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What's the name of the world's largest bass drum?

Big Bertha

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What is the name of the cafe in the Holland Center?

Pangea Cafe

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Famous Actor who starred in "Dazed and Confused"

Matthew McConaughey

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What color is the lucky squirrel?

White

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How many acres did we start with?

40 acres

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What's the name of our canon?

Smokey the Canon

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What is the name of our mineral gallery?

Henry R. and Ann H. Hamman Gem and Mineral Gallery

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Phoenix Suns and former Houston Rockets basketball player

Kevin Durant

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What song plays from the tower at 9am and 9pm?

The Eyes of Texas

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How many Olympic medals have UT students won?

Over 150

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Who is the current Bevo?

Bevo XV

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Who is our dean?

Dean Claudia Mora

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60's psychedelic rock artist

Janis Joplin

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Which dorm is haunted?

Littlefield dormitory 

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Why are the school colors burnt orange and white?

Two students stopped by a store to buy ribbons to hand out at a basketball game, and the store only had orange and white.

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The year UT was founded.

1883

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What couple was the Jackson school named after?

John A. and Katherine G. Jackson

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First Lady in the early 2000's

First Lady Laura Bush

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How many Collages & Schools does UT have?

18

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How tall is the tower?

307 ft tall

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Who was our research campus named off of?

Congressmen James Jarrell "Jake" Pickle

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Which building used to be the geosciences department?

Will C. Hogg Building 

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Popular Distiller

Tito Beveridge

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How many acres does main campus have?

431 acres

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What is the name of the first presidential library on a university campus?

LBJ Presidential Library

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