Austin
UT
McCombs
Riddles
random but ended up being geography
100

What is the 351-acre metropolitan park just south of downtown named?

What is Zilker Park?

100

What is the largest library on campus? Full name not just initials for full credit. 

What is the Perry-Castañeda Library?

100

This major is great for students who like learning about business models and new technologies.

What is MIS?

100

What is the worst vegetable to have on a boat? 

What is a leak?

100

In what year did Texas become a state in the US?

What is 1845?

200

What is Austin's slogan/nickname?

What is 'the live music capital of the world'?

200

When did construction on the UT tower begin?

What is 1934?

200

This major is great for students who want to combines business with engineering and enjoy science and math.

What is STM (science and technology management)?

200

What has a foot but not a leg?

What is a ruler?

200

What is the official state fish of Hawaii?

What is the Humuhumunukunukuapua`a? (also called the rectangular triggerfish, or Hawaiian triggerfish)

300

Why was Austin called Waterloo?

What is-- Waterloo was the name of the very small community that existed near the confluence of the Colorado River and today's Shoal Creek before Austin was founded.

300

What spirit group fires the cannon at Texas football games and what is the cannon's official name? (must answer both for the points!)

What is the Texas Cowboys and Smokey the Cannon?

300

How many accounting classes to all students in McCombs have to take even if they aren't accounting majors?

What is 2 classes (6 credit hrs)?

300

What has an eye but cannot see?

What is a hurricane?

300

How tall is Mount Everest?

What is 29,029′?

400

What is the exact date Austin officially incorporated as a city?

What is December 27, 1839?

400

What does the inscription on the main building read? 

Plus 100 points for naming the book of the Bible it's from!

What is "Ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free?"

What is the book of John?

400

Last fall, how many undergraduate students were enrolled in McCombs?

What is 4703 students?

400

What runs slower downhill than it does uphill?

What is fire?

400

How many US state capital cities are East of Los Angeles?

What is six? (Honolulu, Hawaii; Juneau, Alaska ; Salem, Oregon; Olympia, Washington; Sacramento, California; Carson City, Nevada)

500

What was Austin's first municipal airport named?

What is the Mueller Airport?

500

UT's nickname is the 40 acres. How many acres has UT grown to today?

What is 431 acres?

500

What is the difference between the CBA and the GSB other than their names?

What is-- trick question. I don't know what the answer is. If you know the answer please tell me!! I am so confused as to why they have different names!

500

What always ends everything?

What is the letter 'G'?

500

Name all 5 National Parks in Utah (100 points for each correct one).

What is: Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion.