Reunion Arena
c. Super Bowl
d. Ford Mustang
10. What is the name of Mr. Pepper mint’s son’s hand?
a. Bun Hole Surfers
b. Gibbey Haynes and Dawn
c. The Wiggly Worms
d. Brave Combo
11. What does the W.A. stand for in the name of the First Baptist Church’s legendary W.A. Criswell?
a. Woody Allen
b. Wick Allison
c. West Austin
d. Wally Amos
12. What is the signifi cance of “10, 2 and 4”?
a. The new city council redistricting proposal
b. The time to drink Dr Pepper
c. What the Duncanville girls’ basketball team would finish in state if it were split into three teams
d. Mickey Spagnola’s “Ranch Reports” live from Valley Ranch on “The Ticket”
13. How did Dr. James Beckett make his sizable fortune?
a. Marrying into the Hunt family (years ago)
b. Cosmetic surgery in Plane
c. Valuing sports trading cards
d. Testifying as an expert witness on behalf of former S&L executives
14. Willard Watson is bet ter known as:
a. Pro golfer Tom Watson
b. The Texas Kid
c. Crazy Ray
d. Joe Greed
15. Who dug the huge 90-foot hole at the corner of Lemmon and Cole for an indoor country club?
a. Larry Lassiter
b. Trammell S. Crow
c. Robert Dedman
d. Lois Adair
16. What Dallas sportswriter was cru cified in 1993 by Cowboy fans when he went against the grain and was first to report that Jerry Jones and Jimmy Johnson did not get along?
a. Blackie Sherrod
b. Skip Bayless
c. Frank Luksa
d. David Casstevens
17. Marvin Lee Aday is better known as:
a. Lee Marvin
b. Tatu
c. Jac Alder
d. Meatloaf
18. Which of the following Von Erich boys is still alive today?
a. Kevin
b. Kerry
c. David
d. Mike
19. Who holds the scoring record for the Dr Pepper high school basketball tournament in Dallas?
a. Spud Webb
b. Ricky Pierce
c. Don Meredith
d. Larry Johnson
20. Who started the Prufrock restau rant chain (Black-Eyed Pea, Dixie House, etc)?
a. Harvey Martin
b. Phil Cobb
c. Gene Street
d. Shannon Wynne
21. What Dallas Cowboy was known as “the world’s fastest human”?
a. Nate Newton
b. Lance Rentzel
c. Hollywood Henderson
d. Boh Hayes
22. How did Turtle Creek get its name?
a. Turtles in the creek
b. Col. Henry Exall wanted to name the creek after his housing development.
c. The Caddo Indians thought the water ran slow, like a turtle.
d. The owners of The Mansion thought it sounded good after their name.
23. Name the NFL teams that have called the Cotton Bowl home;
a. Dallas Cowboys
b. Houston Oilers
c. Kansas City Chiefs
d. Indianapolis Colts
24. Campisi’s Egyptian restaurant is best known for:
a. Excellent Egyptian cuisine
b. Topless waitresses
c. Pizza
d. Its giant bouncer, Calvin
25. What is the name of Jim my Johnson’s boat in Florida?
a. The Minnow
b. Thanks, Jerry!
c. Texas Queen
d. Three Rings
TRUE OF FALSE
26. The Dixie Chicks are known for their song, “Oak Cliff Bra.”
27. Channel 8 once had a studio in a storefront in NorthPark, attracting passers-by to stop and watch television shows being taped.
28. Tevin Campbell is known nation wide as an heir to a soup fortune.
29. The Cuellar family founded El Chico.
30. Ownby Stadium on the SMU cam pus is known as “The House that Doak Built.”
31. The Bass brothers of Fort Worth make up the nation’s most famous professional wrestling famil.
32. The original editor of D magazine was Jim Atkinso.
33. Bette Graham of Dallas invented Liquid Pape.
34. Bette Graham’s son is Stephen Still.
35. Charlotte Ragsdale (not to he confused with Charlotte Mayes) is Diane Ragsdale’s siste.
36. The original 7-Eleven store is still standing in Oak Clif.
37. Blockbuster Video originated in Dallas.
38. Mavericks owner Don Carter made his fortune when he sold his bowling alley chain.
39. When Neiman Marcus expanded beyond its downtown store, its second location was NorthPark.
40.> When Brad Davis got the call to play for the Mavericks, he was playing pro basketball in Alaska.
