Food!
The most common food allergen
Nuts
The state tree of Texas
Pecan
The name of the agency prior to becoming the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
The name of the popstar who just got married at Madison Square Garden
Taylor Swift
The largest desert in the world
Antarctica
The first American fast-food chain to open in China
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)
In 1963, Present Kennedy was assassinated in this Texas city
Dallas
The chairwoman of the TCEQ
Brooke Paup
The decade that Mickey Mouse made his first appearance in media
The 1920s
The process in plants that transforms sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into glucose and oxygen
Photosynthesis
This fruit is associated with most Italian cuisine, but was actually not introduced there until the 16th century.
Tomato
The year Texas became a state
1845
TCEQ's personal responsibility campaign to help Texans decrease their impact on the environment with the tagline "It's the Only One We've Got!"
Take Care of Texas
The name of the galaxy closest to the Milky Way
Andromeda
The name for a group of crows
Murder
This unit is used to measure the spiciness of peppers.
Scoville heat units
A national park that is the ancient reef of a vanished sea
Guadalupe Mountains
The number of employees in the agency
2,780
The film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020, becoming the first non-English language film to do so
Parasite
This class of animal represents more than half of all animal species
Insects
The most expensive spice in the world by weight
Saffron
The three famous defenders of the Alamo
The two states in the US with environmental agencies larger than the TCEQ
New York and California
The number of championship wins for Pittsburgh's three major league teams (NFL, MLB, and NHL)
16
This ocean creature's heart is located right behind their eyes
Shrimp