See how you do... (Imagine the sound of 'Jeopardy' music as you read)
1. Name the street that has different speed limits. One speed limit if you are going north and another speed limit if you are going south.
2. True or False: There is no provision in Arkansas state statutes that give Texas-side officers any authority to make arrests. Arkansas-side officers do have some limited Texas authority to make arrests.
3. Liquor stores are on one side of the state line and not the other. Guess which side.
4. Lottery outlets are lined up on one side of State Line Avenue. Which side?
5. True or false: Each side of the city has the same sales tax rate.
6. Unlike most all other high school athletic departments, the two major high schools go by the state rather than the city name. Name them.
7. How many buildings are bisected by the state line? Extra credit: Name them.
8. On which side of the state line can you legally smoke in public?
9. True or false: Texas does not have state income tax.
10. True or false: Residents of Texarkana, Arkansas are exempt from paying state income taxes.
11. True or false: There are two library systems and two separate police and fire departments.
12. True or false: One mayor and city council serve both cities.
13. What building is the second most photographed federal court house in the United States?
14. True or false: Texarkana was one of the stops in the Burt Reynolds and Sallie Fields movie “Smoky and the Bandit”. Extra Credit: Where did the race end?
1. Name the street that has different speed limits. One speed limit if you are going north and another speed limit if you are going south.
2. True or False: There is no provision in Arkansas state statutes that give Texas-side officers any authority to make arrests. Arkansas-side officers do have some limited Texas authority to make arrests.
3. Liquor stores are on one side of the state line and not the other. Guess which side.
4. Lottery outlets are lined up on one side of State Line Avenue. Which side?
5. True or false: Each side of the city has the same sales tax rate.
6. Unlike most all other high school athletic departments, the two major high schools go by the state rather than the city name. Name them.
7. How many buildings are bisected by the state line? Extra credit: Name them.
8. On which side of the state line can you legally smoke in public?
9. True or false: Texas does not have state income tax.
10. True or false: Residents of Texarkana, Arkansas are exempt from paying state income taxes.
11. True or false: There are two library systems and two separate police and fire departments.
12. True or false: One mayor and city council serve both cities.
13. What building is the second most photographed federal court house in the United States?
14. True or false: Texarkana was one of the stops in the Burt Reynolds and Sallie Fields movie “Smoky and the Bandit”. Extra Credit: Where did the race end?