41. Chantai Westerman was once named “the Sexiest Woman in Dallas.”
42. Norman Brinker created Chili’s.
43. When the ambitious-but shortlived-sports tabloid, The National, had a Dallas presence, the lead sportswriter hired was Steve Pate.
44. Edie Brickell, fonnerly of the New Bohemians, surprised America by marrying singer Lyle Lovett.
45. A Dallasite named Kit Carson wrote The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
46. D magazine’s founding publisher, Wick Allison, later became publisher of Arts & Antiques and The National Review.
47. The Dallas Cowboy quarterback known as “The Mad Bomber” was Jerry Rhome.
48. Jerry Hall, the Mesquite model who married Mick J agger, once said that she bought a ranch in Texas “so that my children will know damn sure they’re half Texan.”
49. The two largest banks in Dallas, Republic and InterFirst, merged in an unsuccessful effort to surviv.
50. Bar owner Louie Canelakes and Dallas Cowboy Bill Bates have one thing in common-triplets.
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1. d: Mariano Martinez ushered in a huge national phenomenon when he used a Slurpee machine to mix margar-itas. At one point he had sold more tequila than any man in history.
2. a: Tolbert’s Chili Parlor. Donkey Tails, created by Frank X. Tolbert, are found at his one remaining namesake restaurant in downtown Dallas. A Donkey Tail can best be described as a Tex-Mex hot dog
3. b: Robbie Van Winkle. He claimed he grew up on the mean streets of Miami, but actually he grew up on the clean streets of Carroll ton. After his one-song mega-hit he bought a car for $400,000. Whatever happened to him anywa
4. b: Woodrow Wilson High School gave the world Davy O’Brien and Tim Brown. Fritz Von Erich and Sherwo Blount are also Woodrow alums, hut their awards were not Heisman.
5. c: John Bloom, At one point one of the most respected writers in this region, John Bloom created joe Bob in the pages of the Dallas Times Herald. Joe Bob became such a hit that Bloom “became” Briggs. He now makes a fortune as Joe Boh and no longer writes under his own nam
6. c: The Marksmen. And classma Tommy Lee Jones used to dance to their music.
7. d: When you are Barney, you are one of the biggest names in America–soon to he the world. He leaves Dallas and Chicago in his dust.
8. c: Hoop-D-Do (and the D stood for D magazine). D Publisher Terry Murphy later left his post to take the concept across the nation-which he has done quite successfully. Now he’s doing it in Europe. His wife, Linda, still runs the Dallas event, the largest participatory basketball event in the world.
9. c: Super Bowl. Lamar was trying to come up with a shorter name for the AFL-NFL championship game when he saw his daughter playing with a super-ball. True story.
10. a: Butt Hole Surfers. Gibbey Haynes is as successful as his father, jerry, but in a whole other market Dad is proud, gumdrops.
11. d: Wally Amos. They should name a cookie after him or something.(just kidding.) This man has meant a lot to the world’s largest Southern Baptist church over the past 50 years.
12. b: The time to drink Dr Pepper. This was marketed heavily before DP grew from a regional soft drink CO national power.
13. c: Valuing Sports trading cards. He has become the national gum in this very lucrative business and now quietly runs an empire than sells as many magazines each month as Sports Illustrated. His empire is located un the east side of the Dallas North Tollway in the building facing the north plaza.
14. b: The Texas Kid. A Dallas icon for years, this artist has a loyal following that most artists would envy. His best work of art is his pick-up truck.
15. a: Larry Lassiter. For a while people feared Lemmon Avenue would cave in because of the abandoned construction site. The hole is filled up now, thanks to taxpayers like you and me.
