Holidays
Amount of lbs. of candy sold in the U.S. each Halloween
What is 600 million pounds of candy?
Approximately 600 million pounds of candy are sold in the U.S. each year for Halloween, with 90 million pounds of that being chocolate.
Name of the Cannon used at football games
What is Smokey The Cannon?
Hot commodity in March/April
What is Toilet Paper?
Nickname of Austin
What is the Live Music Capital of the World?
Year SES was created
What is 2005?
Holiday that combines masks and a street party
What is Carnival?
Allowing them to lose their everyday individuality and experience a heightened sense of social unity.
Year UT was founded
What is 1883?
Netflix show about a childhood favorite game
What is "The Floor is Lava?"
Number of visitors in a "normal" year
What is 17 million?
States represented on the team
What are:Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Michigan, Oregon, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida and Texas?
Jewish New Year
What is Rosh Hashanah?
Number of Olympic Medals won by UT athletes
What is 130?
Revolutionary movement that gained traction in May
What is Black Lives Matter movement?
Number of days Austin has sunny weather
What is 300?
Amount of $$ SES gave out in Spring 2020 (not including laptops)
What is $3 million?
7-day festival celebrating the African American people, their culture, history, and community
What is Kwanzaa?
Lucky charm for exams
What is the Albino Squirrel?
Major donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine
Who is Dolly Parton?
Bridge the Mexican Free-Tail Bats call home
What is Congress?
Number of students Bree has provided advocacy to while at UT
What is 321 students?
Holiday made popular by Seinfield
What is Festivus?
UT Austin's connection to the COVID vaccines
Who is the lead researcher who found the protein needed to build the vaccines is at UT?
What is "Black is King?"
Event on Sunday Nights on Rock Island (summer)
What is Blues on the Green?
Friday tradition