Tuesday Trivia: June 16, 2020

Answer this Oklahoma trivia question to receive awesome prizes!

Test your Oklahoma knowledge and win prizes by answering our weekly Tuesday Trivia question. Every week, we’ll choose a winner from the correct respondents to receive a prize—from an Okie sticker to a subscription to Oklahoma Today and more.

One of our favorite Oklahoma stories is that of Gayla Peevey, the Oklahoma City native who recorded a hit Christmas song when she was just ten years old. Contrary to popular believe, Peevey did not record “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” as a fundraiser for the Oklahoma City Zoo. Instead, the popularity of the song was so great that a local marketer teamed up with the zoo for a fundraiser to buy a hippo for Gayla, which was then donated to the zoo. Mathilda the hippo lived for forty-five years at the zoo.

What was the B-side song on Gayla’s “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” single?