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.
Answer: State Line Ave.
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.
Answer: False - *this statement was true until the 2005
Arkansas Legislative session. Now this statement is false.
3. Liquor stores are
on one side of the state line and not the other. Guess
which side.
Answer: Arkansas side
4. Lottery outlets
are lined up on one side of State Line Avenue. Which
side?
Answer: Texas side
5. True or false:
Each side of the city has the same sales tax rate.
Answer: False - *Arkansas side is 10% and Texas side is
8.25%.
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.
Answer: Arkansas Senior High School and Texas
High School
7. How many buildings
are bisected by the state line? Extra credit: Name them.
Answer: Two. The Texarkana Post Office/Federal
Court House and the Bi-State Justice Building
8. On which side of
the state line can you legally smoke in public?
Answer: Arkansas side
9. True or false:
Texas does not have state income tax.
Answer: True
10. True or false:
Residents of Texarkana, Arkansas are exempt from paying state
income taxes.
Answer: True
11. True or false: There
are two library systems and two separate police and fire
departments.
Answer: False - *we have two police departments and 2
fire departments, but we only have one public library.
12. True or false:
One mayor and city council serve both cities.
Answer: False
13. What building is the
second most photographed federal court house in the United
States?
Answer: The Texarkana Post Office/Federal Court House
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?
