Texas Facts
This is the nickname for Texas, referencing its history as an independent nation.
What is the Lone Star State?
This popular dish combines slow-cooked beef with spices and often no beans.
What is Texas chili?
Osaka is located on this main Japanese island.
What is Honshu?
This is the mascot of the University of Texas at Austin.
What is Bevo?
NAIST stands for this.
What is Nara Institute of Science and Technology?
This Texas city is the state capital and is known for its live music scene.
What is Austin?
This cheesy Tex-Mex dip, often served with tortilla chips, is a staple at Texas gatherings.
What is queso?
Osaka is famous for this savory pancake made with cabbage and batter.
What is okonomiyaki?
UT Austin’s school colors are white and this color.
What is burnt orange?
NAIST's research focuses primarily on these three graduate-level disciplines.
What are Information Science, Biological Science, and Materials Science?
This Texas city is home to NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
What is Houston?
This smoky cooking method is a Texas tradition, especially with brisket.
What is barbecue (or BBQ)?
This bustling district in Osaka is known for bright neon signs and street food.
What is Dotonbori?
This is a prominent structure on the UT Austin campus, known for lighting up after a UT sports team wins.
What is the UT Tower?
What is the student-to-faculty ratio at NAIST (according to FY2022)?
What is 6:1?
Texas declared independence from this country in 1836.
What is Mexico?
A deep-fried pastry topped with cinnamon and sugar, often found at Texas fairs.
What is a sopapilla?
This historic structure in Osaka, originally built in the 16th century, is a popular tourist site.
What is Osaka Castle?
This is the signature UT Austin hand sign.
What is the Hook 'Em hand sign?
This on-campus center (abbreviated ITC) supports cutting-edge work in big data, HPC clusters, and IoT—key to NAIST’s research.
What is the Information Initiative Center?
This river forms a natural border between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
This Czech-influenced pastry is popular in Central Texas and comes filled with fruit or meat.
What is a kolache?
Known as "Japan’s Kitchen," this Osaka district is famous for its street food, including takoyaki and okonomiyaki
What is Kuromon Ichiba Market?
This motto of UT Austin emphasizes striving toward greatness.
What is “What starts here changes the world”?
In this year, NAIST merged it's 3 graduate schools to form the Graduate School of Science and Technology with Education Programs.
What is the year 2018?