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100

The number of the King's Cross Station leading to Hogwarts.

What is 9 3/4?

100

Known as the "Father of Texas," this man led the second and successful Texas rebellion against Mexico. The capital of the state is named after him.

Who is Stephen F. Austin?

100

Canada and Oregon share this as their official animal.

What is the beaver?

100

Notable for an Australian PhD student's abysmal showing, this Olympic event is being removed for LA2028 after debuting this year in Paris. 

What is breaking/break dancing?

100

Originally, the runner-up in presidential elections became the vice president. Nowadays, presidential candidates select running-mates as their potential vice presidents. This is the year of the final election in which the runner up became vice president before switching to our current system.

What was 1800?

200

Draco Malfoy's house.

What is Slytherin?

200

The name of the road leading to the State Capitol.

What is Congress Avenue?

200

Back in 2016, President Barack Obama made this mammal the national animal of the country along with the Bald eagle.

What is the American Bison?

200

In just her rookie year in the league, this WNBA player broke the record for most consecutive double-doubles, passing the previous record of 12. 

Who is Angel Reese?

200

This many vice presidents went on to become president.

What is 15?

300

The material of the core of Harry Potter's wand.

What is Phoenix feather?

300
Home to many unique species, this type of salamander is unique to Austin, and shares its name with a popular park.
What is the Barton Springs Salamander?
300

It's a mammal, but it lays eggs.

What is a platypus? (Echidna or any other monotremes also accepted.)

300

This year, LeBron James and his son Bronny became the first father-son duo to play in an NBA game together. In the 1990 season, this father and son became the first duo to play in an MLB game together.  

Who are Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr.?

300

The President flies in a specially designed Boeing 747, called "Air Force One" when in flight. For security reasons, the vice president never flies on the same plane as the president, instead using the "Air Force Two" to get around. This is that plane's model.

What is the Boeing 757-200 (C-32 also accpeted)?

400

Names of the three Peverell brothers.

What are Antioch, Cadmus, and Ignotus?
400

Before being purchased in 2017 by an absolute megacompany, one of the nation's most popular grocery store chains was founded in Austin in 1978.

What is Whole Foods?

400

Sometimes people think this animal is "smiling" since it chews with its mouth open for a few seconds before swallowing.

What is an axolotl?

400

The national sport of French Polynesia.

What is the va'a (race)?

400

Most Americans know that the President resides in the White House. Less well known, however, is Number One Observatory Circle, which is today the official residence of the vice president. The house was originally occupied by the superintendant of the naval observatory located there, but was so pretty that it was taken over by the chief of naval operations before finally being handed to the vice president. Name the first vice president to move-in full-time into Number One Observatory Circle.

Who is Walter Mondale?

500

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, this character always stands to the right of Voldemort as a sign of loyalty and trust.

Who is Bellatrix?

500

During the late 1800s, out of fear to recently unsolved murders in the city, Austin installed 31 of these landmarks around the city. 17 are still operational, and Austin is the only city today that still has functional versions of this device.

What are the moonlight towers?

500

With a population of around 1.5 million, Austin has the largest colony of this species out of all North American cities.

What are bats?

500

This ritualized ancient Mesoamerican ball game involved two teams of 2-4 people, each trying to score in the opponent's hoop. People would play for fun, to settle arguments, or, in the most extreme cases, the losing team's captain would be religiously sacrificed to the gods.

What is Pok-A-Tok?

500

It is within the vice president's constitutional power to cast tie-breaking votes in the senate. Vice presidents have cast the deciding vote 301 times. Only twice in American history, during the same year, has someone other than the vice president controversially broken a senate tie. Both times, the tie was broken by this (non vice president) person.  

Who was Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase?