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What’s In a Name?
100

Is this a Houston restaurant or a NASA code name? Nobies

What is a Houston restaurant?

100

What does ROPE stand for? 

What is Rice Outdoor Programs and Education?

100

The annual Art Car Parade features cars decorated as everything from tacos to this seafood item.

What is shrimp?

100

A British study found that people are more likely to help someone in need if they’re holding this specific food.

What is cake?

100

What do the letters “GIF” stand for?

What is Graphics Interchange Format?

200

Is this a real academic term or Gen Z slang? Shadow Banning

What is Gen Z slang?

200

What does CAPC stand for? 

Center for Academic and Professional Communication

200

This secret spot in Houston lets you whisper against a wall and someone 30 feet away can hear you perfectly.

What is the James Turrell Skyspace or “Twilight Epiphany”?

200

Researchers at Newcastle University showed that hanging up posters of this animal in a cafeteria reduced food theft.

What is a cat?

200

What do the letters PDF stand for? 

What is Portable Document Format? 

300

Is this a Trader Joe’s product or a fictional sci-fi drug: Galactic Gummy Clusters?

What is a Trader Joe's product?

300

What does MSNE and EEPS stand for? 

What is Materials Science and NanoEngineering and Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences?

300

This Houston intersection is rumored to be cursed and has had an unusually high number of accidents.

What is Montrose & Westheimer?

300

According to a real psychology study, doing this activity while taking a test can help improve memory recall.

What is chewing gum?

300

What do the letters “SIM” stand for in SIM card?

What is Subscriber Identity Module?

400

Is this a wellness podcast episode title or a book from the DSM-V? Overstimulated, Undernourished, and Tired of Everyone’s Energy

What is a wellness podcast episode title?

400

What does CTIS and D2K stand for? 

What is Center for Transforming Data to Knowledge and Data 2 Knowledge? 

400

According to a long-standing (but rarely enforced) Houston ordinance, it is technically illegal to sell this item on Sunday unless it's part of a full meal.

What is raw meat?

400

A Harvard researcher once studied how this pasta shape collapses in boiling water — in a paper titled “On the Rheology of...”

What is penne?

400

What does the “TED” in TED Talks stand for?

What is Technology, Entertainment, Design?

500

Is this a rejected course title or a real university course? The Sociology of Kanye West

What is a real university course? Offered at Harvard and Georgia State

500

What does OEDK stand for? 

What is Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen?

500

This quirky art installation in Houston features an entire house covered in shiny metal.

What is The Beer Can House?

500

In 2006, a medical paper documented the first case of a person who developed this condition from playing Wii too hard.

What is Wiiitis?

500

What does the brand name “Pepsi” come from?

Answer: What is “dyspepsia”, meaning indigestion?

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