Oil Industry Quiz

When did active oil extraction begin in Texas?

• 1800s

• 1900s

• 1850s

• 1950s

Where was the first major oil discovery in Texas?

• Dallas

• Austin

• Houston

• Spindletop

How high did the oil shoot into the air at Spindletop?

• 50 feet

• 250 feet

• 100 feet

• 1,000 feet

How many barrels of oil did Spindletop produce daily at its peak?

• 75,000

• 100,000

• 50,000

• 25,000

What problem did Howard Hughes solve for the oil industry?

• Breaking through hard Texas rock

• Transporting oil by train

• Storing oil in underground tanks

• Finding oil under water

What did Howard Hughes invent?

• A rotary drill bit

• A faster refinery process

• An automatic oil pump

• 5. A new type of oil pipeline

What happened after Spindletop was discovered?

• Oil companies left Texas

• The oil industry slowed down

• Investors spent billions searching for oil

• Oil was no longer valuable

What was built to transport oil from fields to refineries?

• Canals

• Highways

• Railroads

• Pipelines

What happened to towns near oil fields?

• They became ghost towns immediately

• They grew rapidly, then often shrank

• They never changed

• They became permanent major cities

Why were oil boomtowns temporary?

• They were only used for storing oil

• Only tourists visited them

• People moved on once the oil dried up

• They were too dangerous to live in