Austin
Texas
Navan
Tech
100

A manmade swimming pool in Austin, TX, the oldest pool in the state of Texas with a bathhouse built by the Works Progress Administration, is the Deep ______ Municipal Pool. Fill in the one word blank, also a term for a circular movement of water, counter to a main current, that makes a whirlpool.

Eddy

100

What is the largest city by population in Texas which does NOT have either a NFL, NBA, or MLB team call it home?

Austin

100

What is Navan's favorite color?

Purple

100

Founded in New York City by Frank Reig and Paul Suhey, what is the name of the moped-sharing startup that by 2020 expanded to Washington and Austin and purchases its mopeds from Chinese manufacturer NIU?

Revel

200

What upscale retailer was founded in Austin in 1978 by John Mackey and Renee Lawson? The small store was initially called SaferWay, as a spoof of Safeway.

Whole Foods

200

Which Texas city, now the largest in the state, was originally the capital of The Republic of Texas, before Austin became the capital in 1839?

Houston


200

What does Navan stand for? 

Navigate + Avante Garde

200

In 2021, an Apple II computer manual signed by what mock turtleneck enthusiast sold for almost $800,000 at auction?


Steve Jobs

300

Weather conditions were so hot and dry at the 2005 Austin City Limits festival, getting as high as 107 degrees Farenheit, that the event was nicknamed the “ACL ______.” Fill in the two word blank, also the name given to the drought stricken prairies of the 1930s.

ACL Dust Bowl

300

With words scrawled in red on a yellow background on the side of Jo's Coffee, the "I Love You So Much" mural is a popular Instagram photo spot in what Texas city?

Austin

300

When was Navan (then TripActions) founded?

2015

300

Which American tech company started with its founders' idea to rent out an air mattress in their San Fransisco living room to travelers hoping to avoid the city's high cost of rent?

Airbnb

400

What saloon franchise has a location on 6th Street in Austin, and a movie made about it, starring Piper Perabo? (The film, however, is set at the NYC location.)

Coyote Ugly

400

What casual steakhouse chain has its corporate headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, despite having the Lone Star State in its name?

Texas Roadhouse

400

When did the acquisition of Reed & Mackay occur?

April 2021
400

What company first introduced their Chromebook hardware in 2011? The product's low price point proved popular with teachers as a 2018 estimate indicated that over 60% of classroom mobile devices in the U.S. were Chromebooks.

Google


500

A wildflower center southwest of Austin, which protects over 900 species of plants native to Texas, is named for what woman? As First Lady, she helped bring wildflowers to the nation's highways by advocating for the Highway Beautification Act.

Lady Bird Johnson


500

British-born geophysicist Cecil Green lived in Toronto and San Francisco growing up, and ultimately earned two college degrees from M.I.T. However, when he cofounded a company, the firm included what other state in its name? You might be most familiar with one of their products from algebra class.

Texas Instruments

500

What is the address for HQ?

3045 Park Blvd

500

What disgraced startup was formerly valued at $9 billion dollars before a controversy regarding its technology began brewing in 2015, ultimately culminating in 2018 charges of "massive fraud" by the CEO?

Theranos