16. b: Skip Bayless. His book, The Boys, detailed the Jones-Johnson rift before anyone else acknowledged it. When the JJs’ blow-up took place, several sports-writers admitted that Bayless had indeed been right on target.
17. d: Meatloaf. If you don’t know who he is, don’t worry about it- But this hat outta hell starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Wayne’s World. He’s an unlikely star, but like Gibbey Haynes, he’s huge.
18. a: Kevin. This tragic family story-began in the ’50s, when the oldest son was accidentally electrocuted. Four other hoys have since died, three by suicide. Kevin, the only survivor, now lives in East Texa.
19. c: Don Meredith. As it turns out, Meredith was a dandy little basketball player for Mount Vernon High. His record of 50 points in a single game still stand.
20. b,c: Phil Cobb and Gene Street sold their restaurant chain and became millionaires. They are both now back in the business-Street with his Good Eats and Cobb with Natura. Theirs is one of the tew examples of how a restaurant business partnership in Dallas can endure and prasper.
21. d: Bob Hayes. The former world sprint champion played wide receiver tor the Cowboys. His made-for-TV touch down pass receptions electrified a genera tion of football tans-almost as much as Bubbles Cash did.
22. a: Turtles in the creek. (Just trying to see if you’re awake.)
23. a,c,d: Everyone knows the Cowboys played in the Cotton Bowl before Texas Stadium was built. Many people know that the Kansas City Chiefs used to be the Dallas Texans in the early ’60s. But hardly anyone remembers that the original 1952 Dallas Texans moved to Baltimore and became the Colt.
24. c: Pizza. Hungry Dallasites have been lined up Out the door for decades and still are. The combination of pizza and atmosphere really is that good.
25. d: Three Rings, One for his national championship as a player for Arkansas; one for his national championship as a coach at Miami; the third for his first Super Bowl win as a Cowboy coach.
26. False: Credit Edie Brickell with that song. “North Dallas Bra” would be more the Dixie Chicks’ style.
27. True: And Ron Chapman was the host of the afrernoon teeny-bopper show.
28. False: He’s a national singing sen sation who could someday be richer than the soup Campbells.
29. True: Mama’s Boys.
30. False: Doak ’’built” the Cotton Bowl.
31. False: If they wrestle, it’s over the control of a corporation or Biosphere.
32. True: He set the tone, then moved his tone over to Texas Monthly.
33. True: She was a secretary at the time.
34. False: Her son is former Monkee Michael Nesmith.
35. True: Charlotte has the African-American clothing store that keeps many of the local black political leaders in style.
36. False: The original store was torn down, but a new one was built on the site at 12th and Edgefield.
37. True: The people who started Blockbuster sold it and then started Amtech, the tolltag company.
38. False: He’s not the bowling alley man, but he’s been rolling some nice strikes in the Dallas real estate arena.
39. False: The first Neiman Marcus suburban expansion was Preston Center. Later that location moved to NorthPark.
40. True: Good thing he answered the phone. He has become a Dallas hero. Second trivia question: Who placed the call to Davis? Answer: Bob Weiss.
41. True: Chantai was named “Sexiest Woman in Dallas” by D magazine.
42. False: Brinker has made Chili’s one of the most successful restaurant chains in America. Larry Lavine created Chili’s, then sold it to Brinker.
43. True: Tins Paisano Fellowship winner is hack in Dallas writing again.
44. False: She didn’t marry Lyle Lovett of Julia Roberts fame. She married Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel fame. Edie is what she is.
45. True: Both have great names.
46. True: Allison was in his mid 20s when he and Jim Atkinson founded the magazine. His success after D proved it was no fluk.
47. False: We’re talkin’ Clint Longley here.
48. True: Jerry’s kids gather no moss on their Texas ranch.
49. True: Two dinosaurs took each other down. It’s incomprehensible that the banking industry could collapse like that, but it did, creating a new genera tion of humilit.
50. True: Everyone knows a good nick el back can be a great father, but what about a world-class bartender? Word is both Dallas icons are super dad.
