Texas Means Business
Touching grass
Math
So you call yourself a longhorn?
Random
100
This region in West Texas is known for being one of the most significant oil-producing areas in the United States.
What is the Permian Basin?
100
This term is used to describe someone who is particularly skilled at making plants thrive, seemingly having a magical touch with foliage.
What is a green thumb?
100
33 x 67
What is 2211?
100
The Ransom Center also houses a replica of the _____, where demonstrations are given on how the original movable type worked.
What is the Gutenberg Press?
100
This Warner Bros. character is famous for dropping anvils and other heavy objects on his adversaries
Who is Wile E. Coyote?
200
Known for its production in Texas, this fiber is often referred to as 'White Gold.'
What is cotton?
200
The sale of this type of clover skyrockets on St. Patrick's Day, proving that even a little bit of green can mean a lot of gold.
What is a shamrock?
200
Take a three digit number, write it backwards, and find the positive difference. This is the largest number your result will always be divisible by
What is 99?
200
This is the most commonly played sport among CSB students
What is basketball?
(Over 25 people, according to the Mega-Form #1 in the Fall)
200
This U.S. president was nicknamed 'Old Hickory' because of his tough persona.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
This Texas-based energy company was involved in one of the most infamous corporate scandals in U.S. history.
What is Enron?
300
This article of clothing is named after a term for an open grassy area, a stylish choice for touching grass in a literal fashion
What are khakis?
300
Some numbers are closer to 100 than 50, but closer to 50 than 150. This is the number of them that are primes.
What is 4? (79, 83, 89, 97)
300
Located in the Texas Union, this is one of Austin's most celebrated live music venues and has featured performances by renowned artists like Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen.
What is the Cactus Cafe?
300
This term refers to a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, but distinguishes itself from the Shakespearean type by its rhyme scheme ABBAABBA and a variable sestet.
What is a Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet?
500
In response to a shortage of this commodity during World War II, Texas businesswoman Oveta Culp Hobby helped establish a military organization.
What are pilots (Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASP)?
500
The oldest known lawns were around these ancient structures in Persia, where royals certainly didn’t cut their own grass.
What are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
500
If smallest circle has radius 1, this is the combined area of the red and blue regions
What is 2 pi ?
500
UT has won 13 NCAA Division I championships for this sport
What is (Men's) Swimming?
500
In the Harry Potter series, this is the name of Hermione Granger's pet cat.
What is Crookshanks?
700
Austin is the only city in the world to still have this kind of tower.
What is a moonlight tower?
700
This is the term for when cats or dogs eat grass, often leading to less than pleasant after-effects.
What is pica?
700
This is the number of 3 digit numbers that share no prime factors with 800
What is 360?
700
Out of the 4 most popular fields/roles reported by CSB, name 3 of them (Or all of them for double the points)
What are
Software Engineering, Product Management, AI, and Startups
700
Yamoussoukro is the capital city of this small country
Where is Cote d'Ivoire?
1000
SpaceX's facility in ______, Texas, has played a pivotal role in SpaceX's plans for the future, serving as the primary location for the development and testing of the Starship spacecraft, as well as the launch site for various missions.
Where is Boca Chica?
1000
In his poetry, this American author famously contemplated a 'leaf of grass' as a symbol of the self and democracy
Who is Walt Whitman?
1000
Volume of tetrahedron with side length
2 sqrt3
What is 2 sqrt6 ?
1000
This 19th century historical event left UT Austin with only $16,000 by the time it concluded.
What is the American Civil War?
1000
This Carthaginian military commander famously crossed the Alps with a group of elephants to fight Rome in the Second Punic War.
Who is Hannibal?
